Fernando Nava

🔨 Underground construction pro | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family & personal growth enthusiast. Always looking to expand_ on the hunt for new business opportunities.

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

In November of last year, everything changed when I went to work as usual, just after returning from my vacation. At first, everything seemed normal, but then the accident occurred, and it changed everything. I ended up in the emergency room and was practically incapacitated for two and a half months. During that time, I had plenty of time to reflect—enough to tell God that pain wouldn't stop me and that my family, loved ones, and community need the best version of me. A version that I don’t fully know yet, but I know it’s within me, and I must bring it to light.

Now, I’m eager to discover the best version of myself. I’m not entirely sure what that looks like, but I’m on the journey of figuring it out, and it begins with my business. My goal is to structure it well enough to sell it, so I can move on to acquire a business in a different sector, whether in services or manufacturing.

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@Codie_Sanchez OWN

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@AlexForbesOps I could use a few of those to pull fiber/hand dig potholes

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@StumpGuyTy Whats the next step in biz?

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@nahuelhilal 🔥🔥🔥

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@AlexForbesOps You gotta make a trip to Leon, Guanajuato. Capitol of handmade leather shoes in the world!

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@SMB_path @girdley We can put it to the test in ATX if your up for the challenge?

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

It still shocks me that my family gets better, faster, cheaper healthcare in Mexico than we do here and that’s supposed to be the “less developed” system.

Makes you wonder how we ended up paying more for worse service

[Trenton Hughes @trentjhughes]

Is capitalism still the best approach when it comes to health insurance?

I know a ton of people dropping coverage altogether for next year...

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@trentjhughes Unfortunately not for me.

Insurance cost is around 2k/M for a family of 3 and not the greatest service...

It's cheaper for me to have treatment in Mexico

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@nahuelhilal You dot this Hermano, we came here to make things happen!

Let me know if I can help

[@jason @Jason]

People give @joerogan are hard time about his podcast from time to time, but moments like this are timeless.. congrats @JellyRoll615 ❤️

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@TS_Secrets Let me know bro pa invitarte un tequila

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

I was stressing for a minute.
At 4:30pm we still had to restore the sod, and I honestly thought we weren’t going to finish on time.

But the crew knows their shit.
They locked in, handled business, and we wrapped it up with time to spare.

One of those days where you’re reminded why having the right people matters.

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@TS_Secrets This year’s been a ride.
Got 3 crews running, doubled revenue, and I’m pushing to become a prime contractor for one of my clients. That meeting with you guys flipped the way I see business.

How’s your year wrapping up? When are you coming to Austin hermano?

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

Yesterday we couldn’t finish the install... a neighbor got pissed about the noise from the excavator and power buggy, so we had to shut it down. Fine. Day wasted.

Today we come back to finish the grade… and of course we hit rock. Another delay. Another curveball.

Not what I expected, not what I wanted... but that’s the job. You deal with the nonsense, you push through the setbacks, and you keep moving until the damn thing is done.

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

Yesterday I was stressed as hell... we clipped electrical lines, broke sprinkler lines, and the whole job felt like it was falling apart

Today? I’m fired up!

We’re finishing this damn thing, and it’s going to look beautiful. The cleanest, sharpest, best-looking in-ground trampoline install you’ll ever see

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@nahuelhilal That's what I day when I hear comments about Mexico 🇲🇽 🤣

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@mariamusta33 We're running fiber

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

I’m fired up about our next project.

We’ve got 1,800 ft underground, 200 ft bore, 2,000 ft aerial, plus some internal work running EMT out to the Palmer Fields, where Austin FC trains

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

@mariamusta33 It's a bit of everything in my opinion. The work is actually complicated you never know what your going to run into when it comes to field work. And on top of that you are managing a business

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

So far the hardest part about the fiber industry (and I think it applies to construction overall) is finding reliable subs

No matter the services, aerial, underground, horizontal drilling or splicing

Currently giving me headaches

[Fernando Nava @ATX_UG_GUY]

No wonder most people avoid excavation

You do everything right: call for locates, schedule the date, line up equipment, materials, and manpower. Client’s excited, weather’s perfect, kids are literally waiting outside for the install.

And then… surprise.

The homeowner “forgot” to mention a sub-panel line running dead center through the dig.
The locator somehow missed it too.
And... we hit the conduit.

Thankfully we didn’t fry the power. Still had to call an electrician, shut everything down, disconnect the line, and fix the mess before we could even think about continuing.

This is the part nobody sees. The curveballs. The delays. The stuff you can’t plan for.

But you adapt, you fix it, and you get the job done, because at the end of the day, those kids still want their damn trampoline, and we’re not leaving until it happens.