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Sometimes, depending on a specific and incidental work and in order to offer a more professional service, we require a Property Boundary Survey performed, signed and sealed by a Professional Land Surveyor as stated by the Florida laws.
Engineering Surveying Definition.
ASCE Policy Statement 333.
Approved by the National Engineering Practice Policy Committee on March 8, 2007.
Approved by the Policy Review Committee on March 9, 2007.
Adopted by the Board of Direction on April 24, 2007.
Policy.
Engineering surveying is defined as those activities involved in the planning and execution of surveys for the location, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of civil and other engineered projects.
Such activities include:
Engineering surveying may be regarded as a specialty within the broader professional practice of engineering and, with the exception of boundary, right of way, or other cadastral surveying, includes all surveying and mapping activities required to support the sound conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of engineered projects. Engineering surveying does not include surveys for the retracement of existing land ownership boundaries or the creation of new boundaries.
Issue
A number of recent developments have created some confusion with respect to the role of engineers in the practice of surveying. These developments have included:
This confusion is further marked by a lack of understanding on the part of certain engineering disciplines, other than civil, of the importance of surveying to the practice of civil, aeronautical, mechanical, and mining engineering, among others.
Rationale
Engineering surveying is one of the necessary skills of an engineer. An engineer may specialize in engineering surveying, thereby developing the necessary expertise in the execution and analysis of measurements to the highest level practicable. The engineering surveyor, as a specialist, supports and serves other engineers in their task of designing and constructing manmade works for the benefit of mankind. While an engineer may not engage full time in engineering surveying and may not be considered an expert on all aspects of engineering surveying, they must be well qualified to perform those aspects of surveying relevant to their professional activities.
Types of surveys and applicability
Surveying or land surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually on the surface of the Earth, and they are often used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or governmental purposes.
In order to accomplish their objective, surveyors use elements of geometry, engineering, trigonometry, mathematics, physics, and law.
An alternative definition, per the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), is the science and art of making all essential measurements to determine the relative position of points and/or physical and cultural details above, on, or beneath the surface of the Earth, and to depict them in a usable form, or to establish the position of points and/or details.
Furthermore, as alluded to above, a particular type of surveying known as "land surveying" (also per ACSM) is the detailed study or inspection, as by gathering information through observations, measurements in the field, questionnaires, or research of legal instruments, and data analysis in the support of planning, designing, and establishing of property boundaries. It involves the re-establishment of cadastral surveys and land boundaries based on documents of record and historical evidence, as well as certifying surveys (as required by statute or local ordinance) of subdivision plats/maps, registered land surveys, judicial surveys, and space delineation. Land surveying can include associated services such as mapping and related data accumulation, construction layout surveys, precision measurements of length, angle, elevation, area, and volume, as well as horizontal and vertical control surveys, and the analysis and utilization of land survey data.
Surveying has been an essential element in the development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded history (about 5,000 years ago). It is required in the planning and execution of nearly every form of construction. Its most familiar modern uses are in the fields of transport, building and construction, communications, mapping, and the definition of legal boundaries for land ownership.
A land survey is made for the Title Company and/or Lender with the survey and location data needed for the issuing of title or mortgage insurance. For this purpose a map is drawn to “ALTA” specifications. “ALTA” stands for American Land Title Association. ALTA specifies the data to be shown on the survey and this includes boundary lines, location of the main building including improvements, location of ancillary buildings, the identification of easements (access rights by service companies such as water, gas, telephone, railways and other utilities). ALTA surveys are very complex surveys and can cost upwards of a thousand dollars and take weeks to complete. For that reason most ALTA surveys are performed on commercial properties.
An ALTA Land Survey guarantees to meet the requirements for an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey as detailed by the American Land Title Association, National Society of Professional Surveyors and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.
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CERTIFICATE OF USE / All Home Meters / Building Code Inspections Miami Dade, Hialeah, Homestead, Coral Gables, Doral, Kendall
MIAMI, FL 33186
ph: 305 606 4732
alt: 786 318 7203
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