Engineering Services

BCS Unified Design Guidelines, Specifications and Standard Construction Details

This information is provided as a technical resource for engineering and architectural professionals for use in design and construction activities in the rights-of-way or easements. Design professionals assume responsibility for selection, reference, and appropriate application of these resources. These standard details can only be modified, when approved in advance, by the City Engineer, or an authorized representative. Persons making use of the information contained in these files shall be solely responsible for their use. These files are not intended as a substitute for the professional judgment of a design professional.

• • Please click here to view the BCS Unified design guidelines.
  • Drainage Report Checklist
  • City of Bryan Lot Grading Guidelines

Easements and Rights-of-Way

An easement is an instrument that gives the City access through a property owner’s land to any infrastructure that the City is responsible for maintaining. Certain easements are also used by phone, cable and electricity companies.

Citizens may contact the City of Bryan to inquire about any easements crossing their property or easements on property they may be interested in purchasing. Engineering Services can assist in identifying the following easements within the Bryan city limits: water line easements, sewer line easements, street right-of-way easements, drainage easements and public utilities easements. For assistance with electrical easements, citizens should contact Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU) at (979) 821-5700.

Citizens may also contact Engineering Services to find out how wide the right-of-way is for any City street. Engineering Services can inform property owners of the approximate distance from the curb line of the street to the right-of-way line so they can measure and have an idea how far the street’s right-of-way may extend back from the curb.

• View more information about Public Rights-of-Way Management
• View our online permitting portal to apply for a Right of Way work permit

Land Clearing and Construction

• City of Bryan Stormwater Quality Compliance Application

Why are land clearing and construction activities important?

Dirt, materials and trash from construction and/or land clearing activities can be washed into the city’s drainage system. Remember, the drainage system is not a treatment system. These pollutants flow directly to local waterways where they can have a negative impact on water quality.

So, what’s the solution?

The solution is to keep dirt and trash on your site by having an adequate plan and simple devices in place to contain runoff.

The City of Bryan prohibits the discharge of pollutants to the City’s storm drain system. In order to comply with the Stormwater Management Ordinance, if your site meets certain criteria, you may need to apply for a Grading Permit and possibly a (TPDES) Construction General Permit.

The Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Construction General Permit went into effect on March 5, 2018. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the permitting authority. The permit authorizes the discharge of stormwater associated with both large (greater than 5 acres) and small (greater than 1 acre but less than 5 acres) construction sites. The TPDES Construction General Permit as well as other necessary documents are provided below.  Links to valuable information from TCEQ, EPA and other sources are also provided.

• General Permit for Construction Activities
• Notice of Intent (NOI)
• Notice of Termination (NOT)
• Large Site Notice
• Small Site Notice

TCEQ Assistance

• Assistance Tools

Contractor Registration Program

 

The objective of the registration program is to substantiate that contractors have the experience, equipment, knowledge, insurance, bonding capacity and stability to safely and efficiently construct the public infrastructure that will service the citizens of Bryan and operate safely in public rights of way.

 

This Registration applies to Contractors hired by:

1. the City to construct public infrastructure;
2. private developers to construct infrastructure to be dedicated to the public;
3. land owners or private utilities to work in Public Rights of Way or Public Easements.

 

How can I register?

The first step to becoming a Registered Contractor under this program, is to select the Registration Class that most closely relates to the work you intend to perform. Please reference the table below for a brief summary of the 4 Registration Classes.

To apply for registration under one of the Registration Classes in the table above please visit our online permitting portal at:

https://www.citizenserve.com/cityofbryantx

Find Citizenserve online portal contractor registration instructions here.

Please reference the list below for contractors currently authorized to perform work on or near public infrastructure within City of Bryan City Limits.

CLASS I – Capital Improvement
Bayer Construction Electrical Contractors, Inc	I
Brazos Paving, Inc	I
Britt Rice Electric	I
CC Electric, LLC	I
Cervantez Construction, LLC	I
Civil Constructors, Inc. dba Texcon General Contractors	I
D&S Contracting, Inc	I
Elliott Construction, LLC	I
Horton Excavating, LLC	I
JaCody Construction, LP	I
Jon Tucker Construction, LLC	I
Kieschnick General Contractors	I
Knife River Corporation – South	I
Larry Young Paving, Inc	I
Norman Construction Services, LLC	I
Rubios Solutions	I
Schieffer Corp	I
Teal Services, LLC	I
Terra Bella Construction	I
Texas Materials Group, Inc	I
WBW Construction	I
CLASS II – Development
Cheyenne Construction Group	II
Cox Plumbing, Inc.	II
EAS Development, LLC.	II
Interwest Construction TX, LLC.	II
Palasota Contracting, LLC.	II
Sendero Industries, LLC.	II
South Construction, Inc.	II
SpawGlass	II
Texas KB Utilities	II
CLASS III – Vicinity & Repair
Barrington & Burdette dba OSP Technologies	III
Fast Track Construction, LLC.	III
Housley Communications, Inc.	III
J.C. Communications	III
JNA Communications	III
Online Directional Boring, LP.	III
Vecta Environmental Services, LLC.	III
MetroNet Technologies, Inc.	III

If you still have questions please feel free to: