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Saul Alva is our Survey Coordinator, as such some of his duties include overseeing our field crews, preliminary CAD work for the crews on survey projects, and helping to manage our survey projects.

As of July 2023, Saul is celebrating 24 years of dedicated service with our FXSA Team! We are happy and proud to have him as a part of our company for so many years and we thank him for choosing to spend his work life with us!

Over the years Saul has worked in various capacities, beginning as what was then called an Instrument Man, working out in the field as a part of our crews, to his current position that has him in the office the majority of the time. He does still go out to the field from time to time on some of our larger and/or more complex projects. Because of his extensive experience and knowledge in both the field side and the office side of survey, he is our “Go-To” guy for coordination and execution on those larger and more complex projects.

You can count on him to make sure that the needs of the Survey Department are being met and to know the status of our survey projects. Saul is one of those co-workers that will always have a friendly “Hello” and a smile! He is a family man who can often be found working on a home renovation project in his off time and participating in many family activities on the weekends. And here at work, we can always count on him to be one of our “Grill Masters” at our company cook-outs!

Thank you Saul for 24 great years, we look forward to many more together!

on 26 July, 2023
  • Employee Spotlight
John

John Barnes is our Geospatial and Subsurface Utility Engineering Director and is celebrating his 5-year anniversary with FXSA! As part of his duties running these two divisions of survey and engineering, he prepares many Scope of Works and Cost Proposals for our clients. He also oversees and works as Project Manager on these jobs. John is a good communicator, and he makes sure to keep our clients updated on his projects, and he always maintains a good working relationship with both our clients and his co-workers.

John is dedicated to his job and cares a lot about the quality of work that we deliver to. If he sees a need that can help out with in the course of any of our projects, he will step up and pitch in!

Thank you, John for always going above and beyond! Your efforts on behalf of our clients and our company do not go unnoticed, and we appreciate all that you do!

on 20 Apr, 2023
  • Employee Spotlight
Michelle

Michelle is our Administrative Assistant and she has been with us since May of 2022. Not only does she man our front desk, she fields all of the company calls, and is an invaluable support to all departments. Michelle always has a smile and a kind word for everyone, whether they are visiting our office or whether they work here. She is always happy to assist co-workers in any way that she can. Her patience and her positive demeanor set the tone for those around her.

Michelle is an important member of our FXSA Team. She keeps us all on track; she is the face of FXSA to all who come into our office; and she brings with her all of the great skills needed to do it all professionally and efficiently, while still being warm and friendly towards you.

Thank you, Michelle! The office just wouldn't be the same without you.

on 20 Apr, 2023
  • Employee Spotlight
Frankie

Ruben Espinoza is a Senior Party Chief, and he has been with us since January of 2007. Ruben works in the field, leading the crew on the various types of land survey projects we do throughout Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and beyond! Ruben is dedicated and is willing to take on any challenge that comes his way. He has worked in confined spaces, in the midst of areas of thick bushes with even thicker underbrush, in cold rain, in the hot desert sun, you name it and he has worked it! Through it all he preserves and gets the job done.

In addition to his perseverance under harsh conditions, Ruben also possesses an amazing eye for photography. In fact, the best still shots we have of projects come from him! Every now and then he will even do headshots for the company or capture moments from our Annual Company Christmas Party.

Thank you Ruben for always making sure to get the job done, no matter the circumstances all the while bringing your artist eye along for the ride, capturing great memories of company projects that will last us for years to come. We appreciate all that you do!

on 8 Mar, 2023
  • Employee Spotlight
Frankie

Valeria is an Associate Engineer and has been with our Team since May of 2021. She works primarily on our water and wastewater projects. She has been instrumental on a very important and quite large sewer modeling project we are doing for Lower Valley Water District, here locally.

Valeria is very dedicated and focused in her work efforts and it shines through very clearly in the finished product she produces for our clients.

Valeria is a valued member of our FXSA Team and enjoys getting involved in any of our Departmental and/or Company trainings. She also sits on our Growth and Culture Committee, heading up our Spirit Day Division! We love the positive energy she brings into the office everyday.

