What to Check Before Calling a Land Survey Company

Side-by-side view of a digital property map and a real residential yard showing slight differences in boundary lines, illustrating how a land survey company verifies actual property lines

Looking at your property online feels simple. You pull up a map, find your lot, and the lines look clean and clear. It feels like everything is already figured out. Then real life starts to disagree. A fence doesn’t match the line on the screen. A driveway sits closer to the edge than expected. A […]

Boundary Survey Risks: What Happens When Utility Marks Fail

A surveyor marking property lines during a boundary survey on a dirt lot

When people hear boundary survey, they usually picture a surveyor walking around a property, putting stakes in the ground, and drawing lines on a map. That’s part of it, but there’s more happening behind the scenes. One thing that often gets overlooked is utility locates—the little flags and markings that show where water, gas, electric, […]

How Drone Surveying Is Changing Land Redevelopment Projects

Drone surveying over riverfront land, capturing aerial data for land assessment and redevelopment projects.

If you’ve heard about Graco moving out of their big property along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, you know this opens up a huge chance for new development. The site covers 40 acres of prime riverfront land. But before anything new can be built, surveyors need to take a close look at the land. This […]