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Above It Contracting

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Welcome to Above It Contracting! Serving Allegheny County and surrounding areas with expert home remodel needs, moving and delivery services, and many other general contracting purposes.

Welcome to Above It Contracting! Serving Allegheny County and surrounding areas with expert home remodel needs, moving and delivery services, and many other general contracting purposes.


James R. Holley & Associates, Inc.

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James R. Holley & Associates, Inc.

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48 years of experience

Our reputation here at James R. Holley & Associates is based on performance. Our extensive list of private and municipal clients who continue to use our services again and again attest to the outstanding quality of our work. We pride ourselves on being large enough to accept the most challenging assignments, but small enough to be responsive to your needs. A multi-disciplined consulting firm, JRH’s staff are professionals who know that our existence is dependent upon maintaining the goodwill and satisfaction of our clients.

Our reputation here at James R. Holley & Associates is based on performance. Our extensive list of private and municipal clients who continue to use our services again and again attest to the outstanding quality of our work. We pride ourselves on being large enough to accept the most challenging assignments, but small enough to be responsive to your needs. A multi-disciplined consulting firm, JRH’s staff are professionals who know that our existence is dependent upon maintaining the goodwill and satisfaction of our clients.


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Isbir Construction & Landscape Corp

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Isbir Construction & Landscape Corp

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Customers say: Super punctual
28 years of experience

Isbir Construction & Landscape Corp. is a professional company. We specialize in drainage systems, retaining walls, decorative concrete, paving stones, landscaping, and excavating. We are most interested in unique, difficult, or special jobs. Our educated and certified staff allows us to offer what we call turn key service where we handle all aspects of our projects from engineering to permitting, as well as complete restoration. It all starts with our "virtual appointment", contact us to find out how it works! Our number one goal is customer satisfaction.

"Mike and his crew were fantastic to work with. We had a variety of projects that were interconnected with replacing an old driveway, and they handled all with great expertise. Communication and responsiveness was also excellent. We've received numerous compliments on the quality of the work. This is the 2nd time we've worked with this company and have been very satisfied both times."

JULIE F on July 2020

Isbir Construction & Landscape Corp. is a professional company. We specialize in drainage systems, retaining walls, decorative concrete, paving stones, landscaping, and excavating. We are most interested in unique, difficult, or special jobs. Our educated and certified staff allows us to offer what we call turn key service where we handle all aspects of our projects from engineering to permitting, as well as complete restoration. It all starts with our "virtual appointment", contact us to find out how it works! Our number one goal is customer satisfaction.

"Mike and his crew were fantastic to work with. We had a variety of projects that were interconnected with replacing an old driveway, and they handled all with great expertise. Communication and responsiveness was also excellent. We've received numerous compliments on the quality of the work. This is the 2nd time we've worked with this company and have been very satisfied both times."

JULIE F on July 2020

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

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.

The small lines on the tape measure either indicate inches, fractions of an inch, or centimeters and millimeters. On the imperial unit side (aka the inches side), the longest lines indicate inches, followed by the next shortest lines that indicate a half-inch, and then the quarter, eighth, and sixteenth-inch. On the metric side, the lines break down meters, centimeters, and millimeters.

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.

Measure from zero on a measuring tape by placing the metal hook right up against the edge of what you need to measure. You can also latch the hook onto an open edge—of, say, a table—to accurately measure as well. If you begin at the 1-inch mark, you'll need to subtract an inch from your total.

Land surveys are worth it in several scenarios including selling your home, building an addition, constructing a fence, or making major changes to your landscape. A professional land survey can help you avoid legal issues with your neighbors and confirm the value of your property. In many cases, you may be required to order a land survey to receive a construction permit or mortgage loan.

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