Artisan Land Transaction Assistants, LLC (ALTA) prepare a special form of American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) / American Land Title Assocation (ALTA) land transaction surveys. These surveys are specifically designed to lend simplisity in understanding and visualizing impacts to title based upon occupation and land use. We attempt to integrate photogrammetry into our final products. Nothing is more disclosing than applying rectified and ortho-recified imagery into a mapping project. All transaction participants (seller, lender, insurer, buyer, etc.) have a clearer understanding and more broad knowledge-base of the nuances of the subject property.
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) was organized in 1907. Their mission is to enhance the human, intellectual and physical assets of the commercial real estate industry through advocacy, education, research, standards and information. BOMA has been a lead organization producing building mapping standards since 1915 when the Standard Method of Floor Measurement for Office Buildings was released. Artisan Land Transaction Assistants, LLC (ALTA) is prepared to provide services towards many building measurement needs, including lease definition, lease verification, floor layout design assistance, as well as more.
Boundary Surveying
The boundary survey is the most critical foundational element in the asset portfolio. Resolving boundary lines and those matters affecting title are crucial towards understanding many factors. In the design arena, a defensible boundary is paramount when designing costly improvements. Placing those improvements on the subject property while ensuring that no expenditures are wasted on adjacent lands is vitally important. In the case of previously built works (e.g. As-Builts), a defensible boundary is the standard of measure to understand potential encumbrance impacts, such as relative locations of easements, encroachments, gaps, gores and overlaps.
Topographic Mapping
There is no substitute for a good map of one's surroundings. Sound mapping requires neat applications of legend and symbology, accurate annotations, sufficiency in research and analysis, and an understanding of planimetrics and digital terrain modeling. No map can attempt to portray quality and proper representation without a superbly performed field survey. Practitioners in the field are in the best position to note physical improvements and features that are critical to understanding and portraying the ground and assets of land upon a map. The synergy of assigning a Field to Finish manager to a project provides that the mapper is also the field surveyor - see all.
There are times when it is either required or wise to consider a third party to measure spatial locations of objects. This can be required for either elevation, horizontal position or both. It is equally important to understand the timing best-suited for performing certification surveys. That timing is extremely important before costly concrete pours, prior to rigging, blasting and other expensive expenditures. Artisan Land Transaction Assistants, LLC (ALTA) is experienced in certification surveys whether they be finish floor, form certification, highway gradient and location certifications, as well as others.
As-Builts & Verifications
Retrofitting requires accuate as-builts of existing conditions. Building with precision while attempting to manage material cost controls requires accurate survey layout. Catching mistakes before they are built is the primary reason to request a verification survey. Artisan Land Transaction Assistants, LLC (ALTA) performance on verification and as-builts is synonomous with hiring a quality validation specialist to asssist in managing building costs and eliminating construction delays. ALTA employs the most accurate static GPS techniques with high-precision robotic total stations and digital levels. ALTA's experience in plan interpretation is invaluable.
Lease Confirmation, Design & Layout Surveys
The elements of the lease are dynamic and contain may aspects. However, the general goal of a lease is to attribute the financial aspects to a specific area of space. Since leasing fees are based on a cost per square foot basis, ensuring that the space provided conforms to the space designated on the lease is important to both lessor and lessee. Cost therefore drives the need for lease confirmation surveys. However, subsequent benefit to a quality confirmation survey is that the confirmation map and products can be used to make designs by architects and engineers. The design information can then be surveyed in the building to permit construction, as may be required.
Apartment-to-Condominium Conversions
Spatial quality in mapping is extremely imporant. Measurements in any application form the basis and relationship to other features. Accurate measurements applied to the conversion process is important to ensure that mapping and future deed conveyances relate to spatial occupations. Common areas, unit spaces and relationships to general and operation aspects are key towards drafting defensible and accurate land conveyances by map and deed. Condominium mapping requires 3-dimensional spatial awareness in high-rise and other multi-use conditions so that all dimensions are considered and accurate spatial definitions represent reality.