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ALTA/ACSM Title Surveys

A land survey is made for the Title Company and/or Lender with the survey and location data needed for the issuing of title or mortgage insurance. For this purpose a map is drawn to “ALTA” specifications. “ALTA” stands for American Land Title Association.

ALTA specifies the data to be shown on the survey and this includes boundary lines, location of the main building including improvements, location of ancillary buildings, the identification of easements (access rights by service companies such as water, gas, telephone, railways and other utilities). ALTA surveys are very complex surveys and can take weeks to complete. For that reason most ALTA surveys are performed on commercial properties.

An ALTA Land Survey guarantees to meet the requirements for an ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey as detailed by the American Land Title Association, National Society of Professional Surveyors and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.

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Closing Mortgage Survey

Closing/Mortgage Surveys

A survey is a drawing that can show a variety of characteristics of your property, including topographical features such as trees, creeks or hills, depending on the level of detail you need. Property surveys for real estate transactions can show property lines, easements and encroachments on the property of others, and major improvements. Depending on your state’s requirements, a mortgage survey could show all of the above, or it could show just the property lines and the buildings, natural landmarks and required setbacks for the property.

There are two types of mortgage surveys — a mortgage location survey and a mortgage inspection survey. Mortgage location surveys are used by mortgage and title companies to determine which major buildings are on your land — such as a garage, house or shed — and also note whether your property is free of encroachments on a neighbor’s property; a neighbor encroaching on your property; or an encroachment into a recorded easement. Mortgage inspection surveys have less detail. Many don’t include boundary lines and merely note structures and their locations. The mortgage inspection survey is typically what you get when you purchase a home.

Conservation Easement Surveys

A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust, private non-profit organization, or a government agency that limits certain land uses while protecting others. Landowners retain the title and certain rights to the property.

Conservation easements include permanent restrictions that landowners choose to place on their property to protect natural resources such as streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat, open space or scenery. Easements are tailored to meet conservation needs and the financial and personal needs of the landowner. The landowner maintains the ownership of the property, along with the right to use the land, but not in ways that infringe on the conservation easement agreement.

Future landowners or heirs must adhere to the easement’s terms and fulfill the intent of the original landowner to retain the easement. Conservation easements prevent future landowners from altering or developing the easement area which protects valuable land resources for future generations.

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Subdivision Platting

A plat is a survey of land which identifies the boundaries of the property and any easements, flood zones, roadway and access rights-of-way. A recorded official plat is required for the subdivision of land into smaller lots where the purpose of the owner is to establish building lots, or to dedicate street rights-of-way, easements or parks. A replat is also a plat.

An official recorded plat is usually required before water, wastewater, electric, telephone, or other public utility service is extended to the property. This rule usually applies to the reconnection of prior service in most cases. Even though your property may have been platted at one time, a new subdivision or the realignment of lots may require that it be replatted.

Boundary Surveys

A boundary survey determines the property lines of a parcel of land described in a deed. It will also indicate the extent of any easements or encroachments and may show the limitations imposed on the property by state or local regulations. A survey is strongly recommended before buying, subdividing, improving or building on land. Surveying the parcel before these activities ensures that the expense and frustration of defending a lawsuit, moving a building, or resolving a boundary dispute can be avoided.

Elevation Surveys (FEMA Flood Certificates)

The Elevation Certificate is an important administrative tool of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance premium rate, and to support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision based on fill (LOMR-F).
Poly Surveying can help you save money on insurance rates if your property is your property’s current elevation has been previously reported incorrectly.

Topographic Surveys

Much like any other type of survey, a topographic survey, or topo survey for short, is done to locate natural and man-made features on a particular parcel of land. The topographic survey is different in that the elevation of the surface of the land is surveyed and represented on the resulting map of the survey. The topographic survey usually also includes any man-made underground features, like utility lines. The topographic survey will also show above ground improvements like buildings, utility poles, retaining walls, etc.
Topographic survey is usually carried out in order to have an accurate record of the existing conditions of a parcel of land that is about to undergo some type of construction activity.

Percolation Test

OSS-Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System

Conventional OSS – a system for treating sewage that involves the use of a septic tank followed by non-pressurized dispersion of effluent in EDF such that the trench bottom and sidewalls are located completely unaltered natural soil and at a depth not greater than 60 inches below unaltered natural ground surface.