Thank you Valeria for all that you do, we appreciate your hard work and your commitment to helping us grow and thrive!

on 3 Feb, 2023
  • Employee Spotlight
Frankie

Frankie is our beloved FXSA Mascot. He joined our FXSA Team in 2015 and over the last seven years, he has been the source of motivation, inspiration, and many many smiling faces! Frankie has devoted his time to representing the company at a variety of functions. He has befriended the likes of Chico of the El Paso Chihuahuas and Pay Dirt Pete of UTEP, to name a few. Frankie always makes time in his busy schedule to accompany us to the SAME Federal Small Business Conference every year, where he is an invaluable addition to our marketing team. He spends his time there mingling with other firms as well as representatives from the various Districts of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Last month while attending this year’s conference, he even found time to get in a bit of ping pong and some putt-putt, and even posed for some glamour shots! Frankie is always cheerful, and he manages to make everyone he comes in contact with a little happier than they were before. Most even ask him if they can have their photo taken with him, to which he always agrees. He doesn’t even mind when people mistake him for a Bear, he just politely points out his tail so they can see that he is clearly a Beaver. We thank you, Frankie, for all of the goodwill and cheer that you spread on behalf of the company! FXSA wouldn’t be the same without you!

on 14 Dec, 2022
  • Employee Spotlight
Snippets: Frank, Florencio, & Louis
on 6 Oct, 2022
  • Highlights
Johnny Ohnmacht

Johnny is our Geospatial Services Manager and one of our UAV Certified Pilots. He has been with our Team for four years now. In addition to manning our drone flights and working in our SUE (subsurface

utilities engineering) department, Johnny takes on the task of helping us out with new and innovative ideas for our social media, our employee activities, and offers ideas on promotional items to increase our

brand exposure. He is always willing and eager to learn something new and keeps very up-to-date on any new technologies.

Johnny brings a spark of fun into the office and is always there to help when you need him! Thank you Johnny, we value the contributions you bring to our FXSA Team!

on 6 Oct, 2022
  • Employee Spotlight
Randolf Z. Lopez

Randolf is a Survey Technician who has been working here at FXSA for two years now; he works in the field covering Texas, Southern New Mexico, and anywhere else we happen to have survey projects going on. This makes him a vital part of our organization, as survey really lays the groundwork for so much of what we do.

Randolf was born and raised right here in El Paso, and he began working in Surveying back in 2014. He also has experience working in a plant nursery, so we can clearly see that Randolf has a passion for working outdoors and being out in nature! We all appreciate his dedication to his job, it is not always easy working out in the elements where the temperatures can vary from extreme heat, to rain, snow, or high humidity. Not to mention the terrain variances from project to project. He could be working in the hot arid desert one day and the humid swampy marsh lands across the state the next day.

Thank you to Randolf for keeping a positive attitude through it all and working hard to get the job done! We are all behind you as you return to school at EPCC to further your education while continuing to work

Randolf is known throughout the company as being very kind and thoughtful of others.

We appreciate you and the work you do, Randolf! We are proud to have you on our Team.

on 6 Oct, 2022
  • Employee Spotlight
Snippets: Frank, Florencio, & Louis
on 1 Sept, 2022
  • Highlights
Gina Carrion

Gina is our Business Development Assistant and she does an amazing job! Gina has been a valued member of our Team for over a year now and she is amazing at bringing creativity to everything she touches; from the proposals she works on to ideas on ways to improve our Social Media presence to her great taste in graphic design layouts! Gina works mainly on our proposals for the many entities that we serve. That means she is always working against a hard and fast deadline. It takes a lot of focus, patience, and skill to always be working under pressure, and yet she still manages to inject all she does with the creative touches that help set our firm apart. She also helps with ideas, suggestions and implementation on our social media campaigns, our company outings, brilliant ideas for our promotional giveaways, and ways to improve and streamline some of our procedures. And the list goes on…

She enjoys what she does and that definitely shines through in her work.

Gina is also an awesome co-worker to have. She is a very upbeat person and always has a smile and a kind word for everyone.

We are thrilled to count her among our beloved FXSA Team!

on 31 Aug, 2022
  • Employee Spotlight
Snippets: Frank, Florencio, & Louis
on 3 Aug, 2022
  • Highlights
Javier Acosta

Our Vice President, Javier Acosta, PE, PTOE, CFM, makes a great impact on our company everyday! His dedication to our clients, our projects, and our staff is invaluable. Since joining the FXSA Team a little over a year ago, he has implemented and sustained a professional growth plan in our Engineering Department that has now become the model for our company. He works hard to make sure that our staff receive the training, education, and experience they need to advance in their careers.

