This page requires review. We have provided all of these services at one time or another, however we are only providing some of the services listed on this page.

Services Our Firm Offers Home Owners, Businesses, and Municipalities include the following

Conservation and Environmental

  • Administrative Review - These are the simplest filings with the local Conservation Commissions.  These are generally completed for minor projects.

  • Request for Determination of Applicability - These applications are the next level for projects within Conservation Jurisdiction.  Applicable projects include those that will have minimal negative effect on the interests of the Commission and the applicable regulations.

  • Notice of Intent - These applications are the most common for projects within Conservation Jurisdiction.

  • Notice of Intent with Local Variance - When work is proposed within locally determined "No-Disturb Zone" (typically within 50' of the resource and within the resource area) a Notice of Intent with a Local Variance is needed.

  • MEPA - ENF - A Massachusetts Environmental Policy Agency Environmental Notification Form is an overwhelming mass of paperwork and bureaucracy.  We generally advise clients to avoid projects that trigger this level of review, but when there is no other option, we will prepare the necessary documentation and file it according to the defined requirements.

  • DEP Appeals - In the unfortunate circumstance that a project cannot be approved locally and an Appeal is sought, we can offer expertise in the local and State regulations and statutes along with the project  to assist an Attorney in the process of appealing to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Courts as needed.

Engineering

We are partnered with a number of firms and qualified licensees who can provide engineering services for your project.  Our expertise often includes knowledge of engineering topics which allows for the clear communication of the project needs to the engineer for a seamless service offering.

  • Catwalk Design

  • Chapter 91

  • Construction inspections

  • Drainage Analysis

  • Estimate Cost of Construction

  • Grading Site Plans

  • Local and State Permitting

  • Parking Design Plans

  • Preparation and Monitoring of SWPPP's

  • Residential Subsurface Sewage Disposal Plans

  • Roadway & Sidewalk Design

  • Site feasibility studies

  • Soil test Evaluation

  • Street and Profile Plans

  • Septic System Services

    • Septic Inspection

    • New Septic System Design

    • Repair Design

    • Upgrade Design

    • Innovative/Alternative Sewage Disposal Design 

  • Driveway Design

  • Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans

  • Nitrogen Loading Calculations

  • Package treatment plants for on-site waste water disposal

  • Sewer Connection Plan

  • Sewer Pump Station Design

  • Sewer System Design

  • Stairway Design

  • Utility Plans

Plans

  • Abandonment

  • Aerial orthophotography and topographic mapping

  • Aerial Survey

  • ALTA Title Insurance surveys for financing

  • As-Built Plans

  • Boundary Surveys for land swaps or boundary disputes Boundary Surveys

  • Certified Plot Plans [CPP] for additions, new construction, and zoning.

  • Chapter 40-B Affordable Housing Project Plans

  • Compiled Study Plans

  • Definitive Subdivision plan and filing

  • Existing Conditions Plans

  • Floor Plans

  • Geographical Information System Plans [GIS]

  • Land Court Complaint Plans

  • Landfill Capping/Closure Plans

  • Landscape Plans

  • Mortgage Inspection Plans

  • Plot Plans

  • Re-Division Plans

  • Special Permit Plans

  • Subdivision Plans including "Approval Not Required" and "Definitive" subdivision

  • Taking Plans

  • Variance Plans

  • Activity and Use Limitation Plans

  • Aerial photography

  • Approval Not Required Plans

  • Architectural Design Plans

  • Base Mapping and inventory surveys

  • Building Height

  • Certified Plot Plans

  • Certified Plot Plans for building permits for additions and new construction

  • Compiled Plans of Land

  • Conceptual Subdivision Plans

  • Condominium Site and Floor Plans

  • Curb Cut Plans 

  • Division Plans

  • Feasibility Plans

  • Floor elevation determination

  • Hydrographic Surveys and Bathymetric Plans

  • Land Court Plans

  • Marketing Plan

  • Perimeter Plans

  • Preliminary and Definitive Subdivision Plans

  • Sketch Plans

  • Subdivision Plans

  • Supplemental Plans

  • Title Insurance Plans

  • Topographical Plans

  • Zoning Board of Appeals [ZBA] Plans

  • Zoning Freeze

Research

  • Abstract

  • Easement Description

  • Study Plans

  • Deed Description

  • Easements and Rights of Way

Staking

  • Bounding

  • Construction Layout and Staking

  • GL Established Direction for Antenna

  • GL Establish True North

  • Lot Line Staking

  • Property Line Staking for Landscaping, fencing, masonry, etc.

  • Set Targets for Control

  • Stake Building

  • Stake Property Line

  • Concrete Bound [CB]

  • Geodetic Layout [GL]

  • GL Establish Direction for Radar

  • Layout

  • Pin Foundation

  • Road Layout

  • Stake and Set CB's

  • Stake Foundation

  • Staking and Grading of Homes and Buildings

  • Staking and Grading of Roadways, Parking Lots, and Curb ways.

Surveying

  • ALTA/ACSM Land Title Insurance Surveys

  • As-Built Roadway Surveys and Certifications

  • Boundary Surveys

  • Construction Surveys

  • Existing Condition Surveys

  • Geodetic Control Surveys

  • Land Court Surveys

  • Location of Wells

  • Precise Levels

  • Property Line Surveys for Boundary Disputes

  • Subdivision Surveys and Layouts

  • Utility Surveys

  • Wetlands location

  • As-Built Construction Surveys and Certifications

  • Benchmark

  • Condominium Surveys and Conversion Plans

  • Control establishment GPS services (Survey-grade, dual frequency receivers,RTK)

  • Flood Insurance Surveys

  • Ground Control for aerial mapping

  • Land Surveying

  • Original Survey

  • Property Line Surveys

  • Reconnaissance Topographic surveys for architectural design and landscaping

  • Survey-grade, dual frequency GPS services

  • Topographic Surveys

  • Wetland boundary surveys

Miscellaneous

  • Curb Cut Permits

  • Disposition - Sales Management

  • Feasibility [studies] Planning

  • FEMA Flood Elevation Certificates and LOMA's [letter of map amendment]

  • Flood Insurance Issues including FEMA Elevation Certificates and LOMA's

  • Local and State Permitting

  • Opinion Letters

  • Preparation of Chalks and Courtroom Presentation Materials

  • Professional review and consulting for town Boards and Commissions

  • Reconnaissance

  • Reprographics Account

  • Scenic Road Permits

  • Team Partnering

  • Zoning Opinion

  • Development Analysis Reports

  • Expert Witness Review and Testimony for Engineering and Land Surveying Projects

  • FEMA Elevation

  • Elevation Certificate LOMA and LOMA-F

  • Land Planning

  • Planning Board Applications and Presentations 

  • Printing Accounts

  • Property Line Dispute

  • Report

  • Residential Development

  • Stake Accounts

  • Subdivision Design

  • Street Access Permits

  • Technical Evaluation for Land Purchase

  • Town Line Perambulation and re-setting town corners and road stones

  • Zoning Compliance Issues