<\head> Text Only Web PageStanger Surveying Company was founded in 1987 and was established to provide professional land surveying services in the transportation, engineering, real estate, energy and utility sectors. We have provided services in approximately 25 states with an emphasis on East Texas and Western Louisiana. Our offices are located in Tyler, Canton and Fairfield and our staff includes over 90 employees, including 8 registered professional land surveyors, 13 surveying technicians and equipment and manpower to field over 12 surveying crews. Stanger Surveying Company can provide a wide range of services including, well locations, natural gas pipelines, fiber optic cable surveys, engineering design surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, and construction layout. We can provide mapping services to support our fieldwork or compile mapping projects from existing sources of data. Also we can obtain aerial photography for any area in the United States. Topographic maps and aerial photography are obtained in a digital format, which allows us to customize many mapping products to meet the clients needs. Some of our mapping projects superimposed on aerial photography includes utility systems, oil and gas fields, real estate developments and ranches for cattle and wildlife management.Ask us about GPS Ground Control locations in East Texas for your upcoming projects. ALTA /ACSM is a survey performed to specifications as set forth by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. ALTA/ACSM surveys are required by many businesses, financial institutions and title companies to make sure that the survey is performed to a recognized national standard. Stanger Surveying Company has performed many ALTA/ACSM surveys for such clients.\n\nBoundary Retracement Surveys Boundary Retracement Surveys are one of the more common services that Stanger Surveying Company provides for its clients. All boundary surveys performed in the State of Texas must conform to the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveyors Minimum Standards of Practice and must be signed and certified by a Registered Professional Land Surveyor registered in the State of Texas. Stanger Surveying Company currently employs 8 surveyors registered in the State of Texas with one registered in the State of Louisiana. A typical survey will consist of a plat or map of the subject property with a metes and bounds description with all corners marked on the ground.\n\nConstruction Staking\nStanger Surveying Company has the equipment, experience and personnel necessary to provide construction layout for any of your building needs. We have performed construction layout of buildings, city streets, major highways, curb and gutter, utilities, railroads, water lines, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, petroleum pipelines, sanitary landfills, lakes, parking lots, etc. We have worked for companies and agencies such as Texas Department of Corrections, Wal-Mart, Medical Center Hospital, South Western Electric Power Company, Texas Utilities, Sonat, Sabine Mining Company and others in Texas and Louisiana area.Control Surveys for Aerial Photography Stanger Surveying Company has performed many control surveys in our work area to provide a framework for aerial mapping control. Aerial photogrammertry is controlled by a horizontal and vertical control network surveyed on the ground at required locations in and around the project area. The control network will consist of a primary and secondary control network. The primary control network will consist of permanent control points set in concrete with an aluminum cap identifying the monument number along with a center point. Each mark will have an azimuth reference mark set in a similar manner. The secondary control network will consist of control panels necessary to properly control the aerial photography and they will consist of material sufficient to be visible at the photonegative scale.Digital Aerial Photography Aerial photography has long been a very important tool in the planning of construction projects, mapping of topographical features, delineation of cultural features, analysis of vegetation coverage and many other uses. Stanger Surveying Company has the resources to provide digital aerial coverage as a backdrop to our project mapping. Aerials have been used to route pipelines, roads, plan well locations, utility corridors, and digitize planimetric features. Digital photography can be obtained from government archives or current photography can be obtained by contracting for a custom flight.\n\nEnvironmental Surveys\nEnvironmental science is becoming a greater concern to individuals who plan construction projects today. As we have become more aware of the importance of protecting our environment legislators have empowered federal and state agencies to insure that future development will have as minimal impact as possible on our environment. Stanger Surveying Company has worked with many professionals in this field while providing surveying and mapping services to help monitor the impact of regulated activities. We have surveyed bore hole locations, monitoring wells, spill sites, cultural features, etc. and provide mapping on various formats from USGS Digital Quad maps to digital aerial photographs.\n\nEstate Partitions\nMany times Stanger Surveying Company will be asked to perform a partition survey to subdivide a tract of land into equal parcels for the survivors of an estate. This requires meeting with the executor of the estate to obtain the necessary information to plan out the division of the property. Consideration is given to providing proper access to all parcels and locating property lines around improvements on the land. A preliminary plan will be made for approval prier to performing the survey. After a plan for the division of the estate is approved then we will proceed with the preparation of the plat with metes and bounds description, setting corners and marking the boundary lines.\n\nFiber Optic Surveys\nFiber optics apparently is the wave of the future in telecommunications. Stanger Surveying Company has been involved in surveying fiber optic routes in 5 different states. We obtain topographic data in the field generally with GPS equipment in open areas and with EDM and data collector in obstructed areas where GPS will not operate. The information is downloaded daily and sent via e-mail to the office where the survey technician can map out the data the next day.