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Fort Worth, Texas
Land Surveying in Fort Worth, TX
Boundary, topographic, and construction staking surveys that put the design on the ground accurately the first time. Fort Worth and the surrounding TX area is covered on a project basis through our Dallas, TX regional hub.
- Dispatched from
- Dallas, TX regional hub (31 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
- Fort Worth and the surrounding TX area — Dallas, Abilene
- 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 Fort Worth
- 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 Fort Worth
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing metros in the United States, and that growth is playing out across a wide range of project types — master-planned residential communities spreading across the Tarrant County prairie, mixed-use infill redevelopment in established corridors, and large-scale industrial and logistics facilities along highway and rail corridors. In terrain that can shift from relatively flat upland to creek-cut drainages within a single tract, and on expansive clay soils that respond dramatically to moisture changes, getting survey control established accurately before any grading, foundation layout, or utility work begins is not optional — it is the condition that makes everything downstream reliable. Our survey crews, dispatched through our Dallas regional hub, provide boundary, topographic, and construction staking services for Fort Worth projects. We coordinate scheduling with your project timeline and deliver field-verified data and staking that holds up through each phase of construction.
North-central Texas soils, including the expansive Blackland Prairie clays common across much of the Fort Worth area, can shift measurably with seasonal wet-dry cycles, making precise benchmark control and re-checks of established control points an important practice on longer-duration projects. Fort Worth's active storm season also means that scheduling survey fieldwork with weather windows in mind, and protecting set stakes promptly, are practical considerations worth discussing during project setup.
FAQ · Fort Worth
Can survey control points and benchmarks set early in the project still be trusted months later given Fort Worth's clay soils?
Expansive clays common to the Fort Worth area can heave or settle with moisture fluctuation, which means monuments and benchmarks set early in a project should be verified before critical layout work in later phases. We recommend scheduling a control check before foundation staking and before any phase of work that depends on previously set vertical control. Documenting original coordinates and elevations makes that verification straightforward.
What horizontal and vertical datums do you use for Fort Worth projects, and can you match existing project control?
We can work in NAD 83 (Texas State Plane, North Central Zone) and NAVD 88 vertical datum, which are standard for most Tarrant County municipal submittals and engineering drawings. If your project has existing control established by another surveyor or a previous phase of work, provide those control files or monument data and we will tie our work to that datum to ensure continuity across the project.
How do Fort Worth and Tarrant County floodplain conditions affect the topographic survey scope?
Much of the Fort Worth area includes FEMA-mapped floodplain along the Trinity River system and its tributaries. If your site is near or potentially within a Special Flood Hazard Area, the topographic survey should capture sufficient ground data and cross-sections to support a Floodplain Development Permit application or a LOMA/LOMR submittal. Confirm the required deliverable format with the City of Fort Worth Floodplain Management division before finalizing the survey scope.
Which office covers survey in Fort Worth, TX?
Field work in Fort Worth is dispatched through the Dallas, TX regional hub, about 31 miles away. Laboratory testing is performed in Sugar Land, TX under chain of custody, or in a mobile laboratory mobilized to large Fort Worth projects.
Are the technicians you send to Fort Worth certified?
Field sampling and testing in Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth · all positions.
Scheduling & proposals
Need land surveying in Fort Worth?
Call to schedule a technician, or send project documents for a written proposal.