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- Architectural Survey
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| Example: Detail from Architectural Survey |
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- ALTA/ACSM Survey
ALTA/ACSM Survey: a surveying standard jointly proposed by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping that incorporates elements of the boundary survey, mortgage survey, and topographic survey. ALTA/ACSM surveys, frequently shortened to ALTA surveys, are often required for real estate transactions.
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- Boundary Survey or Residential Mortgage Survey
Mortgage Survey or Physical Survey: a simple survey that generally determines land boundaries and building locations.
Mortgage surveys are required by title companies and lending institutions when they provide financing to show that there
are no structures encroaching on the property and that the position of structures is generally within zoning and building
code requirements. Some jurisdictions allow mortgage surveys to be done to a lesser standard, however most modern U.S.
state minimum standards require the same standard of care for mortgage surveys as any other survey. The resulting higher
price for mortgage surveys has led some lending institutions to accept "Mortgage Inspections" not signed or sealed by a
surveyor.
Boundary Survey: the actual physical extent of property ownership, typically witnessed by monuments or markers, such as
(typically iron rods, pipes or concrete monuments in the ground, but also tacks or blazes in trees, piled stone corners or
other types of monuments) are measured, and a map, or plat, is drawn from the data.
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- Subdivision Layout & Design
Subdivision Plan: a plot or map based on a survey of a parcel of land. Boundary lines are drawn inside the larger parcel
to indicated the creation of new boundary lines and roads . The number and location of plats, or the newly created
parcels, are usually discussed back and forth between the developer and the surveyor until they are agreed upon. At this
point monuments, usually in the form of square concrete blocks or iron rods or pins, are driven into the ground to mark
the lot corners and curve ends, and the plat is recorded in the cadastre (USA, elsewhere) or land registry (UK). In some
jurisdictions, the recording or filing of a subdivision plat is highly regulated. The final map or plat becomes, in
effect, a contract between the developer and the city or county, determining what can be built on the property and under
what conditions. Always upon finally completion of a subdivision an As-Built Plan is required by the local government.
This is done so that the roadway constructed therein will pass ownership from the developer to said local government by
way of a contract called a Covenant. When this stage is completed the roadways will now be maintained, repaved, swept, and
plowed (if necessary for your geographic region) by the local government
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| Examples: Detail from Subdivision Surveys |
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- Construction Layout & Staking or Building Permit Survey
Construction surveying (otherwise "lay-out" or "setting-out"): the process of establishing and marking the position and
detailed layout of new structures such as roads or buildings for subsequent construction. In this sense, surveying may be
regarded as a sub-discipline of civil engineering.
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| Examples: Details from Construction Surveys |
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- Topographical Survey
Topographic Survey: a survey that measures the elevation of points on a particular piece of land, and presents them as
contours on a plot.
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| Examples: Details from Topographical Surveys |
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- Computer Aided Drafting (CAD)
- Elevation Certificate
- Condominium Conversion Plans
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| Examples: Details from Condominium Surveys |
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- Erosion & Sediment Control Plans
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan: a plan that is drawn in conjunction with a Subdivision Plan that denotes how upcoming
construction activities will effect the movement of stormwater and sediment across the construction site and onto abutting
properties and how developers will adjust grading activities to limit the depositing of more stormwater and sediment onto
abutting properties than was done prior to construction.
- As-Built Plans
As-Built Survey: a survey conducted several times during a construction project to verify, for local and state boards,
that the work authorized was completed to the specifications set on the Plot Plan or Site Plan. This usually entails a
complete survey of the site to confirm that the structures, utilities, and roadways proposed were built in the proper
locations authorized in the Plot Plan or Site Plan. As-builts are usually done 2-3 times during the building of a house;
once after the foundation has been poured; once after the walls are put up; and at the completion of construction.
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| Example: Detail from As-Built Survey |
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- Easement Survey
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| Example: Detail from Easement Survey |
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- Foundation Survey
Foundation Survey: a survey done to collect the positional data on a foundation that has been poured and is cured. This
is done to ensure that the foundation was constructed in the location authorized in the Plot Plan, Site Plan, or
Subdivision Plan. When the location of the finished foundation is checked and approved the building of the remainder of the structure can commence. This should not be confused with an As-Built Survey which is not to be done until all work on the site is completed.
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| Example: Detail from Foundation Survey |
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