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# Chicago Land Surveying

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- [Chicago Land Surveying Blog](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/blog) - Learn about land surveying in Chicago, IL including boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys. Explore guides on property surveys and development planning.
- [How ALTA Land Title Surveys Help Protect Commercial Property Deals](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/how-alta-land-title-surveys-help-protect-commercial-property-deals/1730) - Discover how ALTA land title surveys help protect commercial property deals, matching title records against real field conditions before closing.
- [What Licensed Land Surveyors Do Before They Ever Step Foot on Your Property](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/what-licensed-land-surveyors-do-before-they-ever-step-foot-on-your-property/1727) - Learn what licensed land surveyors do before visiting your property, from confirming the survey scope to planning equipment, site access, control, and fieldwork.
- [Shared Walls and Setbacks: Boundary Survey Considerations for Chicago Infill Construction](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/shared-walls-and-setbacks-boundary-survey-considerations-for-chicago-infill-construction/1723) - Boundary Survey confirms Chicago infill lot lines, shared walls, and setbacks before design and permitting.
- [What a Due Diligence Survey Reveals Before You Buy Commercial Property](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/what-a-due-diligence-survey-reveals-before-you-buy-commercial-property/1720) - Uncover what a due diligence survey reveals about boundaries, easements, access, and site issues before you purchase commercial property.
- [Planning a Tall Fence? Why a Property Survey May Be Required](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/planning-a-tall-fence-why-a-property-survey-may-be-required/1716) - Learn why a property survey may be required for tall fences, including property lines, setbacks, permits, and avoiding costly fence placement mistakes.
- [What Happens When Old Property Records Don't Match the Survey?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/what-happens-when-old-property-records-dont-match-the-survey/1713) - Understand what happens when old property records do not match a survey and how boundary issues can affect ownership, closing, and future plans.
- [Condominium Surveying for Converting Existing Buildings Into Separately Owned Units](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/condominium-surveying-for-converting-existing-buildings-into-separately-owned-units/1707) - See how condominium surveying defines unit boundaries, shared spaces, vertical limits, and legal exhibits when an existing building is converted.
- [Party Walls, Overhangs, and Shared Structures Inside an ALTA Survey Review](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/party-walls-overhangs-and-shared-structures-inside-an-alta-survey-review/1703) - See how an ALTA survey documents party walls, overhangs, underground projections, and shared structures on attached properties.
- [How Land Surveying Clarifies Alley Access on Narrow Urban Lots](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/how-land-surveying-clarifies-alley-access-on-narrow-urban-lots/1696) - Land surveying helps narrow urban lot owners confirm alley access, rear improvements, recorded rights, and shared-use limits before renovations.
- [Commercial Property Boundary and Ownership Verification Through ALTA Survey Reports](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/commercial-property-boundary-and-ownership-verification-through-alta-survey-reports/1693) - ALTA survey reports help verify commercial property boundaries, ownership details, and site conditions before a real estate transaction closes.
- [Why Commercial Buyers Need an ALTA Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/why-commercial-buyers-need-an-alta-survey/1681) - Learn how an ALTA survey helps commercial buyers verify property details, support due diligence, and reduce risk before closing.
- [How Construction Survey Services Support Commercial Property Redevelopment](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/how-construction-survey-services-support-commercial-property-redevelopment/1685) - See how construction survey services help commercial properties stay organized during phased renovations and redevelopment projects.
- [Welcome to Chicago Land Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/welcome-to-madison-land-surveying/197) - This site is intended to provide you with information on Land Surveying in the ​Chicago, IL, and Cook County area of Illinois.
- [Difference in FEMA Elevation Certificate and LOMA](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/difference-fema-elevation-certificate-loma/1282) - I get calls all the time from someone requesting an Elevation Certificate or Elevation Survey. Usually it’s because they’ve gotten a letter in the mail from their mortgage company telling them they have to get flood insurance. This leads them to contact their insurance company and that leads to a surveyor. “purchasing flood insurance is
- [Flooding From Excessive Rain Downstream From Earth Dams](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/flooding-excessive-rain-earth-dams/141) - An earthen dam failed in South Dakota due to a 9-inch rainfall event on July 29th of 2010. The event “overwhelmed its capacity” causing the failure of the dam.
- [What You Need to Know About Land Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/land-surveying/405) - Land surveying is the art and science of accurately measuring parcels of land. Data is gathered through observations, research, measurements, and data analysis.
- [The Basics of Land Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/basics-land-surveying/120) - A survey is done to establish a specific location of a parcel of land along with its exact acreage. It is used to ascertain boundaries for defining an area.
- [What Is A Land Surveyor?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/what-is-land-surveyor/137) - A land surveyor is a person with the academic qualifications to measure and plot the lengths and directions of boundary lines of the earth’s surface.
- [Why You SHOULD Have a Land Survey Completed Before Purchasing Land?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/land-survey-completed-purchasing-land/587) - Chicago Land Surveying will help you tremendously when you are about to purchase a parcel of land or a home.
- [A Short History on Land Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/short-history-land-surveying/628) - Land surveying has a very colorful history. Read how it all started here.
- [How to Find Someone to Survey Your Property Boundary Correctly](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/find-survey-property-boundary-correctly/1051) - Tips on how to find a property boundary surveyor in the Chicago,AL and Dale County Area of Illinois.
- [Land Surveying: Ethics of a Land Surveyor](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/land-surveying-ethics-land-surveyor/651) - What ethics should a land surveyor follow? Important to read if you're hiring a surveyor or planning on becoming one.
- [Land Surveying: Estimating the Cost](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/land-surveying-estimating-cost/844) - Being able to estimate the cost of land surveying is important especially if you have a tight budget. Know all the factors that affect the cost of a land survey
- [How Important is Land Surveying in Today’s World?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/important-land-surveying-todays-world/956) - How important is land surveying - a practice started hundreds of years ago - in today's world? Is it essential in building skycrapers and other structures?
- [Things to Know When Building Your House](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/building-house/419) - See a land surveyor when building a house. Land surveyors are trained and experienced in identifying features of the land that have an impact on your new home.
- [Can Engineering Flood Study Help Your Neighborhood?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/engineering-flood-study-neighborhood/1236) - Can an Engineering Flood Study Help Your Neighborhood? A recent article in the Allied News in Grove City, Pennsylvania reminded me of the Engineering Flood Studies that I have completed over the years and how these have helped the neighborhoods adjacent to the streams that were studied. “FEMA says it does allow the municipalities to pay
- [How To Find Your Home On FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/find-your-home-flood-insurance-rate-map/153) - FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are issued after a flood risk assessment has been completed or updated for a community.
- [Surveying For Fence Construction](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/surveying-fence-contruction/1297) - In a recent article “A lot on the line with a new fence,” the writer mentioned one of the sayings that I always think of regarding fences: “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” Know Where Your Property Line is Located A large portion of the calls I get are from homeowners wanting to know where their
- [Land Surveying: Why Do You Need One?](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/land-surveying-2/610) - Lists all the instances where land surveying is needed

