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Choose the land surveying company in Syracuse, New York, with more than 40 years of experience for your surveying solutions. At R J Lighton Sr Land Surveying, we have offered residential, commercial, and industrial services since 1969. With our land surveying expertise and knowledge of state law and local requirements, our family-owned-and-operated company is a natural choice for your project. We embrace the latest technology and equipment while maintaining a deep understanding of the fundamental aspects of the profession, and our expertise in the fundamental concepts of surveying serves as a backbone to our success in this field.

Choose the land surveying company in Syracuse, New York, with more than 40 years of experience for your surveying solutions. At R J Lighton Sr Land Surveying, we have offered residential, commercial, and industrial services since 1969. With our land surveying expertise and knowledge of state law and local requirements, our family-owned-and-operated company is a natural choice for your project. We embrace the latest technology and equipment while maintaining a deep understanding of the fundamental aspects of the profession, and our expertise in the fundamental concepts of surveying serves as a backbone to our success in this field.

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

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.

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.

Professional well contractors may use electromagnetic mapping to look for places with a high likelihood of water. Water access can vary significantly, even on the same property, so it can be difficult to know where to drill if you don’t have specialized tools to look for water.

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.

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.

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