Chief Solutions

What Chief Solutions does

Chief Solutions is a privately held, Houston-based infrastructure services company founded in 1985 that specializes in sewer and stormwater pipe inspection, cleaning, and condition assessment. The company is the oldest pipe cleaning and televising operator in Southeast Texas and has inspected over 200 million linear feet (approximately 40,000 miles) of small, medium, and large diameter pipe across more than four decades. Its customer base is concentrated in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma and includes municipalities, industrial facilities, commercial operations, and engineering firms or rehabilitation contractors. The company is locally, family-, woman-, and minority-owned and holds MBE, WBE, and SBE certifications alongside NASSCO certification with PACP-trained professionals.

The company's service portfolio spans five core offerings: sewer line cleaning (achieving approximately 98% debris removal on initial live-line cleaning, eliminating bypass pumping in most cases), pipe inspection using CCTV with color pan-and-tilt robotic cameras, manhole inspection paired with GPS/GIS mapping and data collection, sewer line smoke testing with non-toxic smoke to identify leaks and illegal connections, and water treatment plant inspection for infrastructure condition assessment and EPA compliance. Field operations rely on physical instrumentation — CCTV crawlers, GPS/GIS units, sonar, and smoke generators — delivered by crews dispatched from the Houston headquarters. The company is NASSCO certified and reports a 95% average line cleaning and CCTV inspection ratio with the fewest change orders in the industry.

Chief Solutions operates a sales-led, project-based professional services model. Pricing is quoted per project and is not publicly disclosed. Leads are captured through phone contact ((713) 897-8532), a website request-call-back form, and customer referrals and testimonials, with field teams delivering services on-site across TX, LA, and OK. The company maintains industry association memberships across AWWA, TAWWA, WEF, WEAT, UCTA, and NASSCO. Headcount is reported in the 11–50 range, and no revenue, funding, or M&A activity is disclosed in available sources.

Name

Chief Solutions

Legal name

Chief Solutions

Website

https://chiefsolutionsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chief Solutions is a Houston-based, NASSCO-certified infrastructure services company founded in 1985 that provides sewer line inspection, cleaning, smoke testing, manhole/GIS mapping, and water treatment plant inspection to municipalities, industrial facilities, and commercial operators across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sewer Infrastructure Inspection Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Sewer Inspection, Condition Assessment & Monitoring (CCTV, Sensors) (EUANACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stormwater Drainage Network Operations & Maintenance (Cleaning, CCTV, Jetting) (EUANAEAB), Emergency Response & Sewer Repair (Blockages, Collapses) (EUANACAL)

Keywords

• Sewer line inspection
• Pipe cleaning services
• Smoke testing sewers
• Manhole inspection mapping
• Water treatment inspection

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Sewer Line Services: Professional sewer line inspection, cleaning, and testing services for municipalities, industrial facilities, and commercial operations. Services include manhole inspection, pipe inspection, sewer line cleaning, smoke testing, and water treatment plant inspection.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Chief Solutions provides inspection data and practical solutions addressing street collapses, sewer, and stormwater drainage system corrections. The company delivers on-site sewer line inspection, cleaning, smoke testing, manhole inspection with GPS/GIS mapping, and water treatment plant inspection services for municipalities, industrial facilities, and commercial operations. Services are performed by field teams deployed across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma using CCTV, GPS/GIS, sonar, and non-toxic smoke testing methods.

