On March 1, 2003, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). FEMA is responsible for delineating areas of probable flooding during a catastrophic event. The Elevation Certificate is an important administrative tool of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance premium rate, and to support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F).

An ILCBP is a Specific Purpose Certification used to verify elements pertaining to a building permit process. It is typically required by a Building official or a lending institution to verify that the work authorized was completed to the proper specifications and conforming to approved plans. Items such as location of foundation walls, framing, and ridge heights are typical subject matter of the service. This survey product does not comply with statutory ILC requirements, its purpose is to verify building permit elements relative to boundary lines and easements of record – items including but not limited to, utilities, or all boundary evidence are omitted. 

Field crews locate existing structure(s) resulting in the production of a report, the results of which are then expedited via verification letter to the client.

A Drainage Certificate is a Specific Purpose Certification, usually associated with a building permit, showing the grading characteristics on a Lot. It is typically required by a building official to disclose adverse drainage patterns on or off the site.

Also called Deformation Monitoring is the systematic measurement and tracking of the alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it. The Deformation Survey is a major component of logging measured values that may be used for further computation & analysis leading to predictive maintenance and alarming.

Mapping and monitoring subsurface aquifers on a specified horizontal and vertical datum under the direction of an environmental consultant and reporting the results over a specified timeframe.

The delineation of wetlands with colored flags placed at key locations, as done by qualified personnel. A surveyor then conducts a field survey to collect the data on the locations of the colored flags and a map is drawn to reference the boundary of the wetlands. Mapping wetlands is done on a specified horizontal and vertical datum under the direction of an environmental consultant.

This is a document required by a municipality as part of an annexation application. The Surveyor certifies that a minimum of one sixth (1/6) of the perimeter of the parcel to be annexed is contiguous with the existing municipal boundary. If there is a municipal requirement to set monuments then this becomes a Land Survey Plat thereby governed by the minimum requirements thereof.

Upon completion of construction of utilities in a new subdivision, county governments and municipalities require infrastructure mapping of major utility lines including, Water, Sewer, Storm Sewer, along with shallow utilities such and electric lines, phone and fiber optic lines, etc to confirm that the structures, utilities, and roadways were built in the proper locations. Submittal is in both hard copy and electronic AutoCAD format. The electronic submittal requirement is to aid the maintenance and development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).