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Land Surveying with GPS

Although surveying with GPS can sometimes be frustrating with the lack of signal coverage, it is hands down the quickest and most efficient way to survey when it is working. When we use GPS, we tie into an established (and growing) cell network that has almost full GPS coverage on the eastern slope of Colorado. [...]

Common Land Surveys Available From EVstudio in Colorado

EVstudio has a Colorado Professional Land Surveyor as part of our team and provides a variety of surveys to meet our clients’ needs. Four of the most commonly requested surveys are improvement location certificates, land survey plats, improvement survey plats and ALTA/ACSM surveys. IMPROVEMENT LOCATION CERTIFICATE (ILC) – The simplest survey which includes the size [...]

ALTA Table A Optional Survey Responsibilities and Specifications

ALTA surveys are a cafeteria style survey where the client can pick specific items to build a survey that meets their specific needs. In addition to the standard survey requirements for all ALTAs there is the list of options on Table A which include: Monuments placed (or a reference monument or witness to the corner) [...]

Civil Engineering with In-House Surveyor means Cost Savings

Being licensed as both professional engineers and professional land surveyors allows us to offer significant cost savings and drastically helps improve the efficiency of our projects. For example, when we do a site visit at the start of a project we are already thinking about what surveying services are going to be required in order [...]

Surveys and site layouts

One of the first steps in a building design is analyzing the existing site to understand its opportunities and its challenges. This necessitates having a survey of the site. Therefore I will usually suggest that clients get a survey immediately after our first meeting. Once I have a survey in hand I can begin a [...]

Architecture Study ranks Denver 8th

The was an article on the DBJ site about a citizen poll of which cities are the highest ranking for architecture. The poll was commissioned by RMJM Hillier and put together by Zogby International. Denver ranked 8th, in order the ranking was Chicago, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, and [...]

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