A topographic survey captures detailed land levels, features, and existing services to inform design. A high-quality topographical survey can eliminate guesswork regarding matters like height-to-boundary infringements, earthwork quantities, finished floor level requirements, datum issues, location of services and so on. A boundary survey defines legal property lines and is essential for subdivision or fencing. Our surveyors use modern GPS and drone technology to produce accurate plans that meet Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and Council standards.

Yes. Our surveying team provides full construction support, including building set-outs, engineering as-builts, and certification for Section 224 sign-off. This ensures your development complies with approved plans and that final titles or completion certificates can be issued smoothly.

An as-built survey is carried out to locate the extent and location of a completed construction project. Generally, it is used to provide an accurate record of the critical details of the construction project, such as position, alignment, depth, volume, gradient, extent, composition etc. As-built surveys are a common consent requirement, especially when new public infrastructure is being installed. New Council regulations require as-built surveys to be certified by a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor or a Registered Professional Surveyor.

Depending on the nature of your project, we may be able to use one of our UAV’s, to carry out the survey. We use UAV’s when acquiring up-to-date high-resolution aerial photography of properties, which can have cadastral (boundary) information overlaid, and accurate measurements taken from them. In some cases the features requiring measuring would be difficult/unsafe to access, resulting in costly on-ground survey solutions. UAV allows us to bypass many of these issues. Specialist software also allows us to extract other useable data, such as 3D point cloud information, position data, general level and contour information, and even 3D rendering of a site. Up to date imagery of a site can provide a level of understanding to a project that is not always possible without it. At Buckton we have Part 101 and Part 102 Certification from CAA NZ, allowing us to carry out a number of UAV operations not able to be legally undertaken by the general public, safely and in compliance with CAA Rules.

Yes. Using UAV & GPS technology, we can provide a Farm Map of your farm, providing details of a range of property information, including the size and layout of paddocks, location of gates/fences/troughs/tanks, extent/area of pasture, bush, wetlands, streams and other natural features, property boundary overlays, positions of buildings, accessways and other infrastructure. This information can be invaluable for farm planning, compliance and monitoring.

To amend a cross lease requires new survey work and registration of updated lease documents. Changes may be needed if you’ve built an extension, altered common areas, or want to move to freehold titles. We can assess your title, prepare the new survey plan, and manage the consent and legal process alongside your solicitor.

It is common for building consent to require a “siting certificate”. This is a written assurance from a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor that a building has been positioned correctly on-site, as per the building consent drawings. To satisfy this condition, we need to “set out” the building prior to construction commencing. This involves reviewing the design plans, generating real-world coordinates for the footprint of the building, and transferring these to the site, via a survey. Sometimes a benchmark or datum is also required to be established to assist the builder. We will generally be guided by the builder as to the level of detail needed in the set out. We can assist in setting out other items, such as the extent of earthworks, alignment of roads/accessways, infrastructure (pipes/drainage), and even marking out boundaries for fencing or other works.