Aqua Builders, Driftwood TX

Pools, spas and water environments, designed and built

A commercial and residential design and construction firm that also maintains what it builds. Pricing is not published: call the office and one of our project managers will contact you about beginning the proposal process.

  1. We design and build contemporary as well as natural outdoor water environments befitting to water centric lifestyles. We take sound, movement, and lighting into consideration while adding fire elements in creating ambient day and night moods.

  2. Aqua Builders has collaborated on the design and build out of multiple hotels, resorts, condo developments, master planned communities and baptismal pools in enhancing public use within the urban core as well as in relaxed lakeside and hill country living environments.

  3. Aqua Builders is one of the few firms in the country that can design, build, and maintain large scale water parks and family fun environments, including splash pads, multi-level play structures, water rides and waterslides, as well as interactive water features and toys.

Where most projects begin

Do you design the pool as well as build it?

Hill Country contemporary home with a raised infinity-edge pool and spa above a lawn

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Luxury residential

Contemporary and natural water environments for water-centric lifestyles, with sound, movement, lighting and fire for day and night moods.

Barton Creek Bespoke, West Lake Contemporary, Lake Austin Abode, Westlake Cliffside and the rest of roughly thirty published residential projects.

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Boutique hotel pool with a terracotta brick screen wall, blue loungers and a steel pergola

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Commercial and hospitality

Hotels, resorts, condo developments, master planned communities and baptismal pools, from the urban core to lakeside and hill country.

The Fairmont Austin pool and spa, The Carpenter Hotel, East Austin Hotel, The Plaza San Antonio and The Saint Vincent Hotel in New Orleans.

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Aerial view of a circular pool with a centre rock fountain ringed by loungers and umbrellas

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Interactive water and amenity centers

One of the few firms in the country that designs, builds and maintains splash pads, lazy rivers, water rides and waterslides.

The Cypress Club water park at The Reserve at Lake Travis, a Belvedere community lazy river and a family waterslide at Driftwood Ranch.

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Computer-aided design deliverables

What do I hold in my hands before you dig?

A full CAD set, and concepts you can see as 3D animation and renderings before construction starts.

  • Pool layout plan
  • Pool dimensions plan
  • Piping plan
  • Equipment room layout
  • Pool sections, with shell thickness and rebar position
  • Piping isometric, with components, direction and GPM by pump speed

Expert construction planning and implementation

What does the build itself cover?

  • Land survey and layouts
  • Site work and excavation
  • Concrete, architectural and structural
  • Hydronic supply and mechanical sets
  • Civil systems and rain reclamation systems
  • Utility supply and connections
  • Masonry: architectural, buildings and hardscape
  • Fire features, water features, interactive water and lighting elements
  • Metal work
  • Exterior lighting design and installation
  • Landscape and irrigation

Asked at the first call

Questions people ask before a proposal

The office on FM 150 is open Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

Yes. Aqua Builders is a design and construction firm. Lead Designer John Hamilton works in Pool Studio and AutoCAD, and the team produces 2D and 3D perspective work, Revit models with BIM clash detection and a full CAD set: layout, dimensions, piping plan, equipment room, pool sections and a piping isometric.

Yes. Concepts can be shown as 3D renderings and 3D animation before construction starts, so you can walk the design with the team and change it on screen.

Yes. Aqua Builders has worked on hotels, resorts, condo developments, master planned communities and baptismal pools, including The Fairmont Austin, The Carpenter Hotel, East Austin Hotel, The Plaza San Antonio and The Saint Vincent Hotel in New Orleans.

Yes. Aqua Builders is one of the few firms in the country that can design, build and maintain large scale water parks and family fun environments, including splash pads, multi-level play structures, water rides, waterslides and interactive water features.

Yes. Aqua Builders offers full-service monthly swimming pool maintenance, phased installation on master-planned projects, and cosmetic or full renovations.

Call (512) 722-3636 or email sales@aquabuilders.com. One of our project managers will contact you about beginning the proposal process. The office is open Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.