If your construction project is beginning to take lead, you will want to ensure a proper land survey was taken before any true construction begins. Having a survey conducted throughout the entire construction and building can make sure your project is done at it’s very best, and will last for years and years to come. LW Survey can help you conduct a proper survey for whatever your future plans might entail.
What Is A Survey?
A survey of land entails three key components: science, profession and technique. Combining these components allows a professional land surveyor to conduct and determine 3D position points, distances and angles between the surface of the Earth. Through finding these distances and angles, a surveyor can establish information about the land to create maps on what the land entails. Professional land surveyors also help determine boundaries for land ownership and future locations of buildings. The initial land boundaries are most likely accurate, but the last thing any builder wants to learn or find out is that they are inadvertently encroaching on the plot of land next to them. They can be conducted for residential and commercial use, with commercial being more for new construction. Residential surveys can confirm the boundary lines you already have on your property, or show that the lines are slightly off and give you a better clue of which resident owns which fence line.
Land Surveys
Conducting typical professional surveys on land for commercial use can vary from what is being built and where the land is located. Most surveys do go through the usual run of items, though, and are fairly consistent. The property owner or purchaser will have to officially hire the land surveyor and crew to perform the survey, requiring work authorization paperwork to be filled out. Once this step is complete, the surveyor will pull all records of the property’s deeds to help in establishing a baseline of the property and it’s location. Records can include deeds and subdivision plats, which can further aid in determining a location. Using all this information, the surveyor will calculate property lines, including the property’s corners, and the surrounding areas of the location.
At this stage, the field work will begin, with anywhere from one to three members of the field crew coming out to the property location. They will use metal detectors and other tools to help pinpoint any existing survey monuments. Based off of their calculations, they will determine the proper locations and will then mark the proper corners of the boundaries and property. With the data obtained by the field crew is complete, a drafter will create a drawing of the property to show the results of the survey. A licensed land surveyor will have been overseeing the entire operation, and will give a review of the final drawing for accuracy. Once fully approved, the survey will get final prints created and distributed to the client, as well as a PDF of the survey if requested.
Final Steps
The entire survey project can take days to weeks, depending on the size of the land being surveyed and what the plans entail for the future construction project. Each future property is different and unique and will require a survey that is also unique to the construction project and its location. Although the survey process may seem like quite the undertaking, it’s vital to have the following information before any building begins, helping you to succeed in your future construction endeavors.
Contact Us
Are you planning on building at a site soon? Don’t forget to schedule a land survey as soon as you can to guarantee accurate property lines and boundaries. LW Survey has more than twenty years of experience in providing unmatched survey, mapping and data management services for all of our clients. Call us today!