Our services include:
- Boundary surveys
- Subdivision of property
- Topographic surveys
- Mortgage loan inspections
The elements of a typical boundary survey or boundary retracement include:
- Deed Research And Determining Historic Chains Of Title Of The Landowners Tract And Adjacent Tracts
- Field Reconnaissance And Investigation For Boundary Evidence
- Survey Traversing And Measuring The Evidence On The Ground
- Reduction Of The Field Measurements Onto A Base Plan
- The Application Of The Rules Of Boundary Retracement And Deed Construction
- Drafting Of A Final Survey Plan
- Setting Of Boundary Monuments
This is a substantial body of work and must be done with care and professionalism under the rules regulating the profession and the guidelines set forth for boundary surveying in the law.
When a landowner requests our services we consider it an honor and will work with all our skill and resources to provide a satisfactory consultation and a quality work product for them. We work hard to navigate through difficult boundary matters with our client’s and their neighbors to resolve concerns to the satisfaction of all parties. We emphasize we are not “hired guns” for our own clients but hold to the ethical responsibility of being impartial for the benefit of all landowners.
When boundary conflicts cannot be resolved between neighbors, we will work with our client’s legal counsel to resolve the issues, even serving as expert witnesses in litigation when needed. We want to emphasize that we always work hard to keep our clients from this last resort.
History
Notable Surveyors
George Washington
Donald Richards
Our company carries on a noble tradition of land surveying in the Midcoast region which began back in the eighteenth century with the surveying of land for General Knox and other early proprietors. The succession of surveyors preceding us have archived survey records from many surveyors and we take pride in having a very extensive collection of survey records for our use in serving our clients. Our archive includes the records of the following surveyors:
- Edwin Rose
- A. D. Blackington
- O. H. Tripp
- H. P. Farrow
- O. H. Tripp Engineering
- Harold Brown
- Franklin Wood
- Edward W. Coffin
- David Knowlton
- Richard Thomas
- J. S. McCormick, Jr.
- McCormick & Associates
- Cothern & Cranston
- Cothern & Chapman
Our records also include various plans by other surveyors that have been collected over the years. We do contract with our client’s to search our extensive records for the recovery of pertinent plans from our files.