Central Florida Land Planning and Civil Engineering Terms and Conditions for Purchasing Real Estate for Development
One of the difficulties for real estate developers, that are new to Central Florida Real Estate Development, is the amount of time it takes to get the land entitled for construction. Entitlements include all of the processes and permits required to start construction of the land’s infrastructure. This includes all of the off-site improvements, site […]
Civil Engineer’s Pipe Dream Home
Civil Engineering Pipe Used for Tiny Home A common civil enginering material was on display at the National Home Builders International Builders Show in January. A common reinforced concrete pipe commonly used for drainage applications, in civil engineering proujects, was turned into a tiny house. This creative application, of turning a 96-inch diameter reinforced concrete […]
Waters of the United States Rule Changes Helps Orlando Real Estate Developers, Home Builders and Land Owners.
In Orlando real estate development, the major impact that the “Waters of the United States” ruling of the “Clean Water Act”, deals with is wetlands. The “Waters of the United States” rule or WOTUS defines what constitutes a wetland through various mechanisms. The current rule is a patchwork of regulations which are confusing to the […]
Excel Engineering Consultants, LLC Assists Local Doctor with Medical Center Development
In a recent Orlando Business Journal article, Dr. Kalidas discussed his vision for a “Medical Tourism” development. Excel Engineering has the pleasure of assisting Dr. Kirti Kalidas and KMP Land Corp. with the Land Planning, Civil Engineering, Permitting and Construction services for the proposed 107,000 square foot Hotel and Medical office development. Excel Engineering completed […]
Excel Engineering Consultants, LLC is now LEED® AP
The Orlando-based land planning, civil and environmental engineering firm, Excel Engineering Consultants, LLC, is pleased to announce that it recently achieved LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED® AP) certification for its principal Julian Coto, P.E. Mr. Coto is principal engineer and Professional Engineer Registered in: Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. Excel Engineering Consultants, LLC […]
Stormwater Management-Terrain
Stormwater is water that essentially comes from all forms of weather (rain, melted snow) and has an acute tendency to flow across hard surfaces that don’t soak up water. These surfaces are commonly parking lots, roof tops, sidewalks, and streets. The trouble with stormwater arises from two issues: If the actual volume of stormwater is […]
Stormwater Management-Geography
We discussed the negative impact stormwater has, but there are different ways to conquer its adverse effects.In fact, there are ways of even benefiting from stormwater.One of the best ways to utilize the benefits of stormwater is having the capacity to actually capture it and eventually reuse it.By capturing stormwater, wastewater treatment plants are able […]
How Will These New Florida Land Development Regulations Affect Your Next Project ?
Are You Aware that in July of this year some new laws came into effect in Florida which will affect your Florida land development project. Some of these new Regulations are good and others may be not-so-good. Let me explain….. The Good IF you have a land development permit with any of the Water Management […]