A construction stakeout survey is required when a contractor asks their employees to provide the site’s actual situation where the construction will take place. This means staking the correct horizontal location and the elevation at which the improvements are meant to be made.

Contractors use a construction stakeout survey to determine how far above or below the land’s surface things would be and how much effort is required to move the dirt to implement engineered design plans. A construction survey can also include monitoring the current structure. This assures that the construction activities, like pile driving, excavation, or any other type of blasting, won’t cause any problems in the future.

A construction stakeout survey is conducted by a licensed or registered land surveyor who sketches out the blueprints of the land or site about to be constructed.