While buying and owning land is usually a wise investment, like everything else, it’s not without its limits. Your local town or city has likely divided up various parcels of land into “lots” of various sizes. Sometimes the lots are uniform and similar in size and shape, and sometimes they are wildly different. But because […]
Read MoreWhat Is a Topographic Survey, and When Is It Needed?
Have you ever been walking down the street and witnessed someone in an orange or yellow vest standing behind a tripod? They were probably there with another person, and they were likely holding a clipboard and peering through a lens on top of said tripod. Despite the tripod, they weren’t merely taking pictures—those people were […]
Read MoreWhat Is an Easement, and How Is It Used?
When it comes to land surveying, everything is made to be as official as possible. After all, this work is done to create maps that can be held up as evidence in legal arguments in court. So there are definitely no gray areas in land surveying, right? Well, not exactly. An easement is a kind […]
Read MoreWhy Get a Boundary Survey?
If you own property (and especially if that property includes a lot of land), then it’s likely that at some point you will need to have some land surveying done. There are a few different types of land surveys, and all can be essential for different reasons, depending on the circumstances, the type of land […]
Read MoreWhat Are an Engineer’s Duties and Responsibilities?
After getting a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and obtaining some additional certifications, an individual is technically ready to become a civil engineer. But what do engineer duties and responsibilities in Idaho entail? The answer is quite involved. Keep reading to learn what our day-to-day tasks might look like at Mason & Associates: Develop project […]
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