JRH Engineering, a licensed engineering firm with 19 years of experience in civil, structural, and land development. JRH Engineering is a licensed civil and structural engineering firm founded in 2008, headquartered at 6520 Masters, Manvel, Texas 77578, with offices in Houston TX, Charlotte NC, and Orlando FL. Certified WBE, WOSB, and HUB-eligible. Connect with us: (800) 227-9635 | sales@jrhengineering.net | jrhengineering.net. Texas Firm Registration Number F-10385, Florida Engineering Business Registry Number 38516, and North Carolina Firm License Number P-3118.
JRH Engineering provides civil engineering, structural engineering, and land development services in Dickinson and Santa Fe — growing communities in central Galveston County along I-45 and FM 646, experiencing strong residential and commercial growth as the Houston Southeast corridor expands southward.
Engineering Services Starts With Us In Santa Fe, TX
As leading civil engineering consultants,
we provide full-service solutions for a wide range of projects.
From land planning to large-scale infrastructure projects, our civil engineering services cover every aspect of your project.
Our licensed professional engineers specialize in structural engineering, offering consultation, structural analysis, structural system design, and sustainable design.
Our expertise ensures that every structural element is designed and implemented to the highest standards of safety and functionality.
JRH Engineering provides land development services to help transform raw land into thriving communities.
We support developers from early site feasibility and conceptual lot layout through subdivision planning, infrastructure design, and permitting support.
What JRH Engineering Offers In Santa Fe, TX
Civil Engineering
Residential and commercial site development with Galveston County and City permitting
Stormwater management for Dickinson Bayou and Clear Creek drainage basins both experienced significant flooding during Hurricane Harvey
Tract land development for rural-to-suburban conversions in the Santa Fe agricultural corridor
TxDOT access permitting for I-45 and FM 646 sites
Dickinson Bayou and Highland Bayou floodplain analysis, FEMA mapping, and drainage design for Santa Fe sites
Water, sanitary sewer, and franchise-utility coordination with OSSF and private water-well for Santa Fe developments
Structural Engineering
Foundation design for Galveston County's coastal clay soils
Windstorm engineering for TWIA windstorm zone properties
Residential structural design custom homes, additions, and framing for Santa Fe neighborhoods
Commercial structural design for Santa Fe's acreage-residential and agricultural corridor
Metal building and warehouse structural framing for Santa Fe business-park projects
Pool and outdoor-living structural engineering for Santa Fe's residential market
Land Development
Acreage and residential subdivision platting under City of Santa Fe standards
OSSF and private-well site planning for large rural lots Galveston County drainage-district detention and coordination
Drainage and grading design for flat coastal-prairie terrain Subdivision design and platting under
City of Santa Fe and Galveston County standards
Dickinson Bayou and Highland Bayou FEMA floodplain and base-flood-elevation analysis for Santa Fe tracts
JRH Engineering has designed residential subdivisions, multifamily communities, and specialty residential developments across Texas and North Carolina, from small infill lot splits to master-planned neighborhoods spanning hundreds of acres. Our civil engineering scope includes road layout, detention pond sizing, sanitary sewer extension, floodplain mitigation, and multi-agency permitting from raw acreage through final plat approval, along with site development for mobile home parks and RV resorts. Projects include Terra Estates, Parkside Trails, Afton Lake, and Magnolia Trails in Texas, and a residential subdivision in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, among many other completed developments across Texas, Florida and North Carolina.
JRH Engineering provides civil engineering design for commercial and retail developments across Texas, including office condo business parks, drive-through restaurants, bank replacements, and self-storage facilities. Our work typically includes site grading, drainage and detention design, utility coordination, and multi-agency permitting through TxDOT, municipal, and drainage district review. Projects include Nelson Rd. Office Condos in Katy, HTeaO and Dairy Queen restaurant sites in Pearland and Manvel, the Hometown Bank replacement in Galveston, and self-storage facilities in Waller and Athens, Texas — a sample of JRH's broader commercial site development portfolio.
JRH Engineering delivers civil and structural engineering for industrial sites, warehouse facilities, and pre-engineered metal buildings across Texas and Florida. Services include site grading and drainage design for warehouse and fabrication facility expansions, floodplain compliance for industrial sites, and structural foundation design for pre-engineered metal buildings, coordinated with each manufacturer's building and anchor bolt layout. Projects include warehouse expansions in Houston, Channelview, and Baytown, Texas; a small-bay warehouse in Cocoa, Florida; and metal building foundation design in Katy, Montgomery, Alvin, and Lucas, Texas — representing a portion of JRH's industrial and warehouse engineering experience.