Javier also directly oversees several of our clients and is greatly involved in all of their projects that we are working on. His attention to detail, his clear communication with employees and clients, and his positive attitude all combine to make him a respected leader at our firm. Thank you to Javier for setting the bar so high and for showing us all at FXSA that his leadership is steadfast and sincere!

"Thank you to Javier for setting the bar so high and for showing us all at FXSA that his leadership is steadfast and sincere!" By: Serena Harper

on 3 Aug, 2022
  • Employee Spotlight
Javier Acosta
"I am humbled, excited, honored and very thankful for the opportunity here at FXSA."
-VP, Javier Acosta

Javier Acosta, PE, has joined FXSA as Vice President. “Our executive management team is now complete,” said Rebecca Spencer, FXSA President. “As a Professional Engineer with degrees in both Civil Engineering and Surveying Engineering, Javier is a perfect fit for FXSA. We truly are excited about the knowledge, experience, and leadership he brings to our team.”

Most recently, Javier Acosta was Engineering Division Manager and Floodplain Administrator for the City of El Paso. He previously served as Hydrologic and Hydraulic Engineer for the City. Prior to working with the City, at Conde Inc., Javier performed traffic impact studies and designed and supervised subdivisions and roadways. At Parkhill Smith & Cooper, he designed subdivisions from start to finish and performed site design for various types of facilities including schools, hotels, and other commercial sites. Javier has worked with a wide variety of clients including the Texas Department of Transportation, the County of El Paso, the City of El Paso, the Lower Valley Water District, the El Paso County Water Improvement District, and other governmental agencies.

Javier Acosta, PE can be reached at (915) 533-4600.

on 5 Aug, 2021
  • Press Release

Gabriel Reveles is a Project Engineer with us at FXSA. He has 21 years of experience in Civil Engineering, with 10 1/2 of those years being spent here!

Gabriel received his degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (UACJ). He also holds a Masters Degree in Real Estate from the Universidad de Durango (UD).

As Project Engineer, Gabriel works on just about any engineering design project that we do such as; roadway and street design, water and water sewer lines, water tanks and lift stations, grading and drainage plans, SW3P, traffic control plans, Cathodic Protection System, as well as Project Administration. He is always willing to share his insights and the knowledge he has gained through experience, and he is always ready to help out a co-worker wherever and whenever he can. He is dedicated to his work, a great team player, and is excellent at brainstorming ideas and then helping to implement them.

When he is not here working hard, he loves just being at home with his wife and kids. Gabriel has twin 4 year olds, a boy and a girl! As you can imagine, they keep him busy and active, which is just fine with him, Gabriel absolutely adores playing with his kids! Before the twins cane along, Gabriel stayed active by playing football in the Mexican National Football League for 12 years! He still enjoys watching football and will probably be going through withdrawals later this Fall if they have to cancel the season.

Gabriel is an integral member of our FXSA Family and we are proud to have him on our Team! Thank you for all of your hard work and contributions, Gabriel!

on 15 August, 2020
  • Employee Spotlight
Welcome to Pecos, TX
on 1 Apr, 2019
  • Press Release


FXSA had the privilege in assisting #CMHP - Clark McCarthy Healthcare Partners - with some #laserscanning technology at the new William Beaumont Hospital in Fort Bliss, Texas.

Our laser scanning expertise is able to furnish accurate measurements down to a 1/4" for a variety of applications to include As-Built verification for construction.

Let us know how we can assist with a #laserscanning solution for your needs.



on 17 Jul 2017
  • Press Release
Since the announcement of the new UAS FAA regulations, FXSA didn't hesitate to take on aerial drone solutions. We created a Drone Team to take on research and development head on, and several months later, we are extremely excited to wrap up the year with a few proof of concepts for our clients to enjoy.

Below is a quick fly-through of a 3D animation created for one of our long-standing clients - just one of many deliverables available with our drone services.

Please contact us for more information on our drone capabilities!
on 21 Dec 2016
  • Video
FXSA has launched our new website, with a fresh new look and the ability to share more about the services we offer and the different projects we have completed.
on 5 Aug 2016
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