Start with conditions, not a product
Gainesville sits in a springshed, where what happens on the surface -- drainage, grading, runoff -- has a direct line to the karst limestone and underground water below, so structural and drainage planning here can't treat the two as separate problems.
Build a complete scope
- Existing conditions and likely cause
- Preparation and protection
- Materials, compatibility, and installation details
- Permits, testing, cleanup, and restoration
- Exclusions, warranty terms, and change-order process
Gainesville context
Drainage planning around Gainesville has to flex across a genuinely varied housing stock -- historic in-town districts, university-area rentals, mid-century ranches, wooded subdivisions, and rural-edge properties. Heavy rain, humid summers, mature trees, karst geology, and mixed drainage patterns test all of them.