Product overview

Chief Solutions provides a suite of sewer infrastructure inspection and maintenance services across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Their core portfolio includes five interconnected service offerings: Manhole Inspection & GPS/GIS Mapping (for structural detection and data collection), Pipe Inspection (using CCTV technology for comprehensive sewer evaluation surveys), Sewer Line Cleaning (achieving 98% debris removal on initial cleaning), Sewer Line Smoke Testing (for identifying leaks and infiltration), and Water Treatment Plant Inspection Services (for compliance and integrity assessments). The company, established in 1985 and serving customers nationwide for over 40 years, has inspected over 200 million linear feet of pipe and holds NASSCO certification with PACP-trained professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Manhole Inspection & GPS/GIS Mapping Detailed manhole inspections and precise GPS/GIS mapping services that detect structural issues, ensure accurate location data, and support efficient maintenance planning for civil engineers and sewer pipe rehabilitation contractors.
• Pipe Inspection Sewer line television inspection using Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) with color pan and tilt robotic cameras for comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Surveys (SSES), serving cities, engineers, and contractors.
• Sewer Line Cleaning Sanitary and storm line cleaning services achieving approximately 98% debris removal on initial live-line cleaning, utilizing advanced grease-cutting, mechanical cleaning, and jetting techniques.
• Sewer Line Smoke Testing Smoke testing services using non-toxic smoke to identify leaks, illegal connections, and other inflow/infiltration issues in sanitary gravity sewer systems that could lead to high flows during storm events.
• Water Treatment Plant Inspection Services Infrastructure condition assessments, regulatory compliance checks, operational performance reviews, and sewer system integrity inspections to help municipalities and industrial facilities meet EPA standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 98% debris removal on initial live line cleaning
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered industry association, regional industry association and core certification.

• American Water Works Association (AWWA)industry associationOthersProfessional association membership providing industry standards, networking, and professional development resources for water industry professionals.
• Texas American Water Works Association (TAWWA)regional industry associationOthersRegional professional association membership for water works professionals in Texas.
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)industry associationOthersProfessional federation membership for water environment professionals, providing resources and standards for wastewater and water quality.
• Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT)regional industry associationOthersRegional association membership for water environment professionals in Texas.
• Underground Construction Technology Association (UCTA)industry associationOthersAssociation membership focused on underground construction technology and best practices.
• NASSCO (National Association of Sewer Service Companies)core certificationOthersIndustry certification body. Chief Solutions is NASSCO certified and all team members are PACP (Pipeline Assessment Certification Program) trained through NASSCO.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vortex Companies: Vortex Companies is a Houston-based provider of sewer and storm infrastructure products, services, and trenchless technologies, operating in the same Gulf Coast geography and adjacent service categories as Chief Solutions.
• SAK Construction: SAK Construction is a national sewer and underground infrastructure rehabilitation firm offering inspection, cleaning, and trenchless repair, frequently bidding on the same municipal sewer work as Chief Solutions.
• Hydromax USA: Hydromax USA provides sewer, water, and storm line inspection and cleaning along with data collection and GIS mapping, making it a comparable peer to Chief Solutions' combined inspection and GIS service offering.
• National Plant Services: National Plant Services is a full-service sewer, storm, and water infrastructure inspection, cleaning, and rehabilitation contractor that competes for similar municipal and industrial SSES work as Chief Solutions.
• ACE Pipe Cleaning: ACE Pipe Cleaning provides sewer and storm line cleaning, CCTV inspection, and maintenance services to municipalities and industrial customers, directly overlapping Chief Solutions' core service offering.
• Visu-Sewer: Visu-Sewer is a regional sewer and storm line inspection, cleaning, and rehabilitation contractor serving the Midwest with similar CCTV, jetting, and SSES capabilities, making it a close comparable to Chief Solutions' service mix.
• Reynolds Inliner: Reynolds Inliner is a sewer and storm line inspection, cleaning, and cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation contractor serving utilities and municipalities, comparable to Chief Solutions' inspection and cleaning core.

Broad incumbents

• Insituform Technologies (Aegion): Insituform is a national infrastructure services firm with a broad portfolio in sewer inspection, cleaning, and trenchless rehabilitation, serving as a larger incumbent that competes with Chief Solutions on larger municipal contracts.
• Clean Harbors Environmental Services: Clean Harbors is a large environmental and industrial services provider with sewer, storm, and industrial cleaning capabilities that overlap with Chief Solutions' industrial facility work.

Emerging players

• Pure Technologies (a Xylem brand): Pure Technologies is a specialty inspection and condition assessment provider for water and wastewater pipelines using advanced sensors and analytics, representing a more technology-enabled adjacent peer in sewer inspection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Chief-Solutions-Inc-101634208910519
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chief-solutions-inc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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