Subsurface Utility Mapping using the Spar 300 System by Optimal Ranging, Inc.

PROBLEM: The need for accurate, 3D geospatial locations of utilities has become vitally important from a planning and safety perspective. Inaccurate utility location data causes unnecessary project delay costs due to damaged facilitates and can be a major safety concern.

SOLUTION: DAAR Engineering and the Spar system. DAAR has been engaged in a solution that can accurately locate and survey these utilities with elevation data without excavation.

DAAR Engineering offers survey services and expertise locating/reestablishing an owner’s lot corner and property line to relocating and establish the complete boundary. A property line survey is important when you buy, build, or improve a property. A boundary survey is a land survey that precisely determines property lines and corners. It involves measuring and mapping these boundaries, highlighting encroachments, easements, and other relevant information. Boundary surveys are crucial for resolving property disputes, ensuring accurate land descriptions, and facilitating property transactions and development projects. They provide a clear understanding of a property's legal boundaries, supporting property owners, buyers, and real estate professionals in making informed decisions.

DAAR is established as an industry leader in construction staking from our vast experience in large scale commercial construction projects and municipal construction staking. We are responsible for placement of building on-site, placing utility alignments, establishing horizontal and vertical control lines, coordinating between the design team and the contractor, as well as quality control through project completion.

An ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey is a specialized survey used in commercial real estate transactions in the United States. It adheres to strict standards set by the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). This comprehensive survey provides essential data on property boundaries, structures, easements, and more, helping ensure smooth, secure transactions and supporting title insurance assessments for commercial properties. DAAR Engineering offers survey services statewide and has become the leading direct provider of ALTA Land Title Surveys. Working alongside Title Insurance companies, attorneys, lenders and developers to provide an accurate ALTA land survey map for all of our clients.

A Certified Survey Map (CSM) is a legal document prepared by a licensed land surveyor to subdivide or create land parcels. Typically used for small-scale land division, CSMs show property boundaries, easements, and any relevant zoning requirements. They're crucial for gaining local government approval, facilitating property sales, and ensuring compliance with land use regulations. CSMs offer a clear visual representation of property changes and can simplify land development or sale processes while adhering to surveying standards. With every town, village and cities local ordinances and procedures being different DAAR Engineering has the knowledge to assist a landowner and developers through the survey and mapping process from beginning to the end of subdividing existing parcel(s) process.

Easement descriptions are legal documents specifying rights or restrictions regarding land use. Utility easements grant access for service providers, rezoning easements address land use changes, release easements relinquish rights, vacation easements cancel access, and discontinuous easements outline non-continuous land usage. These descriptions clarify property rights, obligations, and changes, ensuring transparent land management and minimizing potential disputes or conflicts. DAAR Engineering offers its services creating an accurate easement legal description and exhibit for attorneys, utility companies, developers, and government agencies to record at the Register of Deeds. Our surveyors are well trained and detailed allowing the easement to be clear, concise, transferable and transfer along the dominate estate.

Survey legal descriptions are precise written statements outlining the boundaries and characteristics of a piece of land. They include details like metes (measurements), bounds (directions), landmarks, and reference points. These descriptions are crucial for property records, boundary delineation, real estate transactions, and legal documentation. They provide a clear and legally recognized definition of a property's extent, aiding in property ownership, development, and resolving disputes. DAAR Engineering has the expertise to read and create all types of legal descriptions. Including deeds, railroad, utility, grants and right of way.

LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment), LOMR (Letter of Map Revision), and Elevation Certificates are FEMA-related documents. LOMAs remove properties from high-risk flood zones if they are shown to be above the base flood elevation. LOMRs revise flood maps to reflect changes in flood risks. Elevation Certificates, prepared by surveyors, document a structure's elevation to determine flood insurance rates. These documents are essential for flood zone determinations, insurance, and regulatory compliance in flood-prone areas.

Subdivision and Condominium Plats are graphical representations of land division. Subdivision plats delineate how a piece of land is divided into multiple lots or parcels, including streets and infrastructure. Condominium plats outline the layout of individual units within a condominium complex, along with common areas. These plats are essential for land development, legal property descriptions, and local government approvals. They ensure orderly land division and property ownership within residential and commercial developments.

Right of Way Plats, including Local, Traditional, and TPP (Transportation Project Plat), are legal documents used to establish road and utility easements. Local Right of Way Plats delineate public road layouts and utility access. Traditional Right of Way Plats specify rights of way for public infrastructure. TPP Plats are specific to Wisconsin and detail road and utility access. These plats are essential for land development, property rights, and municipal planning, ensuring proper access and infrastructure allocation.

PLSS (Public Land Survey System) Monumentation refers to the survey markers placed at regular intervals across the United States in accordance with the PLSS grid system. These monuments, often metal rods, or concrete posts, serve as precise reference points for land boundary identification and legal descriptions. They are essential for land surveys, property boundaries, and land ownership records, ensuring accuracy and consistency in land management and property transactions.

Highway design surveys are specialized land surveys focused on planning, designing, and improving roadways and transportation infrastructure. They gather critical data about terrain, existing features, and property boundaries along potential road routes. These surveys inform the design and construction of highways, ensuring safe and efficient transportation systems. Highway design surveys play a vital role in infrastructure development, traffic management, and urban planning, contributing to safer and more accessible road networks.