AUSTIN BRYAN/ COLLEGE STATION DALLAS HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO TEMPLE TEXAS COAST WACO
Services
MLAW Engineers is a diversified source for your construction project. From site analysis to construction plans to final compliance letters, you can consider us your one-stop shop. Our affiliation with MLA Labs allows us to coordinate and procure the soils data necessary to design the appropriate foundation and structure for your site.With a single phone call, our customers can connect with an MLAW team member that will spearhead your project.
Commercial Services
If your project is a shopping center, office building, warehouse, hotel, school, church or restaurant, and whether it is tilt wall, metal building, wood construction or steel construction, post-tension or conventional rebar reinforced, we can provide the foundation and structural design that best fits your site. If you have already had your project designed, and are seeking a second opinion, we can review those plans with value engineering in mind. We work with you, from concept to completion.
Residential Services
Builders throughout Texas report consistently high customer satisfaction with their homes, largely due to our site-specific foundation design services. The diverse soil conditions in Texas necessitate more in-depth soil analysis resulting in less guess work in the design phase. Our goal is to have fewer needlessly over-designed, wasteful foundations and eliminate under-designed, under-performing slabs which often result in distress and litigation. With subsurface soil conditions ranging from solid rock to highly expansive clays (oftentimes in the same community!), construction in many areas of Texas can be high-stakes and expensive if not handled correctly. We want to help you spend your money wisely.
Energy
New mandates require that all homes be constructed with an increasingly higher level of energy efficiency. MLAW Energy provides Home Energy Ratings Systems (HERS) ratings, code compliance, field testing and federal Energy Star compliance for builders, architects, and individuals. New and existing technologies make it possible to build an energy efficient home, resulting in savings on your monthly utility bill. Our energy team can review and rate your construction plans, evaluating the efficiency of the insulation, windows and doors, appliances, HVAC systems and exterior cladding.
Forensic Services
Stuff happens. When you need help, you can count on our forensics team to investigate the situation. We will look at the problem and offer our professional opinion. When requested, we can prepare the necessary documents with corrective measures. An additional service we can provide is the oversight or management of the repair work. As appropriate, we will strive to mitigate the damaging effects of structural movement. In other instances we can be requested to write certificates of merit or perform as expert witnesses. Our senior forensics expert, Dean Read has provided expert testimony in numerous cases of varying type. Attorneys, judges, and juries trust Dean and his team to accurately explain what went wrong, who was responsible, and what is needed to make it right.