In support of a local hydro engineering firm, Franklin Surveys mobilized to an idyllic section of the Farmington River in picturesque Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Our crew worked alongside a fluvial geomorphologist and his crew and independently to establish a base map for the project. Natural river forces, combined with the proximity of the adjacent river road, created … Read more
Franklin Surveys was tasked by a major telecommunications company to provide updated lease area exhibits in support of their updated operating agreements. This utility project involved visiting nearly two dozen existing cellular facilities, in an area encompassing all 8 of Connecticut’s counties. This work afforded us some excellent views of the state, as many of the … Read more
Summer 2020 – We completed professional services for the construction of the new Springhill Suites by Marriott. It is now open for guests at 76 Berlin Road (Route 372) in Cromwell. Survey work began in 2018 with an existing conditions survey to map the property boundaries and the locations of existing utilities that were installed prior for … Read more
For one of our recent projects, we had the pleasure of walking the grounds of a property on Station Road in Scotland. Station Road is located just to the northeast of the four corners of the towns of Windham, Scotland, Franklin and Sprague, not far from the Shetucket River. The uniquely rural and truly pristine … Read more
Once completed, a map should speak for itself. If done properly, there should be no reason for the map user to have to call the preparer after the fact to get clarification on something. Everything should be laid out on the table, including the map metadata (facts describing the making of the map). That is … Read more
Once control points have been established, surveyors use their instrumentation to measure the positions of existing site features. As we move around the site, we place a prism pole at each feature for the observation. A survey prism is a retroreflector designed to precisely refract laser beams such that they reflect backwards and return directly … Read more