How Easements Affect Utility Providers: A Guide to Navigating Land Rights
Utility providers face unique challenges when it comes to securing land rights. Easements are often the key to ensuring the smooth operation and expansion of
At WLG, we Work to provide turn-key Land services by Generating project solutions, leading our industry with our efficient, effective, and extensive experience in the private, municipal, and utility sectors.
We value creating a trusting and Lasting partnership, committed to exceeding client expectations and achieving their project Goals.
Matthew Whitman
Owner Founder
With the incredible growth in our state, existing right of ways and land rights held by utility providers and the facilities that occupy them are under constant threat of being diminished or lost altogether by encroachments, road widening and improvements, and new development projects. Existing land rights are of incredible value to utility providers, and must be protected in a proactive manner. We assist our clients daily in identifying these threats, evaluating the possible impact to their land rights and facilities, and successfully resolving related conflicts.
Our fees are based on results, not hours billed. We have developed a flat-rate per parcel fee structure that is all inclusive for land use permissions. This allows our clients to accurately budget for land rights and protects against run-away acquisition costs. Our clients have found extraordinary benefit to a flat rate per parcel fee structure, especially in challenging negotiations.
We view the expansion of infrastructure as a partnership between landowners and our clients. Every member of our front-facing team is an experienced negotiator with an excellent history of establishing a lasting, positive impression between the parties that encourages cooperation. We dig deep to understand the motivations and possible objections of the parties, then offer solutions that are unique to each individual property and set of circumstances. We will never approach our clients with a problem for which we do not offer a possible solution.
The acquisition and management of land rights often requires the resources of complementary disciplines. We have developed a strategic statewide network of title companies, abstractors, land surveyors, appraisers, environmental experts, engineers, and attorneys. We can leverage these resources as needed to provide all-inclusive, turn-key land rights support based on the individual needs of our clients.
Easements, Releases, Encroachments, License Agreements, Conflict Resolution Agreements. Permits and Right-of-Entry agreements
In-house title research and abstracting and relationships with title companies statewide.
Any type of use where fee simple title is necessary, including roadways, fee strips, lift stations, water plant sites, and well sites.
Easement plats and descriptions, boundary staking, identification of existing facilities, and other land surveying tasks. Offered through our professional partnerships with land surveyors throughout the state.
Route analysis and accurate pre-project estimates of parcels impacted, potential damages, and acquisition fees.
Valuation of land and certain land rights by appraisers licensed by the State of Texas and familiar with the subject matter. Offered through our professional partnerships with appraisers throughout the State.
GIS project tracking, land-rights mapping, digital terrain modeling, topographic field data, UAV-mounted LiDAR, and Orthometric images.
In-house Telecommunications OSP engineering design, corridor analysis, plan and profile, customer prem site evaluation, conflict analysis
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