A Shallow Placement System is a conventional OSS that requires some amount of fill material above the EDF (Effluent Disposal Field) in order to provide a minimum soil cover of 12 inches.

Engineered OSS – all systems other than those meeting the definition of Conventional OSS require engineer design. This includes, but is not limited to, Mounds, Advanced Treatment, Gravel beds, and Drip Irrigation.

Small-flow OSS—a system with an average daily design flows of 1,200 gpd or less flow. This is from single family dwelling , small duplex’s , small churches or other commercial business.

Each OSS must meet certain Site Classifications/Requirements/Setbacks, 5’ from home 25’ from ditch, 50’ from wetlands or standing water, 100’ from any water well (working or not, yours or your neighbors) 5’ from property lines there are more call to find out more info.

Polysurveying can provide a recon (recommendations of the soils at the site for suitability for a septic system) for clients to evaluate if the soils will or shall qualify for a certain type septic system before the property/land is purchased by the client (this is a not perc (percolation) test)

All site evaluations/perc test performed by the professional trained in Soils evaluations and will be done using the soil Unified method.

POLYSURVEYING-LOGO-2021-SM

Corporate Office
5588 Jackson Rd
Mobile, AL 36619
(251) 666-2010

Our Team

Brett Orrell

Brett Orrell

President

Brett graduated from Troy University in 2006 where he received a Bachelor of Science in Geomatics / Land Surveying and Development. He serves as the managing partner of Polysurveying and is a licensed surveyor in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi & Georgia with over 15 years of land surveying experience. In those years, he has focused on many areas of surveying from ALTA, boundary, construction layout, and subdivision development, which continues to be the focus of the operation, as it stands today. For the last 10 years, he has continuously grown multiple divisions of Polysurveying in the Homebuilding, ALTA, and Drone sectors of the business. Over that period with focus, drive, and determination he has seen the company grow from 12 employees to over 50 all while maintaining the efficiency and reliability that our growing client base deserves.

Brett enjoys the challenge of constantly improving processes with his team for the betterment of the service and product produced to ensure our clients satisfaction. His form of leadership relies on listening, communicating clearly, trust, and growth with his management team and those they lead to ensure they have the proper training, tools, and insight into providing all of their employees a clear path to grow within the company. He understands that people are the driving force of any company that plans to grow and investing back into his people is of the upmost priority to ensure that both their personal and professional lives improve for the betterment of themselves and their families.

Matthew Orrell

Matthew Orrell

Executive Vice President

Matt has been a partner and licensed surveyor for Polysurveying for over 32 years and is licensed in both Alabama and Mississippi. He specializes in review of surveys tied to Homebuilding process for construction, Elevation Certificates and ALTA surveys. He has extensive background lot and block surveying, boundary, and construction staking of new home construction, roadways, and utilities. In the early stages of his career he worked for Brown & Root for 8 years completing many projects tied to industrial construction surveying at multiple plants across the Southeast. He has overseen the growth and expansion of this company starting in the 90’s and carried forward into current it’s transition to solely a land surveying operation. He has extensive knowledge and leadership mentoring field and office personnel, as well as, helping other up and coming surveyors become licensed as professionals.

Darren Orrell

Darren Orrell

Executive Vice President

Darren has been a partner and licensed surveyor for Polysurveying for over 30 years and is licensed in Alabama. He specializes in large tract Boundary surveys, Topographic surveys, Subdivision development and serves as the company expert witness during court cases. He is over our surveying department for all individual clients which includes communicating with them directly to ensure that all their needs are met and that the survey preformed is to their satisfaction. Darren also enjoys mentoring up and coming surveyors to help develop their surveying knowledge and achieve their career goals.

Chad Orrell

Chad Orrell

Professional Licensed Surveyor

Chad Orrell graduated from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography with a minor in GIS in 2012. He’s currently on course to be a Third Generation-Licensed Land Surveyor as an LSIT (Land Surveyor in Training). Currently in a Managerial role he specializes in review of pre-construction layout and design for our Home Building division, as well as, organizing and lining our crews daily. In his early years at Polysurveying he worked as a field crew assistant/draftsman and has worked his way up to becoming a crew chief prior to going to college for Geography. He now has over 14 years of experience and is well on his way to a very bright future at Polysurveying.