JRH Engineering provides civil engineering design for schools, churches, and athletic facilities across Texas. Our work includes ADA-compliant site design for private school campuses, worship center expansions and parking, and athletic facility development, including batting cage facilities and sports complex expansions built within floodplain constraints. Projects include Llano Christian Academy, First Church of Pearland, the Lutheran South Academy sports complex, and batting cage facilities for the Houston Astros RBI program and Fort Bend Christian Academy, among other institutional projects JRH has completed.
JRH Engineering's structural engineering team provides PE-sealed structural design for residential, commercial, and industrial projects across Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. Our work includes custom home foundation and framing design — including post-tension slab foundations engineered for expansive clay soils and helical pile foundations for challenging soil conditions — as well as load-bearing wall analysis for high-rise condominiums and heavy industrial structural design, including deep pile foundation systems engineered for overhead crane loading. Projects include custom homes across North Carolina, Texas, and Florida, a load-bearing wall analysis in Boca Raton, Florida, and the Southwest Shipyards barge construction facility in Galveston, Texas — a sample of JRH's structural engineering work across all three states.
JRH Engineering provides traffic and infrastructure engineering for time-sensitive civil projects across Texas, including intersection reconfiguration and airpark expansion. Our work includes fast-tracked, multi-agency permitting and traffic control planning for projects requiring coordination between municipal, county, and state agencies. Projects include an intersection reconfiguration at the Port of Galveston to accommodate an oversized wind turbine blade convoy, and the Wolfe Airpark expansion in Manvel, Texas.
We help developers build right
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Site development design
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Grading plans
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Stormwater compliance
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Detention & retention pond design
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SWPPP design plans
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Infiltration trench design
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Site utility design
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Jurisdictional wetlands & compliance
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Site environmental assessment
About JRH Engineering
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Leading civil, structural engineering and land development firm serving Texas, North Carolina, and Florida.
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Since 2008, we've delivered high-quality, efficient, and innovative solutions.
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Passionate about turning clients' development dreams into reality with local expertise.
Certifications: Certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Locations Served
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Texas: Strong presence in Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Austin, Galveston Bay, San Antonio, and statewide.
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North Carolina: Serving Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, and the entire state.
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Florida: Expertise in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, and all districts.
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Structural framing design
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Foundation engineering
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Metal building design
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Pool engineering
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Windstorm engineering services
About JRH Engineering
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Leading civil, structural engineering and land development firm serving Texas, North Carolina, and Florida.
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Since 2008, we've delivered high-quality, efficient, and innovative solutions.
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Passionate about turning clients' development dreams into reality with local expertise.
Certifications: Certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Locations Served
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Texas: Strong presence in Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Austin, Galveston Bay, San Antonio, and statewide.
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North Carolina: Serving Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, and the entire state.
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Florida: Expertise in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, and all districts.
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Residential site development
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Commercial site development
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Industrial site development
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Subdivision design
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Permitting & regulatory coordination
About JRH Engineering
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Leading civil, structural engineering and land development firm serving Texas, North Carolina, and Florida.
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Since 2008, we've delivered high-quality, efficient, and innovative solutions.
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Passionate about turning clients' development dreams into reality with local expertise.
Certifications: Certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Locations Served
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Texas: Strong presence in Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Austin, Galveston Bay, San Antonio, and statewide.
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North Carolina: Serving Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, and the entire state.
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Florida: Expertise in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, and all districts.
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Large-Scale Multifamily Development
Commercial Retail Development
Residential Subdivisions
Drive-Through Commercial Site
Notable JRH Clients
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JRH Office Locations
Why Choose JRH Engineering?
Whether the project is small commercial sites or something else, Santa Fe owners tend to need quick answers about coastal clay, access, and drainage. Licensed engineers at JRH Engineering stay in direct contact with clients from kickoff to submittal.
From the Manvel office, Santa Fe is roughly 15 miles away; the Houston office is roughly 30 miles away. During the Childress workforce camp project, one to three coordination meetings a day with contractors kept the design moving.
As a licensed engineering firm founded in 2008, JRH Engineering covers the civil, structural, and land development needs of projects in mainland Galveston County. Engineers working in Galveston County learn to read Highland Bayou and the surrounding coastal-plain drainage and coastal clay early, because both can change a site plan.
A nearby example from JRH Engineering's case study library: the 89-acre, 360-space mobile home park in Santa Fe. JRH Engineering serves 36 metro areas in three states, and Santa Fe falls within its Houston metro service area.
