Services
Six surveys, and what actually arrives at the end of each.
01
Boundary survey
Where your lines are, recovered from the record and marked on the ground. The one most people mean when they ring up.
- Timing
- 1 day in the field, 1–2 weeks in the office
- Asked for by
- Homeowners, fence builders, neighbours who have stopped talking
You receive
- Pins or monuments set at each corner
- A drawing showing bearings, distances, and what was found
- A written description of anything that conflicts with the deed
02
ALTA/NSPS land title survey
A boundary survey plus everything a title company and a lender want shown: easements, encroachments, access, zoning setbacks, and the optional table items your lender picks.
- Timing
- 2–4 days in the field, 3–5 weeks in the office
- Asked for by
- Commercial buyers, lenders, title companies
You receive
- A plat meeting the ALTA/NSPS standard
- A surveyor's report addressing each requested table item
- Certification to the parties named in the title commitment
03
Topographic survey
The shape of the ground, plus what is on and under it that we can locate. What a civil engineer needs before they can design anything.
- Timing
- 1–3 days in the field, 1–2 weeks in the office
- Asked for by
- Civil engineers, architects, custom builders
You receive
- Contours at the interval your engineer asks for
- Spot elevations, trees, structures, and visible utilities
- A CAD file in the format your design team actually uses
04
Subdivision plat
Dividing ground into lots that a county will accept, with the easements, right-of-way dedications, and lot geometry a plat has to carry.
- Timing
- Weeks in the field, months through review
- Asked for by
- Developers, families splitting ground between children
You receive
- A plat drawn to the county's checklist
- Coordination through review comments until it records
- Monuments set as the county requires
05
Construction staking
Putting the design back on the ground: building corners, curb, utilities, and grade. Sequenced to the contractor's schedule rather than ours.
- Timing
- Booked in visits, usually 3–6 across a job
- Asked for by
- General contractors, excavators, concrete crews
You receive
- Stakes with cut sheets the crew can read
- A staking record so a lost stake can be reset without a new visit
06
Elevation certificate
The FEMA form your insurer or your community's floodplain administrator has asked for. A narrow, specific job with a specific form at the end.
- Timing
- Half a day in the field, under a week in the office
- Asked for by
- Homeowners insuring in a flood zone, lenders
You receive
- The completed FEMA form
- Photographs the form requires