Architectural and Topographical Surveys in Santa Monica, CA
R.S. Engineering Co., Inc. offers architectural surveys in Santa Monica, CA, and other variety of surveys. As trusted and professional land surveyors, it is our job to do our work precisely and accurately. We always make sure we meet the deadlines on time to help projects move forward.

We Offer the Following Types of Surveys:
- Boundary Line Survey
-> We do this type of survey when you want to locate and mark to verify your property corners.
-> If you want to, we can place additional survey stations along your property lines.
- Architectural and Topographical Surveys
-> We do architectural and topographical surveys in Santa Monica, CA for our customer’s architect, designer, or contractor to produce building plans for the city or county. This way, they’ll be permitted to construct a house extension on your land.
- Alta Surveys
-> In this survey, we provide the title company with information to give you extended coverage and provide the Eastern US lender with a kind of map he is accustomed to seeing.
- Encroachment Surveys
-> This type of survey will locate a structure or fence that you might think is encroaching onto your property or a neighbor’s property.-> We will put survey points on or near your property line or near the encroachment.
- Record of Surveys
-> Required by the State of California, we have to file a “Record of Survey” with the County Surveyor within 90 days of the survey if your property lines are metes and bounds, your property lines show up on the County’s “Assessor Map” as dashed lines, or if they do not show up on the recorded map.
- Slope Band Analysis Maps (SBA Map)
-> This type of survey is required by the Baseline Hillside Ordinance (BHO), Ordinance No. 181624.-> When you want to construct a new home or make an addition to your property in the Hillside Area as described in Section 12.03 of the Ordinance, we provide these maps and the “Joint Referral Form.”
-> We call these maps “SBA Maps”.
- Prevailing Setback Surveys
-> We do this type of survey when you are required to provide the City of Los Angeles with the Prevailing Setbacks on your side of the street.-> We gather the information needed for your architect or designer to calculate the prevailing setback for your new construction and provide it to the city.
If you need architectural and topographical surveys in Santa Monica, CA before starting a project on your property, never hesitate to give us a call today. Tell us which of our services you need and we will do them for you.