Site Surveys

A site survey is a drawing of a particular property done by a registered British Columbia Land Surveyor. The information it includes is vital to many types of jobs. If you are building a new custom home, an addition or changing anything that will change how the building sits on the site, you will need a site survey. You may also need one if the city determines you need one, regardless if you are changing something that will change how the building sits on the site.

On the drawings it shows the size of the property, the location, size and height of all buildings on the property as well as the location of any easements or locations of other specific items. Site data and geodetic datum heights are important information also included on a site survey. Geodetic heights are the heights above sea level of particular points on the property. Because there is no zero point, sea level is always used as the zero point and all heights are based off of that zero point. We require that information so that we can put them on many areas of our plan for proper heights for construction and for building permit. Without geodetic heights, we cannot convey to the builder how high the building and its various levels will be and the city will not issue a permit on a set of plans that does not have them.

If you have any questions about site surveys or if you are unsure if you need one, you can call us and we can determine if one if needed for your project. We have links to a land surveyor that we often use and who includes the items that are necessary. We can give you his information if you request, however, we are more than happy to use any survey that is given to us as long as it has the appropriate information included.