## Pages

- [Chicago Land Surveying Services](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/) - Land surveying services in Chicago, IL including boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys. Call (312) 313-1953 for a free quote.
- [Chicago Land Surveying Services](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/) - Land surveying services in Chicago, IL including boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys. Call (312) 313-1953 for a free quote.
- [Residential Mortgage Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/residential-mortgage-survey) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Drone LiDAR Mapping](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/drone-lidar-mapping) - We now offer Drone LiDAR Mapping & Aerial Mapping services in the Chicago, IL area. Call us today at (803) 887-5999 to get a quote. Drone LiDAR Mapping
- [LiDAR Mapping Quote Request](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/contact) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Boundary Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/boundary-surveying) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [ALTA Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/alta-survey) - ALTA Survey | ALTA Title Survey | ALTA Commercial Survey An ALTA Title Survey is completed based on the “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements and Accuracy Standards For ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys.” This standard document was developed and is revised on a regular basis by a combination of Title industry and Surveying industry professionals. The latest version
- [Elevation Certificate | Flood Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/elevation-certificate-flood-survey) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Elevation Certificate | Flood Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/elevation-certificate-flood-survey) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Glossary](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/glossary) - Easement – the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another’s land as a right of way to your own.) Usually an easement has a special purpose and gives the owner of the easement right to “trespass” on the landowners property in order to maintain the easement or utility covered
- [About Us](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/about-us) - Chicago Land Surveying (Barrett-Simpson, Inc.) offers land surveying services in the ​Chicago, IL and Cook County area of Illinois.
- [Land Surveying](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/land-surveying) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Construction Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/construction-survey) - Purpose of Construction Surveys Before construction activities are started, thorough planning and design is carried out. Before and throughout the construction period a surveyor assists in the work progress as necessary. As expected the construction surveyor guides the placement of the constructed items by providing points to the constractor that can be used to place
- [Topographic Survey](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services/topographic-survey) - A topographic survey, or topo survey for short, is done to locate natural and man-made features on a particular parcel of land.
- [Services](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/services) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.
- [Terms of Use](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/terms) - Chicago Land Surveying's Terms of Use for Our Visitors
- [Privacy Policy](https://chicagolandsurveying.com/privacy) - Chicago Land Surveying provides Land Surveying services like boundary surveys, site plans, lot surveys, closing surveys, and subdivision design and layout.