Surveyors in Sydney

Recent volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography have made strides to include these surveyors who played such an integral part in early colony NSW history.

Land surveyors perform many duties for clients. A volume survey can help assess how much material must be excavated before earthworks begin, helping establish how much cut and fill will be necessary.

Boundary Surveys

Boundary surveys are an essential resource for both homeowners and developers, serving to identify property lines and resolve any potential disputes between neighbours or developers. Boundary surveys may also be used to confirm fence locations or construction plans before purchasing property – providing crucial decision-making information regarding dimensions, size and price points of available properties.

Surveying involves reviewing plans and title certificates as well as visiting a property to take physical measurements. A licensed surveyor will use various equipment such as total stations, laser scanning units, GPS rovers and drones.

If you’re building or installing a fence, a boundary survey will save both time and money in the long run. Not only can it help avoid expensive design changes or legal fees associated with encroachments; but it can also save the expense of having to repair or replace fences that stray outside their intended locations.

Volume Surveys

Surveyors offer vital volume surveys as part of construction planning both before and during construction projects, enabling builders to assess exactly how much cut and fill is required in their site – saving both time and money while guaranteeing that work completed follows plans exactly.

Early colonial settlement saw rapid land development spurred on by newly granted land rights and demand for topographical information. A survey system was then put in place to facilitate this growth.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, surveys played a prominent role in government programs to provide community services. Improved stockpile management, planning processes and providing maps were just some of the benefits from fully developed survey systems. It was up to the Surveyor General to set and maintain these standards; specifically responsible for creating and maintaining the network of survey control marks.

Aerial Surveys

Surveyors use drones to accurately survey locations from above, providing data that can be used for various purposes including stockpile calculations at mines, quarries, landfills and large infrastructure projects.

Drones can provide access to areas that are hazardous or difficult for humans to reach, such as steep slopes and terrain that would be hard to survey using traditional methods. Drones also help avoid costly downtime caused by interference with groundwork projects.

Accuracy in survey work depends on how accurately your hardware can reference positions on the ground – this requires an uninterrupted connection between drone and RTK base station; any interruption, however momentary, could lead to inaccurate data due to terrain features like buildings or obstructions or changes in signal strength or distance between base station and rover.

Strata Surveys

Surveyors are an integral part of strata subdivision development teams to ensure buildings will fit, can be designed according to Council requirements, and that any special permits required can be met. They’re also an essential player on building and construction projects such as roads, tunnelling projects, mining ventures, high rise apartments, shopping centres or large sized strata buildings.

Surveys are required for the preparation of strata plans which show boundaries for individual units (Strata Lots). A licensed surveyor can create this document which is then lodged at Landgate for audit under the Strata Titles Act.

Subdivisions typically consist of either Survey-Strata or Built Strata titles. Both require approval by local council and include creating a Detail Survey/ Contour Survey, Draft Strata Plan and associated documents which are lodged with the Registrar to form the Owners Corporation and create the Strata Plan/ Owners Corporation. Depending on the scheme there may be shared property such as gardens and driveways – the unit entitlement fixed in the Strata Plan determines this cost which in turn influences their monthly Strata Levy payments by individual owners.

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