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Brown Surveying Services is a fully licensed and insured land surveying company that has a wide range of expertise to complete any task in the land surveying field. We run Trimble field products and can produce accurate and complete .dwg and surface files compatible with Autodesk and Bentley software. With a decade of civil and structural construction experience, Brown Surveying Services can provide construction layout and as-builts in a wide assortment of construction surveys (private, industrial, and municipal clients). As well with working in construction we are licensed in the state of Nebraska to complete any legal boundary/ALTA or FEMA surveying work that requires your project to move forward.

Brown Surveying Services is a fully licensed and insured land surveying company that has a wide range of expertise to complete any task in the land surveying field. We run Trimble field products and can produce accurate and complete .dwg and surface files compatible with Autodesk and Bentley software. With a decade of civil and structural construction experience, Brown Surveying Services can provide construction layout and as-builts in a wide assortment of construction surveys (private, industrial, and municipal clients). As well with working in construction we are licensed in the state of Nebraska to complete any legal boundary/ALTA or FEMA surveying work that requires your project to move forward.

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

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.

A boundary survey measures the boundary lines of the property, only the length of each property line and their locations. A land survey includes a more in-depth measurement of the property, including the heights and depths of the terrain measured by a topographic survey. A boundary survey is typically the most cost-effective method for marking and measuring property lines.

A few different types of land surveys can help determine certain features and boundaries of your property. These include:

  • Boundary surveys describe the actual borders of a property. These are generally required when trying to get construction permits issued. 

  • Location surveys provide much of the same information as a boundary survey but also include in-depth information about any improvements made to your property. 

  • Mortgage location surveys are usually required by lenders and title companies before financing or offering an insurance policy. 

  • Site-planning surveys are done before applying for building permits and can be issued before any major home improvements. 

  • Topographic surveys provide a formal map of land elevations. It can also describe the location and size of natural features and any land improvements.

A land survey includes the layout of a single property, including precise measurements and to-scale drawings of boundary lines, land improvements, and sometimes other features, like topography and drainage information. A plat map includes the layouts and boundary lines of several adjacent plots and basic structure measurements. Surveys are normally more valuable for homeowners and buyers, and plat maps are for governmental use.

If you’re planning to dig on your property, you’ll need to check for underground utility lines. Call the national call-before-you-dig 811 number. Once connected to an operator, you can schedule a site visit to mark underground lines. This way, you won’t accidentally dig into pipes and can cause major (read: costly) issues.

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