Selecting a Surveyor
It is best to select a Professional Land Surveyor by qualifications. A well qualified land surveyor will take the time to ask you about your needs for the survey. The surveyor will. then explain what is required to complete your survey, and will answer all of your questions in a helpful manner so that you understand the process.
The Professional Land Surveyor constantly updates field equipment and office computers in order to provide you with the best service.
If you needed heart surgery, would you select the cheapest or the best surgeon? The same principle applies when selecting a Professional Land Surveyor. Remember, many times, the “cheapest” survey cost the most in additional surveying and legal fees
Chances are a low bid means the surveyor must cut corners and sacrifice quality. Incorrect surveys can cost you way more money than you would have saved by selecting a surveyor based on price alone. As a consumer you should shop for the best value, not the cheapest price.
Responsibilities of a Land Surveyor
A primary responsibility of a land surveyor is to prepare boundary data that may be submitted as evidence in a court of law in the event of a legal dispute over the location of a boundary. The techniques of land surveying do not vary in any essential respect from those used in any other type of horizontal-location surveying—you run a land-survey boundary traverse, for example, just as you do a traverse for any other purpose. The thing that distinguishes land surveying from other types of surveying is that a land surveyor is often required to decide the location of a boundary on the basis of conflicting evidence.
As in many other professions, the primary—in this case, the surveyor—may be held liable for incompetent services rendered. For example, if the surveyor has been given, in advance, the nature of the structure to be erected on a lot, he may be held liable for all damages or additional costs incurred as a result of an erroneous survey; and pleading in his defense that the survey is not guaranteed will not stand up in court. Since a civilian professional surveyor must be licensed before he can practice his profession, he must show that degree of prudence, judgment, and skill reasonably expected of a member of his profession.
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Example of Conflicting Information.
Why would I even need or want a Survey?
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What the Professional Land Surveyor needs from you.