Residential Surveys
Topographic Surveys
As discussed under Land Development, topographic surveys are a vital element in the layout and construction of new homes. They detail natural elements such as creek banks, trees, and rock outcrops, and man made on-site structures such as rock walls, driveways, fences and landscaping and off-site features including municipal services are also included in a topographic survey.
Effective residential building design is achieved by precise building layout amongst the land’s topographical features. These features affect view corridors, which are essential in the design and placement of a new home in order to maximize the available views. Topographic plans provide 3D data sets which are not only used by architects and engineering firms for design purposes, but can be used for cost of construction estimates also. Once an electronic house design is superimposed on our electronic topographic file, we use in-house software to calculate excavation volumes.
Typically, plans are drawn showing the perimeter of the property, all data collected and interpolated contours. Our survey returns, in the form of plotted plans, digital files and photographs, can be sent to the client and architect in any specified format.
