Land surveying is the art and science of establishing or re-establishing corners, lines, boundaries, and monuments of real property (land) based upon recorded documents, historical evidence, and present standards of practice. Land Surveying also includes associated services such as analysis and utilization of survey data, subdivision planning and design, writing legal descriptions, mapping, construction layout, and precision measurements of angle, length, area, and volume.

Our Surveying Services:
  1. Cadastral Survey
  2. Engineering Survey
  3. Topographic Survey
  4. Route Survey
  5. Drone Mapping, Remote sensing & Photogrammetry
  6. Geographic Information System
  7. Hydrography/Bathymetric Survey.
  8. Urban Planning and Design

Cadastral Surveys

Land, boundary, and cadastral surveys establish property lines and property corner markers. This is a very important form of surveying because it is the evidence of dimension, size and location of parcels of land. It is on this well-coordinated boundary of land that every architectural development is designed and built.

Well-executed survey plans have been legal evidence of land ownership disputes and court litigation. Likewise, erroneously produced plans have been responsible for the loss of land ownership.

Engineering and Construction Surveys

Construction surveys are special kinds of surveys executed to provide line, grade, control elevations, horizontal positions, dimensions, and configurations for construction operations. Hence, every form of construction or infrastructural development is hinged on the accuracy of such measurements and stake-out processes. They also secure essential data for computing construction pay quantities.

As-built and mining surveys also come under the scope of engineering surveys. As-built surveys are surveys that model the structure of existing structures in three dimensions. Such models are essential for further planning and development of the structures.

Topographic Survey

Topographic surveys determine the locations of natural and artificial features and elevations used in map-making. Topographic maps also include all essential planimetric features in addition to the configuration of the Earth’s surface. We deliver topographical maps in various forms depending on the demand of each client. Topographical maps are shown in;

  1. Shaded Relief
  2. Digital Elevation Model, DEM
  3. Digital Surface Model, DSM
  4. Spot Heights Map, and
  5. Contour Map

There are many applications of topographical surveys. These include;

  1. Determination of the most desirable and economical locations of highways and other facilities;
  2. Design of housing and landscape by architects; and
  3. For diverse applications by agriculturists, archeologists, foresters, geographers, geologists, and scientists in numerous fields.

Route Surveys

These are the types of surveys executed purposely to plan, design, and construct highways, railroads, pipelines, and other linear projects. They normally begin at one control point and progress to another in the most direct manner permitted by field conditions. These survey and control points are generated with suitable accuracies and precision by our team of survey professionals

Drone Mapping, Remote sensing & Photogrammetry

Aerial methods have been used in almost all the specialized types of surveys we execute. Drones, which are more light-weighted and more effective than aircraft, in most cases have been employed to map planimetric features of both public and private properties for the purpose of urban planning and development.

Aerial surveys are accomplished using either photogrammetry or remote sensing. Photogrammetry uses cameras that are carried usually in drones or airplanes to obtain images, whereas remote sensing employs cameras and other types of sensors that can be transported in either drones, aircraft, or satellites.

Photogrammetry is now the principal method employed in topographic mapping and compiling other forms of spatial data. Cameras and other photogrammetric instruments and techniques have improved continually, so that spatial data collected by photogrammetry today meets very high accuracy standards. Other advantages of this method are the;

  1. speed of collecting spatial data in an area;
  2. relatively low cost;
  3. ease of obtaining topographic details, especially in inaccessible areas; and
  4. reduced likelihood of omitting details in spatial data collection.

Geographic Information System

A geographic Information System (GIS) is simply a digital system of hardware, software, data, and organizational structure for collecting, storing, manipulating, and spatially analyzing “geo-referenced” data and displaying information resulting from those processes. GIS has found applications in virtually every field of endeavor. Spatial databases to support the systems are developed by generating new digital maps in the computer-based photogrammetry data.

Maps of various types are needed to create spatial databases for LISs and GISs including topographic maps, which show the natural and cultural features and relief in an area; cadastral maps, which give boundaries of land ownership; natural resource maps, which provide the location and distribution of forest and water resources, wetlands, soil types, etc.; facilities maps, which show existing transportation networks, water and sewer mains, and distribution lines for electric power; and land-use maps, which show the various activities of humans related to the land. Applications of GIS technology have been expanding at a phenomenal rate, and these activities will impose a heavy demand for high-quality maps of various types and scales in the future.

Hydrography/Bathymetric Survey

Hydrographic surveys define shorelines and depths of lakes, streams, oceans, reservoirs, and other bodies of water. Sea surveying is associated with port and offshore industries and the marine environment, including measurements and marine investigations made by shipborne personnel with specialized instruments.

Urban Planning and Design

Urban planning, design, and regulation of the uses of space that focus on the physical form, economic functions, and social impacts of the urban environment and on the location of different activities within it. It is variously a technical profession, an endeavor involving political will and public participation, and an academic discipline.

As part of our slogan:

“We plan with people; we don’t plan for them”

Our Urban Planning Services:

Preparation of Plans:

  1. Master Plans;
  2. Layout Plans;
  3. Action Plans; and
  4. Development Guide.
  5. Other Development Plans

Preparation of EIARs

  • Environmental Impact Assessment;
  • Environmental Impact Analysis;
  • Environmental Impact Audit;
  • Traffic Impact Assessment; and
  • Advocacy planning