\n\nGeodetic Control\nOur Company had been involved in the establishment of many geodetic control networks across our work area for a variety of different clients. A geodetic control network will consist of permanent control points set in concrete with an aluminum cap identifying the mark along with a center point. Each mark will have a reference mark set in a similar manner. Horizontal and vertical control networks are established by using Global Position System (GPS) single and dual frequency surveying systems operated in the static mode. The bases for the horizontal control network generally will be the 1993 adjustment of the North American Datum of 1983 and only published control points with horizontal accuracy of Class B or better will be utilized. The vertical control network normally will be based on the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.\n\nGPS (Global Positioning Systems)\nStanger Surveying Company is on the leading edge of new technology with our field operations. Our field personnel are experienced in the use of several types of GPS receivers from mapping grade to survey accuracy GPS systems. The mapping grade receivers provide a cost-effective way to obtain data in the field with only one operator. This system is used to map out oil and gas field operations including wells, well pads, lease roads, pipelines, storage facilities and important terrain features. We also have survey accuracy (sub-centimeter) single and dual frequency GPS equipment for horizontal and vertical control projects and real time kinematic (RTK) for topographic surveying and mapping projects.\n\nOil and Gas SurveysStanger Surveying Company personnel have been involved in the development of oil and gas resources since 1973, while providing many needed surveying and mapping services. We perform well location surveys, stake out well pads and draft permit plats for commission filing. Our services also include oil unit surveys, gas unit surveys, pipeline alignment maps, road-crossing permits, railroad crossing permits, ownership plats, centerline easement descriptions, aerial photographs and pipeline system mapping.\n\nRecord ResearchThe foundation of a good boundary survey is adequate record research. Stanger Surveying Company’s personnel are experienced in researching abstractors records, appraisal district records, city records, deed records, other surveyor’s records, probate records, general land office records and other sources of information. After record research completed then sketches are compiled for use in the field and the office. The record sketch provides a graphical representation of the information containin the written record.ROW and Route Surveys Right-of-way surveys can fall in many different categories and be performed for many different clients. We have been involved in surveying routes for fiber optic cables, petroleum pipelines, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewer lines, city streets, state highways, U. S. highways, utility corridors and railroads.ROW Permitting and Acquisition\nStanger Surveying Company can provide right-of-way permitting and acquisition under the same roof as our surveying and mapping operations.nTopographic Surveys\n Topographic surveys are performed to provide the client with a mapping product for the purposed land use planning. The topographic survey will depict the relative locations of both natural and artificial features upon the ground and how they differ in elevation. The topographic surveys are often requested by planners, engineers, architects, builders, environmental consultants and landowners to help them plan the best use of a tract of land.TXDOT PrecertificationStanger Surveying Company is currently under contract with multiple Texas Department of Transportation districts. We are pre-certified state wide in the following categories: 15.1.1 Survey, 15.1.2 Parcel Maps, 15.1.3 Legal Descriptions, 15.1.4 Right of Way Maps, 15.2.1 Design Survey and 15.4.1 Horizontal and Vertical Control for Aerial Mapping. Surveyors work with engineers, architects and builders to produce precise descriptions (surveys and maps) of surface features of the Earth. They are licensed professionals who provide a vital service to the building,construction and real estate industries. Surveyors determine the exact location and measurement of points, lines and contours of the Earths surface and prepare maps or reports showing specifications. They use instruments and the principles of geometry to find these exact measurements. Duties include legal research, studying physical evidence, checking the accuracy of the information gathered using mathematical computations, mapping the project using computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) systems, keeping notes, preparing maps, preparing reports, preparing legal descriptions of the survey, coordinating results with the work of engineering and architectural personnel and clients. At Stanger Surveying surveyors and technicians work together as a team applying their knowledge and skills for such purposes as field data collection, statistical analysis, mapping, well locations, natural gas pipelines, fiber optic cable surveys, engineering design surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, and construction layout. Data is obtained from digital ground-based surveying equipment, aerial photos, and satellites. Some surveying personnel work outdoors in field crews as helpers, assistants or crew chiefs of the survey party. Other personnel work in the office as computer specialists and CADD mappers. They also calculate data, prepare reports, conduct legal research, plan new work or confer with clients. Stanger usually works a five-day, 45-hour week. Many times there are crews working Saturdays when weather conditions are suitable for surveying.\n\n In general, individuals considering entering this field should like mathematics and some of the following: Working outdoors, working with their hands, performing activities using equipment and processes, and using computers. They should be able to:Work in a team with others Solve mathematical problems quickly and accurately Follow established rules and specifications to meet set limits, tolerances or standards Use logical, step-by-step procedures Compare and recognize differences in lines or figuresKeep records neatly and accurately Supervise the work of others.Field crew members should enjoy working outside