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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

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.

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.

This is fairly rare, but sometimes the local government or a group like a historical society will label a tree as a landmark, or historical item. These designations almost always come with a small, on-site plaque for identification, but you should also be able to look up protected trees in your area on a city website or similar list. If the tree in question is a landmark, call your local government and ask how to proceed before making any plans.

ALTA/ACSM surveys are the most comprehensive type of land survey and, as such, tend to be the most expensive. These surveys have standardized guidelines and reports and are used in many kinds of real estate transactions to ensure consistent and accurate information is available for properties.

You should always calculate real estate development costs on a case-by-case basis, so there’s no specific formula to estimate your total. You should speak with a local construction manager to see what you’ll need to do in terms of clearing and leveling the land, connecting utilities, and pulling permits for construction. A professional will be able to get you an accurate estimate for land development.

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