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Boundary & Topographic Surveys

Boundary Surveys

Public and private clients often look to our boundary surveying services as a starting point for their project. Boundary surveys are needed for various reasons, including:

  • To create a new description for the transferring title to a new parcel of land.
  • To retrace an existing property description with unknown boundaries.
  • To ensure building setback requirements comply with local building codes during building construction.
  • To meet a lending institution’s request, often for older property descriptions.

Types of Boundary Surveying services.

  • Court exhibits
  • Corner records
  • Dispute resolutions
  • Easements
  • Expert testimony
  • Land title research
  • Record of survey
  • Site planning
  • Subdivision plats

Topographic Surveys

Our Land Survey team uncovers what’s above and beneath the Earth’s surface to accurately design roads and commercial properties. We identify the three-dimensional positions of both natural and man-made features involved in a construction project.

Types of Topographic Surveys services.

  • ALTA Surveys
  • Boundary and Retracement Surveys
  • Consolidation Plats
  • Establishing Horizontal and Vertical Control
  • Expert Testimony
  • Legal Boundaries
  • Locating Site Improvements
  • Locating Existing Water, Storm Water and Sanitary Systems
  • Lot Surveys
  • Legal Description Preparation
  • Original & Re-surveys
  • Project Controls
  • Research of Public Records
  • Section Corner Surveys and Re-monumentation
  • Subdivisions
  • Topographic Surveys
  • Verifications
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