RAVING FANS

Raving Fans

Just having satisfied customers isn’t good enough anymore. If you really want a booming business, you have to create Raving Fans.
-(Raving Fans; Blanchard and Bowles; 1993)

“After working with the BIG RED DOG team on numerous projects over the years, including several current deals, I can comfortably say that they have set the standard in terms of a civil engineering consultant. I am pleased to recommend BIG RED DOG, without reservation, to prospective clients.”

-Derek Brown, Managing Director, Greystar Real Estate Partners

“We’ve worked with BRD on several of our recent projects in the City of Austin. We’re always impressed with their ability to identify potential project issues early in the development process, such as heritage trees or commercial design standards implications, and their ability to work collaboratively with both the design team and City staff to resolve such issues. BRD has been a valuable addition to our design team as a result of their work ethic and comprehensive understanding of Austin’s development permitting process.”

-John Burnham and Dudley Simmons, Cypress Real Estate Advisors

“Our office has had the pleasure of working with the BIG RED DOG team on several recent projects and we have always appreciated their truly collaborative approach. It’s both unique and refreshing to have our civil engineering consultants working in concert with us to develop design solutions. They have also consistently been an advocate for our project owners, allowing development permitting issues to be resolved quickly and effectively.”

-Michael Hsu, Principal Architect, Michael Hsu Office of Architecture

“What we appreciate most when working with Matt and his team at BIG RED DOG is the fact that we get personalized service and are not handed off from project manager to project manager. In effect, we’ve found that we have received ‘large firm’ experience with the service and attention to detail that you’d expect from a smaller shop. We always look forward to working on our next project with the BRD team!”

-Geoff Simpson, Chief Financial Officer, Kaplan Management Company

“Our approach to design has always been collaborative and we are always looking for engineers who are design-oriented and will do more than just adapt the site to a given building plan. We’ve found in working with BIG RED DOG that they have been very forward-thinking and they eagerly get involved early in the project programming process. This allows us to focus on what we do best, and makes BRD an integral part of our design team.”

-Michael Cowan, Principal, Haddon + Cowan Architects Collaborative

“BIG RED DOG has consistently provided responsive and forward-thinking service on a variety of projects, and has quickly risen to the top of the field of local civil engineers. Their can-do attitude and problem solving strategies are a breath of fresh air, and greatly enhance the front-end design process.”

-Nathan Wilcox and Eric Van Hyfte, BOKA Powell

“The team at BIG RED DOG Engineering are the most innovative, collaborative and creative Civil Engineering professionals I have ever had the pleasure of working with. They are able to execute at the highest level of the profession. I highly recommend BIG RED DOG for their civil engineering design and permitting services.”

-Daniel Woodroffe, Principal, DWG Landscape Architecture

“Bob brown and BRD have done a great job on our first project with them, a student housing project in Austin’s West Campus area. We look forward to working with them on many more projects in the future.”

-Brett Rhode, Principal, Rhode Partners

“We are very selective in the firms we engage for all our design services because we recognize that having highly qualified and responsive consultants are essential elements in determining the ultimate success of a project. Fortunately, we have found that the civil engineering services provided by BIG RED DOG meet or exceed all of our mission critical requirements and expectations. Will and his partners efficiently investigate the site specific, regulatory and budgetary issues impacting the project and then provide cost effective solutions to their clients. Accordingly, I am pleased to recommend BIG RED DOG, without reservation, to prospective clients.”

-Aubrey Haines, Vice President, Simmons Vedder Partners

“I appreciate their team-first approach and that I deal with the same qualified person every time. When I work with BIG RED DOG, I always get an owner of the company leading my project. They tell me what the potential issues are up front and help the project with innovative problem solving to get the most out of it. This allows decisions to be made and issues to be resolved immediately.”

-Dick Clark, Owner, Dick Clark Architecture

“What I appreciate most is that it’s never just another project for BIG RED DOG. They approach every project with a consistent level of care and attention to detail that makes them an integral part of the design team. They have a broad knowledge base and high technical skill level which they combine with dependability on a deadline.”

-Brian Ott, Principal, TBG Partners

“BIG RED DOG is an engineering firm capable of seeing matters through a developer’s set of lenses. They are consummate professionals who continue to rise to the occasion. I am very impressed with their capabilities and ‘can-do’ attitude.”

-Ken Aspis, Senior Vice President, Thomas Properties Group

“After 30 years of dealing with engineers who seem programmed to automatically say NO, it has been a pleasure to work with the team at BIG RED DOG. Texas Realty Partners specializes in projects that require outside the box thinking that will ultimately lead to a YES, and BIG RED DOG has been an invariably creative and positive, as well as cost-effective, member of our team.”

-Karen Goetting Skelton, Principal, Texas Realty Partners

“The BIG RED DOG team was invaluable in helping the Austin Police Association obtain the necessary site development permit approvals for our new headquarters. We had heard horror stories about the City of Austin permitting process but the BRD team made it easy and painless.”