About
Brian Woods, Land Development Consultant
Brian Woods is the land development consultant and principal of Land Development Specialists LLC.
Brian Woods
He started in England with a degree in civil and structural design, came to Southern California in 1982, and holds a California Class A General Engineering Contractor license. From a purchase through finished lots, he coordinates feasibility, entitlements and CEQA, plan approval, grading, subdivision infrastructure, and construction. The client’s engineers and contractors still design, stamp, and build their own work. He is a consultant who project-manages. He is not the developer or the contractor.
He has more than 40 years in the work. Twenty years were in vice president-level roles: 9 years with public builders and 11 years with private land developers, including Foremost and Starwood Capital. He spent 15 years with private builders and 10 years as a consultant. The work covers more than 13,000 residential lots and more than eight master-planned communities.
The services list breaks that work out, including grading, subdivision infrastructure, and project management. Land development consultant in southern San Bernardino County is how he runs a project for the owner. Contact is the phone, the email, and the post office box.
Where we work
Land Development Specialists LLC works with developers, homebuilders, and landowners in Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire. Brian Woods takes a property from the first look through approvals and construction management. Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615. Call (760) 271-1081 or email brian@landdevspec.net.
Brian Woods is a land development consultant for Riverside County, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and Los Angeles County.
Land development consultant in southern San Bernardino County is how that work is organized. Each part is on the services page.
Professionals in Land Development
Day to day, the work is tracts and large master plans. He stays with clients through the land purchase, entitlements, and construction. On value engineering, he looks through the design and the way it will be built for cost he can take out without losing what the project needs.
How the work is billed
The work is billed hourly, in 15-minute increments, once a month. When the scope is clearly defined, the fee can be fixed.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Brian Woods?
Brian Woods is the principal of Land Development Specialists LLC. He manages projects for landowners and builders. He has more than 40 years in land development, including 20 years in vice president-level roles: 9 years with public builders and 11 years with private land developers, including Foremost and Starwood Capital. He spent 15 years with private builders and 10 years as a consultant.
Is Brian a land developer?
No. He is a land development consultant. He project-manages the client's project with the client's engineers and contractors. He is not the developer, the builder, or the grading contractor.
What does Brian manage for landowners and builders?
He manages the project from the first look through finished lots: feasibility, entitlements, plan approval, grading, subdivision infrastructure, and construction. He coordinates the client’s engineers and contractors. They still design and stamp their own plans.
What kinds of projects has he worked on?
Individual lots, residential subdivisions, tracts and master-planned communities. That's more than 13,000 lots and more than eight master plans, with about 6,000 of those lots inside master plans.
Is Brian licensed?
He holds a California Class A General Engineering Contractor license.
Where is the office?
Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615. The fastest way to reach Brian is (760) 271-1081 or brian@landdevspec.net.
Where do you work?
In Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and southern San Bernardino County, including the Inland Empire. Mail goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615.
Is Brian a Riverside County land development consultant?
Yes. In Riverside County he helps with feasibility, entitlements, the budget and schedule, bid review, owner reporting, and construction oversight when the agreement includes it.
Is Brian a land development consultant in Riverside County?
Yes. The Huntington Beach post office box is where mail goes. The work also covers Riverside County, with Orange County, Los Angeles County, and southern San Bernardino County.
Is Brian an Inland Empire land development consultant?
Yes. That work is mainly Riverside County and southern San Bernardino County. The career includes more than 13,000 residential lots and more than eight master plans.
Is Brian a land development consultant in the Inland Empire?
Yes. He came to Southern California in 1982 and has more than 40 years in the work, including 10 years as a consultant.
Is Brian an Orange County land development consultant?
Yes. Orange County has been part of the published service area since October 16, 2026. Mail still goes to P.O. Box 5833, Huntington Beach, CA 92615.
Is Brian a land development consultant in Orange County?
Yes. He is the principal. Project types he publishes are individual lots, subdivisions of about 50 to 200 lots, apartment sites of about 50 to 200 units, and larger master-planned communities.
Is Brian a Los Angeles County land development consultant?
Yes. Los Angeles County has been part of the published service area since October 16, 2026. He consults there for developers, homebuilders, and landowners.
Is Brian a land development consultant in Los Angeles County?
Yes. Deerlake Ranch in Chatsworth, the two creek bridges, is a project name he confirmed for the site.
How is the work billed?
Invoices go out once a month. A fixed fee is used when the scope is defined before the work starts.
Is the scope put in writing before work starts?
Yes. Generally Brian's time-and-materials contract is signed before he starts. Sometimes the client asks him to sign their own consultant agreement instead.
What happens if the scope changes?
Scope changes are handled by a change order to the contract, either time-and-materials or a fixed scope and price.
Need assistance to develop your land?
Call if you want help on one phase or through the whole job.