Land Surveying
Franklin Surveys Helps Improve Fish Passage at the Winchell-Smith Dam, Farmington
Our client, Princeton Hydro provides Nature-based Solutions for Watershed Management and Ecological Restoration. Since 1998, they have led 10,000+ water resource projects for over 2,000 clients, producing award-winning environmental solutions from concept to construction. The survey was performed in the middle of winter, which came with the benefit of improved sightlines but also with difficulties …
Site Survey in Glastonbury, Connecticut
From 2019 – 2020, we served as surveyor-of-record for a Site Redevelopment on Naubuc Avenue in Glastonbury. The project was conducted in the shadow of the Putnam Bridge, and was in support of the plan to convert an existing residence to commercial use as an attorney’s office. Our work included survey of the FEMA flood hazard boundary …
Existing Conditions Map for the Griswold Enrichment Program 9-11 Memorial
Franklin Surveys Prepared an Existing Conditions Map for the Griswold Enrichment Program 9-11 Memorial Franklin Surveys was proud to donate our services in support of the Griswold Enrichment Program 9-11 Memorial, completed fall of 2019. The project involved the planning, design and construction of a memorial outside of Griswold Elementary School featured prominently at the center …
Mapping Choices
Drafting a map is all about making choices. The ability to make the best choices to meet the client’s needs is “what separates the wheat from the chaff”, to borrow an oft-used expression from one of my mentors. To begin with, Earth is round, and the map is flat. Picture the act of gift wrapping …
Field Measurements
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 …
Control Points
Control Point Networks In the process of fieldwork, one of the important decisions for the crew chief is where to establish control points. Modern instruments are electro optical, meaning that they measure positions by sighting features through a telescope. The instrument is on a tripod erected directly over the control point such that the instrument …
Franklin Surveys Presents “NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Exam Workshop” for SUNY Albany’s Research Foundation
ALBANY, New York: Franklin Surveys presented “NCEES Fundamentals of Land” workshop for SUNY Albany’s Research Foundation, intended to help NYSDOT transportation engineers pass the LSIT Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) exam. The sponsor of the workshop was the University of Albany Rockefeller College Public Service Workshops Program. The two-day workshop took place on August 19-20, 2019 …
On Land Surveying Projects
By Kevin Franklin, Professional Land Surveyor and Owner of Franklin Surveys Land Surveying projects come in all shapes and sizes. That’s a good thing, because it helps keep life interesting for us. Moving from town to town, exploring woods or pacing on pavement, the view from the “office” window changes constantly. With that perk comes …