03/16/2016
Here are the types of surveys we perform:
Boundary
A boundary survey typically describes the type of survey performed for a tract that is not located in a platted subdivision and will include a metes and bounds description.
This type of survey generally includes the following categories:
Standard Land Survey - Location, on the ground, of the boundary lines for a tract, and determination of area (acreage). Improvements and/or easements are usually not located in this type of survey.
Land Title Survey - Location, on the ground, of the boundary lines for a tract; determination of area (acreage); location of improvements and/or easements.
Locative Survey - Location, on the ground, of the boundary lines for a tract; determination of area (acreage); location of existing improvements and/or easements; location of proposed improvements and/or easements
ALTA/ACSM
An ALTA (American Land Title Association) survey is a boundary survey that shows improvements, easements, and optionally includes one or more of (but is not limited to): (1) flood zone classification; (2) zoning; (3) building square footage; (4) building height; (5) parking lots; (6) signs/billboards; (7) swimming pools; (8) landscaping; (9) striping, number and type of parking areas; (10) location of utilities; (11) railroad tracks and spurs; (12) manholes and/or inlets; (13) wires, cables, and/or poles on or within 10 feet of the subject property; (14) evidence of current earth moving work, building construction and/or additions; (15) proposed changes in street right-of-way lines; (16) wetland areas.
Topographic/Elevation
A topographic survey determines the configurations, relief, or elevations of a tract of land. This survey is not intended to serve as a boundary survey, though some boundaries may be shown.
Lot/Block
A lot survey is a type of boundary survey that is specifically for a tract in a platted subdivision. The survey will include the lot and block number, subdivision name and recording information, lot dimensions, easements, improvements, setback lines, and if requested, floodplain delineation.
Construction
A construction survey consists of measurements made prior to, and/or while construction is in progress, for the purpose of controlling elevation, horizontal position, improvement dimensions and layout. This type of survey might include setting grade stakes for fill or excavation, locating easements, staking building corners, offsets or piers, and staking locations and/or offsets for concrete to be poured (e.g., for parking lots).
Subdivision
A subdivision survey is boundary survey of a tract that is intended to be subdivided (into lots and blocks) and platted (according to local city and/or county requirements). In addition to performing the boundary survey the preliminary plat will show proposed lot locations, improvement setback lines, easement locations, streets, and may include contour lines (topographic rendering). After the plat is approved by all interested parties the corners of all lots, streets, and easements will be monumented.
Partition
A partition survey is a boundary survey on a tract that will be divided into two or more parcels that will each be described by metes and bounds. A partition of real property might be needed when the owner desires to sell a portion of his property or when two or more people inherit a tract and wish to divide it.
Investigative
An investigative survey may be performed at a site to determine the positions of natural terrain features and/or man-made objects that might be relevant to an accident, protrusion of a facility, time and motion studies, natural disaster, or for substantiation of facts or theories in respect to litigation or planning. This is not a boundary survey but some boundaries might be shown or defined.
Easement
An easement survey may be done to locate and describe existing easements or to define the location of a proposed easement. Depending on the scope of the project some or all of the boundaries of the subservient estate (property the easement crosses) may need to be surveyed. These surveys may include (but are not limited to) electrical service or transmission lines, pipelines (oil, natural gas, water, etc), roadways or access routes, or flowage easements (for waterways).
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