Acquire Knowledge of Architectural Surveys to Broaden Your Horizon

Working as a CAD Drafting professional for years, I have come across several situations when a home owner calls me to ask about architectural surveys. Normally the architects whom you hire for reconstruction of your house need architectural surveys at the initial stage. Before starting the remodeling project the survey is important in the architect point of view as well as for the wellbeing of your house. Let’s discuss the various stages of an architectural survey project.

Once a home owner has appointed an Architect for remodeling his house, and the Architect as I said has told him about the importance of architectural surveys for his house as an introductory part of the remodeling project. As the owner of the house, he went on surfing the internet to learn something about the architectural surveys. But this search rather confused him as the results connecting to the term only. If this is also the case with you or one of your friends or relatives, then you can get your answer in this piece of content.

Firstly if your home is categorized as historic by the government, then be proud to be the owner of a house with historic significance and drop the idea of remodeling it. Bewilderment has taken place in this situation as the architects have used the idiom architectural surveys in a diverse context than a chronological maintenance context. The architects have given a completely different significance to this term than the yielded results of the house owner’s online search

By this term the Architect wanted to say that he only needed the floor plan and the elevation drawing of the owner’s house in its present condition. The reason why the architect needs the drawing of the house in the present condition is that when the drawing of its present condition is with him he can create the renovation plan that shows how the remodeling is to be done on the existing one.

I have already specified that this is only a theoretical situation that may not be true for everyone but I for sure you will never face this kind of situation after reading this blog.

Prepare Your 3D Map by Following the Reports on Topographic Surveys

Very less people in our society know about the Topographic surveys as we don’t find people using this word. I too heard this term some days ago and was curious to know about this type of survey to enhance my knowledge in this field. Surfing the web for long and visiting the different informative sites, I am now trying to provide you the information that I have collected

Topography is the study of the surface, features and shape of the earth and the other planets, asteroids and moons, it also describe the shapes, surface and the features that are depicted in maps.

The intention of topographic surveys is to collect survey statistics about the natural as well as the human created features of land and also its altitude. A three- dimensional map preparation requires the information provided by these surveys. It is interesting that you can also prepare a topographic map yourself in your home just by collecting the related field data.

The work generally consists of (a) establishing vertical and horizontal controls to work as the outline of the survey, (b) determining sufficient parallel location and altitude of the soil points for providing sufficient data required for plotting, (c) tracing all the natural and human-made things, (d) computing the angles, distances, and height, (e) drawing the topographic map.

Topographic surveys may be referred as line surveys and also conducted before any ownership change of land and even property owner. The major focal point of this survey lies on the distance from the land than the parallel measurements. Parallel measurements are gives after an in-depth study on both residential and boundary surveys.

While performing measurements for topographical surveys, the measurements are done with high quality units with electronic apparatus. The results after the survey are then handed on as contour lines on the maps of the land. The reports here differ from all the other type of survey reports which is a paper document typed on it.

Today with the use of higher level technology, you can get the digital form of the map and can upload it on the internet where every one can access it and witness your effort.

Do You Have Boundary Disputes? If Yes then Read on!

Land survey is related to the various fields among which the Residential Land Survey is the most publicly known term. This involves the exact measurement of the boundaries of the plots meant for sale and also known as “boundary survey”.

We all should go through this land survey before the occurrence of any dispute and keep the reports to avoid these problems. You should have some idea about this matter for saving yourself from being fooled.

The very first step in a land survey is to look for the records regarding the property. These records include mainly the Title Certificates and the other related papers. The land surveyor then goes through the previous survey, and the other records for information which will help him in the process.

As the surveyor understands the significant limits of the possession, he takes the measurement of your entire land, for deciding whether the current boundaries vary from the recorded boundaries found in the records. The land surveyor measures the land several times before reaching any conclusion. When finally the expert land survey is complete, the property lines stated by the surveyor turn out to be the permissible boundaries of the land. But when your neighbors also go for a residential land survey to sort out the boundary disputes, in order to get peace of mind you should have the property survey by a licensed “residential land surveyor”.

On the other hand, a Building Survey or Structural Survey is performed independently by the surveyor. Today, it is highly recommended for both commercial and residential properties. This is a complete study to provide the complete image of the building construction and its conditions. I can say that residential surveys demands thorough professional evaluation to check property and its conditions.

Usually, the building survey includes the building fabric structure, exterior finishes and the surroundings of the building. The surveyor prepares reports according to the details and the format provided by the client. This report gives the accurate state of the building with noticeable flaws, and also the prescribed corrective actions that can be taken like maintenance and repairs counting the estimated costs.