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 Polk County, Texas — including Livingston (the county seat) along US-59/I-69 and US-190, anchored by Lake Livingston and serving a growing mix of retirement, lakefront, and rural residential development.
Engineering Services Starts With Us In Livingston, 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 Livingston, TX
Civil Engineering
Lakefront subdivision and rural land development around Lake Livingston
Trinity River and Lake Livingston reservoir floodplain analysis Private road and utility design for Tract rural developments
TxDOT access permitting for US-59 and US-190 Stormwater detention and grading design for Livingston's sloping piney-woods terrain under Polk County drainage criteria
SWPPP/TPDES compliance and paving, parking, and ADA site design for Livingston construction
Structural Engineering
Lakefront and pier-supported residential structural design
Barndominium structural design for Polk County's active rural development market
Foundation design engineered for Polk County sandy piney-woods soils in Livingston
Residential structural design custom homes, additions, and framing for Livingston neighborhoods
Commercial structural design for Livingston's lakeside-residential and rural-commercial corridor
Retaining-wall, bulkhead, and slope-stabilization structural design for Livingston's sloping lots
Land Development
Rural and lakeside-tract subdivision platting through Polk County
Lake Livingston waterfront and shoreline-setback site design
OSSF and private-well site planning for piney-woods parcels
Polk County subdivision-regulation and access-road permitting coordination
Tract land development from raw acreage to recorded final plat in Polk County
Polk County drainage detention coordination and MUD/utility-district infrastructure design for Livingston projects
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?
Clients around Livingston usually want to know three things early: what Livingston city staff will require, how Lake Livingston and the Trinity River affects the site, and what it will cost. With JRH Engineering, questions typically go to the engineer working on your project.
The Houston office covers the Lake Livingston area, and the Manvel office adds support roughly 90 miles from Livingston. JRH Engineering aims to bring the same responsiveness to lakefront homes and docks in Livingston that it showed on the Childress workforce camp project, where meetings with contractors ran one to three times a day.
As a licensed engineering firm founded in 2008, JRH Engineering covers the civil, structural, and land development needs of projects in the Lake Livingston area. Whether the job is lakefront homes and docks or small commercial sites, site conditions near Livingston, including sandy and loamy East Texas soils under pine forest, drive the early design decisions.
See the FM 1485 industrial site in New Caney, roughly 40 miles away.
Foundation choices in Livingston are shaped by sandy and loamy East Texas soils under pine forest and by exposure to Lake Livingston and the Trinity River. Options can include conventional slabs or pier-and-beam systems sized to the geotechnical report.
Inland sites still see design wind and flood requirements, set by the adopted building code and the parcel's flood zone. JRH Engineering's structural portfolio includes post-tension slab, helical pile, and deep pile foundation designs.
As a woman-owned firm certified as a WBE and WOSB and eligible for HUB programs, JRH Engineering offers more than engineering. On projects for Livingston, Polk County, school districts, and utility districts, certifications like these may support supplier-diversity requirements.
JRH Engineering's Texas PE license is F-10385, and licensed Professional Engineers seal its plans. In the Lake Livingston area, lakefront homes and docks and rural acreage are among the project types where these credentials can come up.
Checking sandy and loamy East Texas soils under pine forest and Lake Livingston and the Trinity River early can protect a Livingston budget from surprises.
JRH Engineering's overhead stays low, so fees for lakefront homes and docks and similar work remain competitive. A free detention pond calculator and reference guides support early planning in Livingston and elsewhere.
Owners of small commercial sites near Livingston often ask how long design will take, and the honest answer depends on scope and agency review.
26 days: civil design for the Childress, Texas data center workforce camp
Phased deliverables so earthwork can start early
Early coordination with Livingston city staff
No two schedules are identical, which is why scope and site conditions get reviewed first.
Partner with JRH Engineering for lakefront homes and docks, rural acreage, or other projects in Livingston: call (800) 227-9635 or request one online.
Licensed engineers answer questions about site conditions, drainage, and foundations. The Houston office is roughly 70 miles from Livingston.
What JRH Provides
Project owners in the Lake Livingston area commonly fit one of these profiles:
Neighborhood and infill builders: engineering for lakefront homes and docks around Livingston, from grading plans to storm drainage.
Waterfront and marine owners: elevation, pile-supported or flood-resilient foundations, and drainage for lakefront homes and docks near Lake Livingston and the Trinity River.
Public agencies: civil engineering that can be coordinated with Polk County engineering staff.
Owners of wooded acreage: access roads, clearing, and drainage planning on sandy and loamy East Texas soils under pine forest.
Custom home owners and contractors: a Structural Engineer for slabs, piers, and framing around Livingston.
Established in 2008, JRH Engineering works from offices in Manvel and Houston, Texas, plus Charlotte, North Carolina, and Orlando, Florida.
Livingston is roughly 90 miles from the Manvel headquarters and roughly 70 miles from the Houston office, and it sits in the Lake Livingston area.
If your property is closer to Coldspring, Shepherd, and Groveton, those city pages cover the same services.
Livingston is part of JRH Engineering's Houston metro service area, one of 36 metro areas served: 20 in Texas, 10 in Florida, and 6 in North Carolina.
Nearby examples from JRH Engineering's case study library:
the FM 1485 industrial site in New Caney, roughly 40 miles away: relevant to yard, drainage, and foundation work around Livingston.
the FM 1485 storage facility expansion in New Caney, roughly 40 miles away: relevant to site design for small commercial sites near Livingston.
a feasibility study for a restaurant pad site on Will Clayton Parkway in Humble, roughly 55 miles away: shows what an early feasibility review can uncover.
Browse all case studies or see due diligence and feasibility studies.
In Livingston, JRH Engineering's approach rests on these practices:
A site check up front: floodplain, sandy and loamy East Texas soils under pine forest, utilities, and access are reviewed early.
Phased deliverables when schedules are tight. For rural acreage, submittals can be phased so earthwork starts while utility design continues; the Childress workforce camp civil design was completed in 26 days.
Local coordination: submittals are planned around Livingston city staff and Polk County engineering staff.
Plans designed for review by Livingston city staff, sealed by a licensed Professional Engineer.
Complimentary estimate or consultation: start at (800) 227-9635 or through the contact form.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Lake Livingston shape development in the Polk County seat?
The lake and the neighboring Alabama-Coushatta reservation drive recreation and Piney Woods growth, so JRH handles lakeside, commercial, and rural site civil.
What foundation fits Livingston's sandy soils?
JRH uses pier and slab foundations for lake homes, retail, and rural structures.
Can JRH plat a Livingston lakeside tract?
Yes; we handle Polk County drainage, OSSF, and reservoir review. Reach (800) 227-9635.