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Land Surveying

• Property line retracement
  ⇒  Where are the property corners?
• Property splits
  ⇒  Can property be divided and sold in parts?
• Topographic surveys
  ⇒  How much earth will need to be moved or is the land draining properly?
• Condominium splits
  ⇒  What is the legal ownership of a single building that has separate owners?
• ALTA/ACSM Title Surveys
  ⇒  How are the physical objects on a property identified?
• GPS Surveys
  ⇒  How is global positioning used to survey large areas?
• Construction survey and layout staking
  ⇒  How are buildings, streets and underground utilities placed in the proper location?

Construction Management

• Department of Transportation projects in Wisconsin
  ⇒  Highways and bridges
• Monitoring retaining walls and buildings for movement
  ⇒  Is a retaining wall falling down?
• Municipal or private inspections for utility installations
  ⇒  Is the contractor building the utility to design specifications?
• Municipal GIS record keeping
  ⇒  How is the Geographic Information System used to track aspects of a project?
• Soil inspections for footing and foundation construction
  ⇒  How much weight can the soil support?
• Structural inspections for commercial and private buildings
   

Land Development

• Residential sub-divisions
   
• Multi-family developments
   
• Street, sanitary and storm sewer designs
   
• Conservation Design and Sustainable Green Design
   
• Water main and water supply systems
   
• Flood plain elevation certificates
  ⇒  Is the property or structure in a flood plain?
• Environmental wetland delineation and mitigation permitting and monitoring
  ⇒  Are there wetlands on the property, and if so, where are they located?

Major and Minor Site Plan Developments

• Commercial and industrial site plans
   
• Private water supply system design
  ⇒  Designs for small residential subdivisions in rural areas
• Representation before City Council, County Supervisors and Planning and Zoning Boards for City and County
   

Storm Water Analysis

• Storm water detention/retention pond designs and storm water runoff analysis reports
  ⇒  How can storm water runoff from a development be managed to acceptable levels?
• Culvert sizing and design
   
• Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
  ⇒  Plans required by the Department of Natural Resources before any grading of a
    development can begin. Will prevent soil from migrating off the site.
   

Septic System Design

• Percolation tests
  ⇒  Can the existing soil support a conventional septic system?
• Conventional systems
  ⇒  Use existing soils to filter the septic effluent
• Sand filter designs
  ⇒  Utilize imported sand to filter the septic effluent

Permits

• NPDES Permits (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System)
  ⇒  Required if disturbing more than one acre of land during the grading and building
    construction of a project
   
• IDNR (Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Water and Sanitary Sewer applications for construction

 

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