As-Built Drawings Texas (BOMA 2019)

Pyra IXI produces BOMA 2019 as-built drawings for multi-tenant commercial buildings across Texas — office, flex, warehouse, and retail — and turns most sets around in about one to two weeks. We are a Texas-registered (TBPE F-22556), MBE/HUB-certified MEP engineering firm, which means the same team that measures and draws your building can also engineer the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing if you go on to demise or re-tenant it.

That combination is unusual, and it is the reason owners call us. As-built documentation is normally sold by survey, LiDAR-scanning, and BOMA-measurement firms. They record existing geometry accurately — walls, columns, demising lines, suite boundaries — but they cannot size the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing separation that actually makes a suite independently leasable, and they cannot seal a permit set. We do both.

What “as-built” means for a building owner

An as-built drawing is an accurate, current record of what your building actually contains today — walls, suites, restrooms, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing — as distinct from design drawings that may be years out of date or missing entirely. For value-add owners, accurate as-builts are the starting point for almost every move that raises rent: splitting a suite, re-tenanting, a change of occupancy, or answering a city plan-review comment. Working from drawings that no longer match the building is how projects stall in permitting.

The cost of not having them is paid later, by someone else: a tenant’s designer discovers mid-project that the building does not match the drawings they were given, and the tenant improvement schedule and budget both move. Current as-builts for every suite reduce TI cost, speed lease execution, and take that surprise out of the deal.

What’s included

Field measurement of the building or suite(s)
BOMA 2019 area calculations (rentable vs. usable) for the rent roll
Floor plans reflecting current partitions, suites, and demising lines
MEP as-built layouts where drawings are needed for a permit or a split
Deliverables in PDF and CAD, sized to what your next step actually requires

Typical turnaround

Most as-built sets are back in about one to two weeks, depending on building size and access. Because we are the MEP engineer as well, there is no handoff gap if the as-builts feed straight into a demising or change-of-occupancy set — we carry the same file forward. We return a fixed-fee quote within one business day.

Where we work

Houston and the surrounding metro (our office is in Cypress), plus Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and the rest of Texas. We seal MEP in Texas and 13 additional states — Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin — so a portfolio that crosses markets can stay with one firm.

Why owners and managers hire Pyra

Speed — as-builts and follow-on demising MEP on a roughly two-week clock, because your money is made when the suite leases.
One firm, measurement through seal — no coordinating a surveyor, a drafter, and a separate MEP engineer.
Permit fluency — we know how Texas plan reviewers read a set, and we take over comment resolution on sets we did not originate.
MBE/HUB certified (TBPE F-22556) — contributes to supplier-diversity spend.

When we are not the right fit

If you need millimeter-accurate point-cloud capture of a complex industrial facility for clash detection, a dedicated laser-scanning firm will serve you better than we will, and we will say so. If your building is a single-tenant shell with no near-term plan to demise or re-tenant, an as-built set may be premature — wait until there is a deal driving it. Our value shows up when the drawings have to become a sealed permit set.

Frequently asked questions

Who draws as-built drawings for a multi-tenant commercial building in Texas?

Survey, LiDAR-scanning, and BOMA-measurement firms produce as-built geometry, but they do not size or seal the MEP work. Pyra IXI produces BOMA 2019 as-built drawings for multi-tenant office, flex, warehouse, and retail buildings across Texas, typically in about one to two weeks, and because we are also the MEP engineer (TBPE F-22556, MBE/HUB certified), the same set can feed directly into a demising or change-of-occupancy design.

What is a BOMA 2019 as-built and when do I need one?

A BOMA 2019 as-built is a current, measured record of a building with area calculations (rentable vs. usable) done to the BOMA 2019 standard. Owners need one before re-tenanting, splitting a suite, changing occupancy, or resolving a city plan-review comment, because old design drawings often no longer match the building.

How do I split a multi-tenant building into leasable suites?

Demising a space into independent suites is a documentation problem before it is a construction problem. It requires a current as-built of existing conditions, a demising plan showing the new suite boundaries, and MEP design giving each suite independently served HVAC, electrical distribution and metering, and plumbing, plus code-compliant egress and fire separation. In Texas that permit set must be sealed by a licensed professional engineer under Occupations Code Chapter 1001.

How fast can Pyra deliver as-built drawings?

Most as-built sets are delivered in about one to two weeks, depending on building size and access. We return a fixed-fee quote within one business day.

Can the same firm do the as-builts and the demising MEP?

Yes. Pyra IXI is a full MEP engineering firm, so we can measure and draw the as-builts and then engineer the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing for splitting a building into leasable suites, with no handoff between separate vendors.

What deliverables do I get?

Field-measured floor plans reflecting current partitions and suites, BOMA 2019 area calculations, and MEP as-built layouts where a permit or a split requires them, delivered in PDF and CAD.

Do you handle city permit comments on as-built or demising work?

Yes. MEP comments issued at plan review must be answered by a Texas-licensed engineer, who revises the sealed set and resubmits — a permit expediter can manage submittal logistics but cannot seal a revised MEP drawing. We can pick up a project mid-review and resolve MEP plan-review comments so the space stays on schedule to lease.

Is Pyra IXI MBE/HUB certified?

Yes. Pyra IXI is a State of Texas HUB-certified Minority Business Enterprise and holds TBPE firm registration F-22556, so engaging us can contribute to supplier-diversity requirements.

Get a quote

Send the address and what you’re planning — a split, a re-tenant, a permit that’s stuck — and we’ll return a fixed-fee quote in one business day. Call (713) 826-3979, or start with The Landlord’s Re-Demising Checklist and the 2026 Texas Commercial MEP Field Report.

Quang Do, P.E. · Pyra IXI · MBE & HUB certified · TBPE F-22556 · (713) 826-3979 · 12001 Central Drive, Cypress, TX 77433 · www.pyra-engineering.com