Travarus Franklin

Travarus Franklin

ALTA Manager/IT Solutions

Travarus started working for Polysurveying in 2005 as a field technician and very quickly moved up the ranks of the company. He looked to diversify his skillset with the company by moving to their drafting department and providing support as their in-house IT technician. He has over 16 years of extensive surveying knowledge in ALTA, boundary, construction layout and can be relied on to handle most of the work that Polysurveying provides for its client base. He currently leads the ALTA division which covers Alabama, Mississippi, and the Florida Gulf Coast, along with all IT support within the company.

He serves as a member of the Army National Guard, where he has gained extensive skills that transition directly into his leadership role at Polysurveying. Those skills obtained have allowed him to provide training to the Polysurveying team with leadership training, as well as, Computer Science training and certifications. He is a key member of the leadership team at Polysurveying and continues to seamlessly implement new ideas, procedures, and processes, with the use of ever-changing technology, that will propel the company into the future.

Molly Stanford

Molly Stanford

ALTA Admin Coordinator/Human Resources

Molly was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. After graduating from Murphy High School, she attended The University of South Alabama and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Molly has quickly become a valuable member of our Administration team here at Poly as our ALTA admin coordinator/accounts manager. Molly works with our ALTA team to ensure schedules are made and completed to guarantee our clients get the best turnaround time in this high paced environment. Since her time here she has helped create a new apprenticeship program with Coastal Alabama Community College for survey drafters, making it the first of its kind in Alabama. When she is not breaking the barriers at Poly, Molly loves to cook, craft, and spend time with her family and friends. Molly is eager to see what the future looks like for Polysurveying.

Ryan Logan

Ryan Logan

Director of Sales & Marketing

Born and raised in Mobile, Ryan has over 25 years of outside sales and marketing experience. Having managed territories across the Gulf Coast from Alabama, Florida, to Mississippi; Ryan has built and maintained countless valuable relationships with various business owners and decision makers. Ryan understands that networking is an important part of this position, and that is something he enjoys from day to day.

One of Ryan’s favorite things about being in this position is getting to meet new people and see how everyone runs their business a little bit different, but all aiming for the same result. This role is also rewarding for him to be able to assist other companies grow their business by providing a streamline service, while also growing your own company’s success as well.

Kaitlyn Headley

Kaitlyn Headley

AL/MS Permit Coordinator

Kaitlyn was born and raised in Mobile, AL and graduated from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with an Associate Degree in Arts, and further continued her education at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has over 10 years of experience in administrative work and joined our Poly team in 2020 where she has become a key asset to our continued growth and success. Kaitlyn works closely with all our Alabama and Mississippi clients as a Permit Coordinator. She ensures all jobs are ordered, completed, and distributed in a timely and efficient manner. She strives to make sure all our clients’ needs are met throughout the homebuilding process from start to finish. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, but is really enjoying life as a new mom to her baby boy.

Dustin Schreiner

Dustin Schreiner

Drafting Team Lead

Dustin was born in Central Florida but was raised here in Mobile, AL.  He graduated from Alma Bryant High School and attanded Coastal Alabama Community College where he received his degree in Computer Aided Drafting & Design in 2018.  He joined the Polysurveying team in 2018 as a draftsman, and today he manages our rapidly growning drafting team.  He takes pride in providing quality work in a timely manner and passes down the same expectations to others.  His favorite part of being on the Poly team is watching the team grow while the company still maintains a faimly work enviroment.  Dustin has also helped with building an apprenticeship program with Coastal Alabama Community College for survey drafting.  Dustin looks forward to helping Polysurveying continue to expand and maintain the team/family work environment.

Alabama Field Offices
Baldwin County: (251) 626-0905
Montgomery: (334) 245-5721
Birmingham: (205) 582-1040

 

Florida Field Offices
Pensacola: (850) 696-1661
Defuniak Springs: (850) 790-0045
Tallahassee: (448) 488-0585
Jacksonville: (904) 312-7095
Orlando: (407) 495-1260

Mississippi Field Offices
Ocean Springs: (228) 215-8749
Jackson: (601) 414-2534

        HOURS
Mon 8AM - 5PM
Tue  8AM - 5PM
Wed 8AM - 5PM
Thur 8AM - 5PM
Fri 8AM- 4PM

Disclaimer: All survey work performed by field divisions is in responsible charge at direction of the Corporate office. All research, assignment, coordination, drafting, billing and review are completed out of the Corporate office.