Topographic Surveys

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Topographic Surveys

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Who: Engineers, architects, developers, contractors.

Why: Bad elevation data leads to grading failures. Foundation damage from poor drainage averages $5,500-$15,000. Major failures run to $500,000.

What You Get

  • Detailed elevation mapping of site
  • Contour lines at specified intervals
  • Trees, structures, utilities located
  • Digital file compatible with CAD/design software

A developer in Roswell designed a commercial building using old topo data.  The site graded wrong. Water pooled against the foundation within the first heavy rain. Foundation repairs: $47,000. Project delayed four months.

Another contractor in Kennesaw bid a grading job based on outdated elevations. Actual site had three feet more cut than anticipated. Material costs alone ran $22,000 over budget. The client sued.

North Georgia terrain doesn’t forgive bad data.  Red clay shifts. Creek beds change. Old surveys don’t account for years of erosion.

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The Land Surveying Company provides topographic surveys for residential, commercial, and development projects throughout Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky.

We've surveyed everything from mountain viewpoints to creek bottom hideoutsfrom Chattanooga to Atlanta.

“Serving the Greater Atlanta and Chattanooga Area and everything in between”

Licensed in GA, TN, AL, KY
since 2004.

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