Surveying Capabilities

 

Due to the sheer size of many wind farm projects, and what is typically an assembly of properties, surveying plays a critical role in financing, design, and construction of the improvements. Actions such as careful review of title documents and searching for record of existing easements for entitlements require the services of experienced and diligent professionals. Resolving boundary lines and mapping across such broad areas demands access to and familiarity with key resources such as deed and survey research, cadastral surveying, and aerial photogrammetric services. Westlake’s dedicated Wind Power Division survey team has decades of cumulative experience working with many complex scenarios, and they have the resolve, tenacity, and professionalism to find answers to the difficult questions.

 

 

Field Operations Research of survey and deed records at the County and Bureau of Land Management      Reconnaissance for government and survey corners      Establishment of survey control net throughout project limits      Location and tying of survey monuments, fences, utilities      Setting and controlling photo points for aerial mapping      Incorporation of cost-saving equipment (i.e., GPS, ATV’s)      Staking for turbine locations during micrositing      Field tying and location of limits of cultural, wetland, and resource areas as marked by others      Staking for construction of access roads, turbine and crane pads, utilities, substation, and O&M facilities      As-built surveying of improvements

 

 

Office Services Review of title reports with regard to lease limits, easements, and land agreements      Preparation of pre- and post-construction ALTA/ACSM surveys      Topographic mapping for design      Preparation of property descriptions and exhibit maps for new easement and crossing agreements      Preparation of as-built maps