When Do You Need a Construction Survey?

Surveyor using a total station to complete a construction survey on an active Vermont construction site

Plans get approved. Permits get signed. Then someone has to put a shovel in the ground in the right spot. A construction survey is what connects the paper design to the actual site, and knowing when a project needs one can save a contractor from tearing out work and starting over. When a Construction Project […]

What a Drone LiDAR Survey Actually Captures on Your Land

A drone LiDAR survey capturing terrain, trees, drainage, and stone walls across a rural Vermont property

Vermont land is not flat. It has hills, brush, stone walls, and thick tree cover. A drone LiDAR survey can see through some of that, but not all of it. Here’s what the sensor actually records, and what it doesn’t. From Laser Returns to a Three-Dimensional Record of the Property A drone LiDAR survey sends […]

Why Septic System Design Starts With a Topographic Survey

Licensed land surveyor performing a topographic survey on a rural property to collect elevation data before septic system design

Vermont land doesn’t give up its secrets easily. A field that looks flat from the road might drop six feet before it reaches the tree line. A patch of grass that seems perfect for a leach field might sit on a ledge outcrop two feet down. You can’t see any of this by walking the […]