Surveyor Directory

A land surveyor is an investigator of evidence. The land surveyor creates evidence on and under the ground to reference/preserve/perpetuate existing evidence. It is not the position of a land surveyor to make legal determinations; instead, the surveyor provides evidence that can be ruled on by a judge in a court of law (regarding legal [...]

The art of surveying Many properties have considerable problems with regards to improper bounding, miscalculations in past surveys, titles, easements, and wildlife crossings. Also many properties are created from multiple divisions of a larger piece over the course of years, and with every additional division the risk of miscalculation increases. The result can be abutting properties [...]

Land Surveyor: Cadastral land surveyors are licensed by state governments. In the United States, cadastral surveys are typically conducted by the federal government, specifically through the Cadastral Surveys branch of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), formerly the General Land Office (GLO). In states that have been subdivided as per the Public Land Survey System (PLSS), the BLM Cadastral [...]

Building Surveying: Building surveying Building surveying emerged in the 1970s as a profession in the United Kingdom by a group of technically minded General Practice Surveyors . Building surveying is a recognised profession in Britain, Australia and Hong Kong. In Australia in particular, due to risk mitigation and limitation factors, the employment of surveyors at all levels of [...]