Who We Are
Chris Leister holds 2 degrees in civil engineering, and practiced for 32 years as a construction manager and engineer involving municipal sewage treatment plants, schools, condominiums, industrial and office buildings, and some unique US Navy base installations. He has extensive experience in site construction including earthwork, underground utilities, structures involving concrete, structural steel, metal and wood framing, and systems including plumbing, HVAC, waterproofing, electrical, and controls. In 2006, Chris started Hogg Hill Design LLC to focus on the design and permitting of on-site residential and small commercial water and waste water disposal systems. Licensed for design and permitting in VT and NH, Chris uses state of the art surveying techniques and equipment in the field and current CAD drafting software and methods in the office.
What We Do
Permit Procurement Process: We are sensitive to what you need done and gear our approach to your needs – large or small. We can take a stepped approach to permitting to conserve expense if a permit is either not needed or not feasible to procure.
Site Walk: walk the land to check lot line locations, setback issues, topography, existing wells and septic systems, general permittability impressions. Verbal report to Owner or Real Estate Professional.
Feasibility Study: read test pits, perc testing, survey topography, in preparation for design. This provides a more precise read about feasibility issues on items listed above in Site Walk. Write a letter stating impression of permit feasibility. (Note: excavator required to dig test pits)
Permit Application: Complete all field work started in above activities, draw base map, design systems, complete all required applications and attachments for a complete permit application. Upon Owner review, approval and signature, submit package for State permit.
How We Work
Customer Driven Philosophy:
- First: We listen to you to hear your concerns, needs, timeframe, and desired end result.
- Second: We provide a suggested work list with prices quoted as a written design agreement signed by the Owner and the Designer.
- Third: We use state of the art surveying and design/drafting tools and methods to complete your design for your review and approval ON TIME and ON BUDGET.
- Forth: You review the completed design before it is submitted to the State for approval. We make changes if something isn’t right before it is submitted to the State.
- Fifth: It is submitted to the State, we receive approval upon State approval. We advise being conservative when predicting State approval turnaround time.
- Sixth: We inspect when you build water and waste water systems in VT and write the necessary certification letter to complete the permit requirements. We do not inspect in the State of NH as the State does this. Inspection is always treated as a separate cost and is not included or normally quoted upfront.