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TGB Group specializes in rail infrastructure development projects.

How Drone Services Can Enhance and Empower Your Site-Planning
TGB Group is excited to offer this service to clients throughout the U.S.

Drone services technology is part of the “new wave” of technological advancement. A “piloted” drone plane can go just about anywhere that a regular person – in or out of a real plane – can. Drones can be used in many ways, and not just to cover sporting events and showcase luxury real estate.

TGB Group’s primary work revolves around design, planning and engineering for companies looking to develop a new business, rail or industrial site. In the past, the visuals we used to gain information about the land, boundaries, existing buildings, roadways and rail lines had to come from photographs. Either that or from videos shot while standing on firm ground.

Our drone services take these visuals to a new level. Literally. With FAA-licensed and insured pilots for the Texas area, we can now offer you remarkably insightful drone footage for your project.

Who can use drone services? What kinds of projects is it suitable for?
- Real estate developments
- Industrial sites
- Railroad configuration
- Manufacturing facilities
- Oil, gas and water developments
and any other projects where you really need to see the proverbial “lay of the land.”

Benefits of drone services
- An aerial picture is a true birds-eye view, far more complete than any typical ground photo
- Standard camera photographs solicit your attention; drone pictures grab it
- A clear, professional and highly aesthetic visual of your land or project
- Collect visual data about what’s going on around your site in adjacent communities
- Scenic videos can be powerful parts of business presentations to prospective partners and investors
- Drone services allow you to obtain video imagery in places and locations no hand-held camera ever could
Here some examples of a drone in action:

Learn more about this amazing technology and how our drone services can benefit your company. Get in touch with TGB Group President Mike Murphy at (866) 217-7794.
May 28, 2022
Industrial Park Expansion Makes News in Big Spring

TGB Group provided engineering design and construction management for the project

TGB Group is in the news again – this time in Big Spring, Texas, where the company is providing design and construction management services for a major rail industrial park expansion.

The project, launched by the Big Spring Economic Development Corporation (BSEDC), is big news in this city of approximately 27,000. A July 9, 2018 article on NewsWest9.com based in Midland, Texas, pointed out that the “[railroad] track is the road to expansion for the City of Big Spring.”

The McMahon-Wrinkle Air and Industrial Park expansion will involve laying an additional 8,000 feet of track and extending the main line track to allow access to properties near the park.

In a video and accompanying news article, BSEDC Executive Director Terry Wegman said, “This is a continuation of almost six miles of track that we’ve done over the last several years to accommodate existing business and help attract new business to the airport.”

Services TGB has been responsible for during the expansion at the former WWII airfield include topographic survey and construction staking; complete engineering design; preparation of necessary forms to obtain FAA, air park and railroad approvals; and construction administration. You can read more about this project in an article we wrote in October of last year.

TGB President Mike Murphy, who is overseeing his company’s work on the project, told NewsWest9, “The idea is to bring more customers to Big Spring and make them feel comfortable that we have everybody in the room they need to build their project.”

This is just one of many TGB projects focused on enhancing the economic climate in cities throughout Texas and in nearby states.

July 26, 2018
News on Our Big Spring McMahon Industrial Park Transload Yard Project

Where we are in this multifaceted project

TGB Group has completed surveying and engineering work for the Big Spring Mahon-Wrinkle Industrial Park Transload Yard, a project that began earlier in the year.

We are currently working on the construction of the transload yard with Big Spring Economic Development Corporation. Railworks Track Systems and DIFFCO, LLC were the selected rail and civil contractors for the project for which TGB Group is providing construction management services. So far, we have completed the ditching and surfacing and are beginning to fill the ditches with riprap. TGB team member Logan Ortiz P.E. is performing construction observation duties for the project. He is on-site at the industrial park every week, ensuring that the contractors build everything according to client-approved engineering documents.

Riprap

Riprap is essentially chunks of rock approximately one to two feet in diameter that are used to prevent erosion. Rocks typically used as riprap include granite, limestone and sometimes concrete. Riprap is particularly important to fill ditches near railroad yards to prevent water from eventually eroding the dirt beneath the track. If erosion is allowed to happen, a void will develop within the dirt under the track. As trains pass over this void, the railroad track will bend and “pump” into the dirt. The only way to fix this void is to have a railroad contractor come and fill in the void, which is an expensive and time-consuming process.

Drone Footage

Jake Cooper, TGB’s business development manager, took some drone footage of the construction in the transload yard. The first video is footage for the entire project from the south end, to the north end.

This second video is closer footage from about the middle, to the north end.

To learn more about our work with the Big Spring McMahon Industrial Park Transload Yard, please contact:

Mike Murphy, president, TGB Group: (832) 748-7603

June 24, 2018