Support for engineering firms

Water and sewer scope can decide whether a civil firm bids a job. We work for engineering firms in two ways, and we agree in writing which one applies before work starts.

Two ways to work together

• A specialty scope under your contract. We design a defined piece of the job, such as the water, wastewater, lift station or site civil scope, and carry its permits. We seal only what we design. Our sheets sit inside your set with our firm name, registration number and seal, as Texas rules require when a set carries more than one license holder’s work.
• Overflow production under your project manager. We work to your standards, templates and file structure, and you direct the work. By default you supervise it and you seal it. We do not seal work we did not design, and we will not ask you to seal work you did not supervise.

How a work package runs

We start by agreeing the scope, the standards and the deliverable list. Before anything reaches your desk, it goes through our plan QC checklist and a licensed PE’s review. You get the files back in your structure, and we answer the review comments on our sheets.

Most firms start with a small fixed-fee first task on a real project, judged by you before any standing agreement.

Your client stays yours

It is in writing: a mutual non-solicitation covering your clients and staff, for 24 months after our last joint project. Your project manager leads every client conversation, and we never contact or market to your client.

Where we can help

MES is licensed in nine states: Texas, Colorado, California, Oklahoma, Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Kansas and New Mexico. On a project outside them, we can still produce work under your supervision and seal.

To scope a pursuit or a work package, send the project location, the scope you want covered, your standards and the submittal date.