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Thomas G Merrill Professional Land Surveyor

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Thomas G Merrill Professional Land Surveyor

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20 years of experience

I have over 37 years of land surveying experience and have been licensed to practice surveying in NYS since 1983, and in MD since 2003. I have been in business in Watkins Glen since 2005. I have surveying records for over 35 years prior to my start-up from Robinson Surveying and Mapping and Rheinvault & Potts. I have 3 employees including 2 4 year graduates from the Alfred Surveying program.

I have over 37 years of land surveying experience and have been licensed to practice surveying in NYS since 1983, and in MD since 2003. I have been in business in Watkins Glen since 2005. I have surveying records for over 35 years prior to my start-up from Robinson Surveying and Mapping and Rheinvault & Potts. I have 3 employees including 2 4 year graduates from the Alfred Surveying program.

Fagan Engineers

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Fagan Engineers

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41 years of experience

Fagan Engineers is a 25 Person Civil/Environmental Engineer Firm serving Commercial, Industrial and Municipal clients throughout the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Tier of Pennsylvania providing: • Civil Municipal Engineering • Topographic & Outboundary Surveys • GIS Mapping & Data Management • Wetland Delineation & Mitigation • Natural Gas Permitting & Design (NY & PA) • Solid Waste/Landfill Permitting & Design (NY & PA) • Environmental Phase I/II/III

Fagan Engineers is a 25 Person Civil/Environmental Engineer Firm serving Commercial, Industrial and Municipal clients throughout the Southern Tier of New York and Northern Tier of Pennsylvania providing: • Civil Municipal Engineering • Topographic & Outboundary Surveys • GIS Mapping & Data Management • Wetland Delineation & Mitigation • Natural Gas Permitting & Design (NY & PA) • Solid Waste/Landfill Permitting & Design (NY & PA) • Environmental Phase I/II/III

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

You can’t build on undeveloped land without preparing it for construction, which involves running utilities to the site or accounting for private utilities like wells and septic systems and grading and compacting the soil for safe construction. Once you prepare the land, you can build on it as long as the project abides by local zoning regulations.

With proper training and experience, reading blueprints is fairly straightforward and not very difficult. If you don’t have the necessary knowledge to interpret the symbols, abbreviations, and other notations used, blueprints may not make sense. Learning to read blueprints can help you understand the construction process and keep you more involved and informed when you’re building a house.

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.

Professionals who complete perc tests can usually do them in a single day. Including excavating to expose the test site, filling the hole with water, and monitoring it while it drains, you can expect the test to take between four and eight hours total. It’s possible that you’ll get the results the same day, but some companies may take a few days to get official results.

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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