How a Topographic Survey Can Assist You in Building Projects

Posted by Calvada on January 29th, 2015

Are you starting up a new project on your site? What you need the most is a topographical survey map. Without this map, a large or small project for that matter, cannot take off much successfully.

Let us look at the importance and relevance of a topographical survey in any building you are going to plan and start:

• The most advantageous factor in a topographical survey is that, it can measure your site from horizontal as well as vertical view.

• From the horizontal point, a topographical survey can give you a clear cut idea about what is involved nearby. Either a few buildings, plantations on one side, water body on the other, everything can be clearly marked with this survey. Thus, if you are planning to build an industry, this aspect is highly essential.

• There is one more aspect of a topographical survey- the vertical one, in which the height of nearby constructions, or anything relevant, is given with respect to what you are planning, and their horizontal distances. Again, this factor is very crucial for building a large premises or a business establishment.

• When you are trying to put up a company or built it from a scratch, the authorities ask for such topographical surveys before rendering their approval.

There are several other factors, which has made these types of surveys extremely essential as well as mandatory ones.

So, how do we get one topographical survey done?

Since these surveys need a high expertise touch and also a great deal of work on our grey cells, there are firms, which specialize exclusively on such reports. The architects and people, who have been handling such kind of work, can easily put together such reports with precision and accuracy.

All you need to do is to find a company, who are experts in topographical surveys, talk to them about your building and organize a date for the survey. Your work will be done in a few days’ time, depending upon where you are located and also the quality of work you are planning to do with this building.

A manufacturing industry usually needs a highly technical panel and report to be submitted at the authorities. For others, a simple topographical survey pointing out the nearest sites would do.

Hence, whatever you are planning to construct, employ a topographical survey expert, to have a safe and error-free construction.

About the Author:

Armando Dupont, a professional land surveyor started his career in surveying in 1977 and has extensive experience in managing personnel and projects. His experience includes: topographic mapping, boundary surveys and analysis, construction and control surveying, preparation of tract and parcel maps, earth work calculation and quantities, targeting and control for photogrammetric, and land title surveys in accordance with the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. Mr. DuPont founded Calvada Surveying, Inc. in 1989 and is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in the State of California.