What is an ALTA Survey?

An ALTA survey is a highly detailed boundary and improvement survey with requirements established through a combined effort of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM). Lenders and title insurance companies often require an ALTA survey for the sale, transfer or refinancing of apartment projects, office buildings, commercial complexes, industrial parks and residential subdivisions. The sale of an individual home generally does not require an ALTA survey.

An ALTA survey provides the title company with information regarding improvements, possible encumbrances, areas of ownership and other potentially important elements impacting the land. An ALTA survey graphically details, with a high degree of precision, the matters affecting the subject property.

The establishment of deed lines and the resolution of boundary questions are at the heart of the surveying profession, and it is in these areas that our professional expertise is often most beneficial to our clients.

Public land monument or section corner surveying is also of great importance to our clients. Through a combination of meticulous field investigation and careful research of state monument archives and Bureau of Land Management records, we are able to ensure a correct application of the detailed methods necessary for the retracing and proper positioning of historical and geographical monuments.

Integral Surveying has been performing ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys throughout the State of Colorado since 1994, providing us with an intimate familiarity with the local regulations and procedures involved in these surveys.

Our expertise on boundary issues is available for virtually any boundary question, from routine inquiries to consultation and assistance with complex property litigation.

Topography

In perhaps no single area of the surveying profession are the benefits of recent technological advances more apparent than in the composition of topographic design surveys. Throughout our twelve-year history, we have placed a consistent emphasis on realizing the benefits of such advances for our clients, an emphasis that continues today with our use of the most up-to-date surveying equipment and computer software available.

When in the field, our experienced crews collect data with state-of-the-art Topcon Dual-Frequency GPS equipment, TDS Ranger Data Collectors, and Nikon Total Stations. In the office, our professional drafting staff utilizes the most advanced Computer Aided Drafting and Design (“CADD”) software on the market, drafting exclusively with AutoCAD/Softdesk Land Development Desktop 2007 3D. These technologies not only insure the highest quality work product, but also allow us to work at top efficiency to keep your costs to a minimum.

Integral Surveying has a wide range of experience in providing quality design surveys for architectural and engineering design on all types of projects. We are dedicated to providing the most thorough site surveys possible through investigative property and utility research, potential site problem analysis and conflict resolution.

We are also mindful of the time constraints often placed on preliminary design projects, and are therefore ready to respond quickly to the special needs of our clients.

Easements

Easements often present unique problems in the negotiation and establishment of deed rights, a fact that often goes unnoticed when parties overemphasize the so-called "big picture." Integral Surveying is well versed in locating easements, writing easement descriptions, interpreting easement clauses, and determining reversionary right. In short, we recognize that with easements, as with virtually every aspect of professional surveying, the devil is in the details.