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Arlington, Texas
Land Surveying in Arlington, TX
Boundary, topographic, and construction staking surveys that put the design on the ground accurately the first time. Arlington and the surrounding TX area is covered on a project basis through our Dallas, TX regional hub.
- Dispatched from
- Dallas, TX regional hub (18 mi) · project-based staffing
- Lead time
- Scheduled by phone or proposal; lead time confirmed when the scope is set
- Laboratory
- Sugar Land, TX laboratory under chain of custody, or a mobile laboratory for large projects
- Reporting
- Reviewed and issued under a documented quality system; formatted for owner, engineer, and building-official review
- Serving
- Arlington and the surrounding TX area — Houston, Sugar Land, Katy
- Coverage
- Texas statewide · 27 regional hubs
- Technicians
- ACI- and NICET-certified field staff; licensed professionals in Texas
- Call us
- (346) 420-5425
Scope
Survey services in Arlington
- Boundary and title surveys for acquisition and permitting
- Topographic surveys for civil design
- Construction staking: building corners, utilities, paving, and grades
- As-built surveys for closeout and conveyance
Full scope, standards list, and pricing basis: Land Surveying.
Local conditions
Survey conditions in Arlington
Arlington sits at the center of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, where rapid commercial, mixed-use, and infrastructure development demands survey work that keeps pace with aggressive project schedules. The region's expansive clay soils—known for significant shrink-swell movement—can shift site benchmarks and elevations between site visits, making precise, well-documented survey control critical from the first stakeout through final as-built verification. A missed property line or an elevation error caught late in construction in Tarrant County can trigger redesigns, permit delays, and disputes with adjacent owners. Our firm dispatches licensed survey crews to Arlington from our Dallas regional hub, covering boundary delineation, topographic surveys, and construction staking for commercial, residential, and civil projects. Every deliverable is coordinated with the design team and referenced to established control, so what leaves the drawing set translates accurately to the ground—without ambiguity that invites rework.
North-central Texas soils are dominated by expansive clays that change volume measurably with moisture, which means benchmark elevations and staking references should be verified against stable control points rather than assumed static between mobilizations. The region's periodic heavy rainfall can also temporarily compromise site access and alter drainage patterns, factors worth accounting for when sequencing survey work ahead of grading and foundation operations.
FAQ · Arlington
How does Arlington's expansive clay soil affect the accuracy of construction staking over a multi-phase project?
Expansive clays in Tarrant County can heave or settle benchmarks between mobilizations, so our crews re-verify primary control against stable, deep-set monuments before each staking phase rather than assuming earlier shots remain valid. For long-duration projects, we recommend establishing multiple redundant control points at the outset and documenting their elevations at each return visit to catch any movement before it propagates into layout errors.
What horizontal and vertical datum do you use for surveys submitted to the City of Arlington for permitting?
We reference surveys to NAD 83 for horizontal control and NAVD 88 for vertical datum, which aligns with standard requirements for municipal submittals in Tarrant County jurisdictions. Before finalizing control for a permitted project, our team confirms the current datum and benchmark requirements directly with the City of Arlington Development Services, since local agencies can specify particular control networks or benchmark identifiers for grading and drainage plan submittals.
Can you coordinate survey control with the geotechnical boring program so both efforts use the same site datum?
Yes, and we recommend this coordination on every project. When survey and geotechnical work share a common horizontal and vertical datum from the start, boring locations can be plotted accurately on the topographic base, and subsurface data correlates correctly to finished-grade design elevations. Our Dallas-dispatched crews can flag and stake boring locations ahead of the geotechnical mobilization, then provide the licensed surveyor's control data directly to the geotechnical team.
Which office covers survey in Arlington, TX?
Field work in Arlington is dispatched through the Dallas, TX regional hub, about 18 miles away. Laboratory testing is performed in Sugar Land, TX under chain of custody, or in a mobile laboratory mobilized to large Arlington projects.
Are the technicians you send to Arlington certified?
Field sampling and testing in Arlington are performed by our ACI- and NICET-certified technicians. Survey engineering and professional services are delivered with professionals licensed in Texas, coordinated under one proposal.
Hiring: we staff this work locally. Field technician openings in Arlington · all positions.
Scheduling & proposals
Need land surveying in Arlington?
Call to schedule a technician, or send project documents for a written proposal.