Moss Utilities

Moss Utilities is a Dallas-based site utility contractor installing water mains, sanitary sewer, storm drainage and related underground infrastructure across Texas and the Southwest. The firm handles the wet utility scope that has to be complete and inspected before vertical construction can start, which puts it on the critical path of most large site developments. Moss Utilities delivered the site utility infrastructure at Universal Kids Resort in Frisco, Texas, the $550 million, 97-acre theme park and 300-room hotel that opened July 1, 2026 after roughly two and a half years of construction. Work includes excavation, paving, directional boring and utility relocation for commercial, residential and industrial developments.

Moss Utilities traces its roots to 2016, when Garrett Moss founded the company; Parker Thane, hired as employee number one, still leads operations today as chief operating officer after the company converted to an employee stock ownership plan in 2025. The early years brought fast growth that outran the company’s systems, and a 2019 liquidity crisis forced a rebuild focused on people and process rather than raw revenue.

Safety is treated as a production tool rather than a compliance checkbox. Every job gets a project-specific safety plan built from a job hazard analysis and pre-task planning, and an in-house team of eight full-time safety advisors plus a safety manager conducts job inspections directly, alongside daily foreman-led hazard reports. Moss reports a total recordable incident rate of 1.64 and an experience modification rate of .82, and it maintains ISNetworld certification on top of OSHA and Competent Person training for crews. A dedicated crew handles 24/7 emergency response for water main breaks, sewer failures, and damaged service lines for both public agencies and private property owners.

Beyond the data center and mixed-use work already noted, Moss has installed infrastructure for more than 20 North Texas schools with Pogue Construction, delivered a data center utility scope in Red Oak for Brasfield & Gorrie and DataBank in 2020, worked Firefly Park in Frisco with Wilks Development, and supported Project Spitfire in Cleburne with Whiting-Turner. The firm organizes its work by industry vertical, covering data centers, retail and mixed-use, industrial, education, residential, multi-family, sports and entertainment, and office projects. Moss operates out of its headquarters on Ables Lane in Dallas and is licensed through the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.