As a Structural Engineer for Santa Fe projects, JRH Engineering starts with the ground: coastal clay can call for elevated or pile-supported systems that account for groundwater and flood exposure. Where a site sits near Highland Bayou and the surrounding coastal-plain drainage, elevation and flood-resilient framing may also come into play.
Because Galveston County is in the TWIA designated catastrophe area, windstorm-resistant design and WPI-8 certification may apply to new construction and additions in Santa Fe. JRH Engineering offers PE-sealed structural design for residential, commercial, and industrial structures.
JRH Engineering's certifications include WBE and WOSB status, along with HUB eligibility.
Teams pursuing private and public projects in Galveston County may find these credentials useful for supplier-diversity goals. Licensed Professional Engineers seal JRH Engineering's work, including under Texas PE license F-10385. The same credentials apply for neighboring communities such as Hitchcock and Dickinson.
For Santa Fe sites, the early checklist is short: flood zone, drainage toward Highland Bayou and the surrounding coastal-plain drainage, soil, utilities, and driveway and access permits along SH-6 and FM 646. Free resources: a detention pond calculator and reference guides.
Without the large overhead of bigger firms, JRH Engineering can offer competitive fees and still maintain high standards. Learn from real due diligence and feasibility studies.
A documented example of speed: the Childress, Texas data center workforce camp civil design was completed in 26 days.
Quick turnaround is less about rushing and more about sequencing work for manufactured-home and RV communities so approvals and design move together. For acreage subdivisions near Santa Fe, phasing earthwork and utility design can shorten the critical path. No two schedules are identical, which is why scope and site conditions get reviewed first.
Ready to look at a Santa Fe parcel? Reach JRH Engineering at (800) 227-9635 or request one online.
Bring a survey or site address for Santa Fe, and the conversation can start from there. Owners in Hitchcock, Dickinson, and La Marque start with the same call. Semi-rural residential and agricultural land and a growing base of small commercial sites are part of what makes Santa Fe projects distinct; the team plans around both.
What JRH Provides
Project owners in mainland Galveston County frequently fit one of these profiles:
Rural homeowners: structural design and site drainage for new homes and outbuildings near Santa Fe.
Retail, restaurant, and office builders: site plans, detention, and utility connections for small commercial sites in Santa Fe.
Architects, contractors, and custom home owners: PE-sealed structural design for foundations and framing in Santa Fe, including elevated or pile-supported systems that account for groundwater and flood exposure.
Residential developers and builders: site layout, roads, sanitary sewer, and detention for manufactured-home and RV communities in Santa Fe, with attention to coastal clay and drainage toward Highland Bayou and the surrounding coastal-plain drainage.
Based in Manvel, Texas since its 2008 founding, JRH Engineering offers civil, structural, and land development services.
Santa Fe is roughly 15 miles from the Manvel headquarters and roughly 30 miles from the Houston office, and it sits in mainland Galveston County.
Neighboring communities served include Hitchcock, Dickinson, and La Marque.
Published JRH Engineering projects near Santa Fe:
the 89-acre, 360-space mobile home park in Santa Fe: shows drainage and street planning for manufactured-home and RV communities.
a feasibility study for an office warehouse site in La Marque, just a few miles away: a reference for pre-purchase feasibility work.
the wedding venue structural design in Friendswood, roughly 10 miles away: shows structural thinking applied to a challenging site.
See the full case study library or the due diligence and feasibility studies.
JRH Engineering's commitments on Santa Fe projects:
A site check up front: floodplain, coastal clay, utilities, and access are reviewed early.
A clear scope. JRH Engineering prepares permit-ready, PE-sealed plans; your contractor or a permitting company secures the permit from Santa Fe city staff.
Schedule-conscious design. Phased packages for small commercial sites can help work start earlier; the 26-day Childress civil design is one example.
Agency awareness: drainage and utility questions in mainland Galveston County are raised early with Santa Fe city staff.
A free first conversation about your Santa Fe site: call (800) 227-9635 or request one online.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of engineering does growing Santa Fe need between Galveston and Houston?
Steady residential growth on flat prairie means JRH concentrates on subdivision grading, detention, and coastal-clay foundations.
How are Santa Fe foundations designed?
JRH uses post-tension and pier systems with Gulf wind-rated framing for the expansive clay. Call (800) 227-9635.
Can JRH plat a Santa Fe residential tract?
Yes; we handle Galveston County drainage and floodplain review.