Company Services
Kemper & Associates, Inc. offers a wide variety of land surveying services as well as land planning services. The following is a listing of services provided by our firm:
- Boundary Surveys - from typical lot surveys of platted lots to large rural acreages requiring section breakdown of one or several sections
- Topographic Surveys
- ALTA Surveys
- Preliminary & Final Platting Services
- Building Permit Surveys
- Easement Survey - for right-of-way descriptions, ponding easements, utility easements, pipeline easements, etc...
- CADD Services - (Computer Drafting utilizing autocad software)
- Horizontal & Vertical Control Surveys
- Location Surveys
- Tree Surveys
- Site & Grading Plans
- GPS Surveys
- Condominium & CIC Plats
- Construction Stakeout and Construction Asbuilt Surveys
- Cell Phone Towers & Pipeline Surveys
Utilizing the newest technologies as much as possible, we currently have four Leica Electronic Robotic total stations including two of Leica's latest model 1201 (1 second robotic) capable of one person operation. Kemper & Associates was one of the first survey firms in Minnesota to embrace the use of GPS when 3 Leica GPS receivers were purchased in 1994. Since then Kemper and Associates has purchased 5 additional real time duel frequency units including two of Leica's latest 1200 models which utilize the Minnesota Department of Transportation Virtual Reference Network for use in acquiring high quality GPS positions throughout Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin in a rapid time and efficient manner without the need to set up base stations. We also were one of the first in Minnesota to utilize electronic levels and have two Leica levels which read and electronically record level note measurements from scanning a bar-coded staff.
Kemper and Associates relies on the expertise of our staff to perform the wide range of professional surveying services for our clients. We strive to meet every project's specific needs with state of the art surveying equipment and computer applications. Today's ever rising costs in real estate demand the most precise survey possible. Our wide range of services includes complete boundary services and legal descriptions, subdivision platting and design, construction layout, topographic mapping and site design/grading plans.
- Land Boundary Surveys
- A boundary is a natural or artificial separation marking the border of
two adjacent properties. The responsibility of the professional land
surveyor is to carry out field surveys of these boundaries, to calculate
dimensions and areas, to prepare maps showing the lengths and directions of
boundary lines and the areas of lands, and to write legal descriptions for
conveyances of lands from one party to another.
- Subdivision Platting and Design
- In a growing and thriving community, the value of land increases
steadily. To regulate development and to ensure orderly change, platting
provides an orderly manner of describing tracts of land.
- Construction Layout
- Surveying is an integral part of the construction process. The detailed methods used on construction surveys vary with the type, location, and size of the structure, as well as the preference of the construction organization. One thing remains the same, however: the need for the ingenuity on the part of the surveyor, to ensure that the correct information is given without confusion or needless effort.
- Topographic Mapping
- A topographic map shows the configuration of the earth's surface, or relief, and includes natural features such as hills, valleys, trees, and streams, as well as man-made changes such as buildings, roads, canals and cultivation. Topographic maps, distinguished by the depiction of terrestrial relief, are used in many ways. They are an essential aid in the design of engineering projects requiring consideration of land forms, elevations or gradients.
- Site Design/Grading Plans
- To utilize a property's potential to the fullest extent, well conceived site designs and careful planning ensure proper drainage from the property and proposed structure and results in a functional and attractive completed project.
- ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys
- ALTA (or American Land Title Association and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping) Surveys set forth strict minimum standard detail requirements to be complied with. These types of surveys are most often required for commercial transactions and are requested by the lending institution or title insurance company.
- Cell Phone Tower & Pipeline Surveys
- These are just two of the specific applications for which Kemper & Associates has many years of experience. These surveys may include stakeout for new projects as well as Asbuilt Surveys for existing physical improvements.