Civil engineering, rebuilt on intelligence.

A Texas civil engineering firm rebuilding water, flood, and infrastructure work on hydrology, data, and applied AI — engineered for federal, state, and municipal clients.

Led by a founder with 20+ years and 60+ projects across federal, state, and municipal engagements.

About HERO E&C

A civil engineering firm built on Hydrology, Environment, Resources, and Optimization.

HERO E&C is a Texas-based civil engineering practice rebuilding water, flood, and infrastructure work on a foundation of hydrology, data, and applied AI. We deliver regulator-grade engineering today — and are developing the platform layer that will make that work faster, more transparent, and more defensible tomorrow.

About HERO E&C
Capabilities

Core Capabilities

Hydrology & Hydraulic Modeling

Advanced 1D/2D systems including HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS.

Digital Twin Automation

Modeling automation and simulation through digital twin technologies.

Flood Risk & Resilience

Flood risk analysis and resilient infrastructure planning.

AI Decision Systems

Integrated engineering, data, and AI decision support at scale.

Watershed, Coastal & Urban

Scalable solutions across watershed, coastal, and urban environments.

What Makes Us Different

A platform, not a practice.

Platform mindset

Every engagement contributes to a shared engineering intelligence layer — the work compounds instead of evaporating into a deliverable.

Applied AI, not theory

AI-enhanced modeling, GeoAI applications, and physics-based simulation deployed to deliver measurable outcomes for real public-sector projects.

Regulator-grade rigor

Defensible, FEMA-aligned, quantitatively rigorous deliverables — engineered to withstand the same scrutiny we'd apply to our own work.

Clarity and precision

Verifiable results, plainly stated. Founder-led work, not staffed-up overhead.

Services

Engineering today. Platform tomorrow.

DELIVERED TODAY

Engineering Services

Flood & drainage, risk & compliance, and programs & support — for Texas cities, counties, state, and federal agencies. Regulator-grade hydrology, hydraulic modeling, FEMA permitting, and on-call engineering.

DELIVERED TODAY

Research & Innovation

Active research and collaboration with UT Austin, Texas A&M, USGS, and Harris County Flood Control District — flood forecasting, AI-driven modeling, and pilot deployments.

In Development

Platform

Infrastructure, made intelligent — a civil engineering intelligence platform combining engineering data, modeling, and decision support. Currently in development; not yet shipped.

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Founder Client Experience

Decades of trusted work for federal, state, and municipal agencies — led by our founding leadership.

NASA
National Weather Service
U.S. Geological Survey
FEMA
TxDOT
Texas General Land Office
San Antonio River Authority
Harris County FCD
City of Austin
City of San Antonio

Client organizations served by the founding leadership over 20+ years — not a representation of company-level delivery.

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Dr. Seoyoung Kim, CEO of HERO E&C
Leadership

Founding leadership with two decades of public-sector engineering.

Dr. Seoyoung Kim, Ph.D., P.E., CFM
Chief Executive Officer · HERO Engineering & Construction, LLC
"Make Engineers HERO."

A PhD-level civil and water resources engineer leading the integration of AI-driven technologies into water resources engineering — combining rigorous technical expertise with practical field experience for policy-aligned, data-driven outcomes.

20+
Years of personal experience
60+
Projects led by the founder
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