Engineering Firms — Eagle Ford Shale News

Braun Intertec, one of the Upper Midwest’s premier engineering, consulting and testing firms, expands its operations to San Antonio, Texas, to support the oil and gas industry in the Eagle Ford Shale area and the surrounding infrastructure. The office will offer nondestructive examination, geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, construction materials testing, and building sciences services. Braun Intertec anticipates the new office location in San Antonio will allow its experienced engineers, scientists and field personnel to deliver the level of service and technical expertise needed in the booming oil and gas industry in Texas. The Eagle Ford Shale area is one of the most active shale plays in the world and continues to profoundly impact the community and economic development of South Texas.

With the company’s more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry combined with the Texas-based, local leadership at the San Antonio office, Braun Intertec is prepared to serve the thriving industry in Texas.

“As a native Texan, I’m excited to join the Braun Intertec team. I am more than confident the unique and varied skill set offered by Braun Intertec paired with the local expertise of our San Antonio business unit leaders will be able to keep pace with the immediate and growing needs of the Eagle Ford Shale community as well as the corresponding expansions in the industrial, municipal and private sectors.”

— Gary Kelley, Business Unit Manager at the Braun Intertec San Antonio Office

For more information about Braun Intertec, visit www.braunintertec.com or chat with us on Twitter @Braunintertec.

About Braun Intertec

Based in Minneapolis, employee-owned Braun Intertec (www.braunintertec.com) is a premier engineering, environmental consulting and testing firm with more than 600 employees located in multiple Twin Cities offices, as well as in Duluth, Hibbing, Mankato, Rochester, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Braun Intertec also has offices in Bismarck, Dickinson, West Fargo, and Minot, North Dakota; La Crosse and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and San Antonio, Texas. Braun Intertec subsidiaries include Agile Frameworks, LLC, Braun Intertec Geothermal, LLC, both based in Minneapolis.

Contact:

Tiffany DeMuth

tdemuth@braunintertec.com

952-995-2079

Houston-based engineering firm S&B Infrastructure, Ltd. (S&BI) has opened a new branch office in Laredo, TX (Webb County) to serve the Eagle Ford Shale. The company plans on expanding engineering and construction phase management services throughout the play, focusing on infrastructure improvements for Eagle Ford counties. According to S&BI officials, county governments are a primary focus for business development.

“S&BI recognizes the importance of having a presence in Laredo and Webb County, which is the sixth largest county in our great state.”

— Harold “JR” Reddish, PE, President and CEO of S&BI

The Laredo office is currently manned by a three-person staff. According to Senior VP of S&BI Daniel Rios, the company is currently working on infrastructure improvements in La Salle County. In the second-quarter of 2012, quarterly taxable spending in La Salle County was $34,540,083. That's an increase of 536% since 2009. With the continuous and progressive development over the past five years in the Eagle Ford, the revenue streams for counties covering the play are increasing. As these counties' coffers continue to fill-up, look for more engineering firms like S&BI to target these local governments for their infrastructure improvements.

S&BI has provided planning, design, and construction phase services for over $6.6 billion in infrastructure projects since 1994. The company has other branch offices across Texas and Louisiana.