About Us

Solaray Engineering, Inc. was founded in 2009 by President, Javier Chavira, as a DBE/MBE, HUB certified professional civil engineering firm headquartered in the Dallas – Fort Worth area.

Experience

Demonstrating fine quality in both service and design, Solaray has respectfully earned the reputation as a firm that sets its standards high to achieve maximum results with each project.

 

Due to their team’s vast knowledge and career excellence of over 100 years combined experience (including over 30 years of TxDOT and 90 years of AT&T experience), Solaray caters to their incisive clientele providing innovative, cost-saving design solutions, while meeting critical deadlines. Solaray and their staff have provided collective engineering services throughout the State of Texas including:

TxDOT Districts:

  • Austin
  • Dallas
  • El Paso
  • Fort Worth
  • San Antonio
  • Waco

Tollway Authorities:

  • North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA)
  • Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA)

Transit Authorities:

  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
  • Denton County Transit Authority

Cities:

  • Abilene
  • Austin
  • Carrollton
  • College Station
  • Dallas
  • Denton
  • Fort Worth
  • Frisco
  • Garland
  • Grapevine
  • Lancaster
  • Lewisville
  • McKinney
  • Ovilla
  • Plano
  • San Antonio

Certifications

TXDOT Precertifications

 

  • 1.9.1 – Geographic Information System (GIS) and Data Analysis
  • 3.2.1 – Route Studies & Schematic Design
  • 4.2.1 – Roadway Design
  • 4.4.1 – Freeway Interchanges
  • 8.1.1 – Signing, Pavement Marking, & Channelization
  • 10.1.1 – Hydrologic Studies
  • 10.2.1 – Roadway Hydraulic Design
  • 10.4.1 – Storm Water Pump Station-Hydraulic Design
  • 11.1.1 – Roadway Construction Management & Inspection
  • 15.1.1 – Right of Way Surveys
  • 15.2.1 – Design Survey
  • 15.2.2 – Construction Survey
  • 15.3.2 – Terrestrial Photogrammetry
  • 15.3.3 – Terrestrial LiDAR
  • 15.3.4 – Mobile LiDAR
  • 15.3.5 – Horizontal and Vertical Control
  • 15.3.6 – Airborne LiDAR
  • 18.2.1 – Subsurface Utility Engineering
  • 18.3.1 – Utility Adjustment Coordination
  • 18.4.1 – Utility Engineering
  • 18.5.1 – Utility Construction Management & Verification
  • 18.6.1 – Utility Management & Coordination Oversight
Minority Participation Certifications

 

Solaray Engineering is a certified DBE/MBE and HUB Certified Firm.

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“Where tradition meets innovation.”

Senior Engineers

Javier Chaviria
Javier Chavira

PRESIDENT

Don F. Johnson
Don F. Johnson, Jr., P.E.

SENIOR PROJECT
MANAGER

Roy Hodo
Roy Hodo

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Billy Kidd
Billy Kidd

SENIOR CONSTRUCTION
COORDINATOR

CAREERS AT SOLARAY

CAREERS AT SOLARAY

If you have talent, knowledge and experience — and want to work at a company that will value your abilities — it’s time to learn more about what Solaray has to offer. We’re always looking for good people to join our team. Please send your resume to [email protected].

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