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Survey Alaska LLC

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Survey Alaska LLC

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2 years of experience

32 years experience Surveying in Alaska. Survey Alaska LLC is dedicated to serving the property owners of Southcentral Alaska. Call to get a custom quote for your Asbuilt, Lot locate, Subdivision, or other survey & mapping needs.

32 years experience Surveying in Alaska. Survey Alaska LLC is dedicated to serving the property owners of Southcentral Alaska. Call to get a custom quote for your Asbuilt, Lot locate, Subdivision, or other survey & mapping needs.



Bell & Associates

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Bell & Associates

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51 years of experience

Since 1974 we have been providing professional land surveying services such as as-builts, designs surveys, lot surveys, subdivision surveys and elevation certificates. Activities such as putting up a fence, selling a home, building an addition, building on an empty lot, subdividing a lot, parcel or tract often require a survey. Let us help you with your next project!

Since 1974 we have been providing professional land surveying services such as as-builts, designs surveys, lot surveys, subdivision surveys and elevation certificates. Activities such as putting up a fence, selling a home, building an addition, building on an empty lot, subdividing a lot, parcel or tract often require a survey. Let us help you with your next project!


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Fixed Height LLC

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Fixed Height LLC

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Customers say: Quality work
Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
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Fixed Height Surveys is a geospatial services company based in Anchorage, AK. We acquire, package and deliver spatial data (that is a fancy way of saying "We do good survey for you.") Whether you are putting in a new driveway or building a highway, we can help you get there.

"Very professional, I would definitely use again"

Tery H on July 2018

Fixed Height Surveys is a geospatial services company based in Anchorage, AK. We acquire, package and deliver spatial data (that is a fancy way of saying "We do good survey for you.") Whether you are putting in a new driveway or building a highway, we can help you get there.

"Very professional, I would definitely use again"

Tery H on July 2018

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

Building a road on a slope requires careful planning and will normally require a drainage system underneath to prevent flooding and damage to the road over time. Your professional may lengthen your road to create switchbacks if the slope directly to your home is too steep, as there are regulations for maximum road slope. The drainage system will help prevent runoff from the higher side of the slope from damaging the asphalt or concrete. Keep in mind that building a road on a slope isn’t a good DIY project, as a lot can go wrong.

Land surveys don’t technically expire. They do serve as a point of reference and a snapshot of your property, though, so as soon as you make changes to your property (and even if your neighbor makes certain changes to theirs), your existing land survey becomes inaccurate, and a new one must be done. Even if you don’t make any changes to your property, many states only guarantee the accuracy of a land survey for five to ten years.

If a buyer pays for a survey, the surveyor they hired will only provide results to them. It’s up to the buyer whether they share the survey results with the seller or not, even if they ultimately walk away from the deal. It’s considered good faith to share the results with the seller, though, especially if you back out of the deal, as the seller can then provide that survey to future interested parties.

Permit requirements to clear land vary by municipality, so whether or not you need permits depends on where you live and what you’re removing from the land. Some building departments will require permits for any underground work or excavation, meaning grinding down tree stumps on your property would require permits. Others mandate individual permits for each tree you remove. You can contact your local building department or a land-clearing specialist near you to see if permits are necessary for your job.

Prior to excavation, you should prepare the dig site and call 311 before you sign anything.

To get your site ready for excavation, you should move anything in the area that isn’t affixed to the land. You can save money on the excavation by removing hardscaping, including walkways, decks, concrete patios, and paver patios.

Before you carry out any digging, you should call 311 to confirm that there are no utility lines running through your excavation site. Skipping this step could lead to severe injury and property damage if your excavator hits a water, sewage, or gas line.

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