Kuo & Associates Services

KUO provides engineering and surveying services in the Greater Houston Area and surrounding cities.

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Water Line (Transmission Line)

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Water Line (Distribution Line)

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Wastewater Line

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Storm Line

Utility Design

KUO has successfully accomplished a number of water line projects on time and within budget in the past years. In the last 20 years, KUO has accomplished more than 600,000 linear feet of large and small diameter water lines (sizes ranging from 4-inch to 108-inch) for the City of Houston and other Water Districts.

Accomplishments of KUO highlighting technical competence are described below:

Thirty (30) years of experience in Water line design
Accomplished design of 600,000 linear feet of water line replacement projects in last 30 years including 15 small diameter water lines and 8 large diameter water lines projects for City of Houston Surface Water Management Program
Accomplished design of 300,000 linear feet of water line replacement for municipalities for thirteen (13) water line projects in last ten (10) years.

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Paving Design

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Trail/Sidewalk Design

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Street Rehabilitation

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Utility Relocation

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Traffic Control Plan

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Street Lighting

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Signing & Striping

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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

Road Design

In the last three decades, KUO has designed a number of paving and Trail design projects for the City of Houston and other agencies, including but not limited to Harris County, Metro in the greater Houston area. Our professional staff have demonstrated knowledge and expertise in sound and cost-efficient design and the successful construction of street, trail, and sidewalk projects.

KUO has valuable knowledge and experience in evaluating flexible and rigid pavement, identifying treatment plans, and designing and preparing construction documents for Street Rehabilitation Projects.

KUO also provide support services (Preparing Traffic Control Plan, Street Lighting Plan, Signing & Striping Plan and SW3P) for a paving design project.

Trails Designs

KUO has successfully accomplished Trail/ Sidewalk design projects for the Houston Park Board, the City of Houston, Texas Department of Transportation, Harris County, etc. on time and within budget in the past years. KUO has successfully led the completion of five bikeway and trail projects in the past five years.

Drainage Analysis & Design

KUO has performed drainage studies (local), storm sewer system design, site drainage, detention facilities design, and mitigation plans for the City of Houston, HCFCD, etc. Our engineers are conversant with HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS programs in solving hydrologic and hydraulic problems.

KUO has personnel with knowledge and experience in the design and construction of efficient solutions for Local Drainage Projects (LDP), Stormwater Action Team (S.W.A.T) Drainage Rehabilitation Projects for the City of Houston with expedited service for a quick turnaround for the nature of these projects. Our key personnel have worked on a number of projects, including screening, preliminary design, H&H modeling, technical support, and design delivery of work orders with limited budgets and expedited schedules.

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Drainage Study (Limited/Local)

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Drainage Analysis

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Drainage Design

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Detention/Mitigation Design

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Channel Improvements

Site Development

KUO is experienced in performing civil design works for site development and improvements for various public entities (City of Houston, Houston Park Board, etc.) and institutions (HISD, U of H, KIPP School, Rice University, Texas A&M, etc.).

KUO provides turn-key projects of these including due diligence/feasibility study, topo & boundary surveying, platting, grading, drainage, utility connections, obtaining permits/approval for construction and limited construction phase services.

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Due Diligence Study

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DTM and Site grading

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Site Drainage

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Site Utilities

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Permitting

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Construction Phase Support

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Topographic Surveying

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Route Surveying

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Control Surveying

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Boundary Surveying (Category 1A, 1B, ALTA)

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Record Abstracting

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Right of Way and Easement Mapping

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Subdivision Platting

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Construction Staking

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GPS real-time surveying

Surveying

KUO has the capability to perform all categories of survey work defined in the current ‘Manual of Practice for Land Surveying in the State of Texas’ as published by the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors. Our service includes primarily topographic surveys, boundary surveys, construction surveys, etc.

Our survey personnel possess TWIC identification cards for being able to work in restricted areas and have accomplished a number of surveying projects for critical facilities like Airport, Water Plants, Ports, etc. KUO has been serving public entities (like the City of Houston, Harris County, HCFCD, TxDOT, Metro, Port of Houston, WHCRWA, NHCRWA, and other surrounding cities and counties) for surveying tasks on numerous design projects.