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Utah Flood Certificates

Flood Certificates report the relative vertical distance above or below a base flood elevation from a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The FIRMs were produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of our federal government for use in the National Flood Insurance Program. The FIRMs were designed to help determine whether a property and building were in a special flood hazard area. The FIRM typically shows no buildings, and many minor or residential streets are not shown. Therefore, the surveyor is often called upon to measure the elevation of a building and report on an Elevation Certificate how far above or below the base flood elevation it is.

The Elevation Certificate is an important administrative tool of the National Flood Insurance Program. It is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance premium rate, and to support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment or Revision.

Use of this certificate does not provide a waiver of the flood insurance purchase requirement. Only a LOMA or LOMR-F from the Federal Emergency Management Agency can amend the FIRM and remove the Federal mandate for a lending institution to require the purchase of flood insurance. However, the lending institution has the option of requiring flood insurance even if a LOMA/LOMR-F has been issued by FEMA. The Elevation Certificate may be used to support a LOMA or LOMR-F request. Lowest floor and lowest adjacent grade elevations certified by a surveyor or engineer will be required if the certificate is used to support a LOMA or LOMR-F request. This certificate is used only to certify building elevations. [1]

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Ludlow Performs All Kinds Of Land Surveys

Here is a partial list of the types of land surveys Ludlow Engineering performs in the State of Utah, Idaho and Arizona:

1. Accident Surveys
2. Cell Tower Surveys
3. Construction Staking Surveys
4. Fiber Installation Land Surveys
5. As-Built Surveys
6. Elevation Certificate Surveys
7. Site plan Surveys
8. Boundary Surveys
9. ALTA Surveys
10. Land Surveys

Uses of Boundary Surveys

Boundary survey is the process of finding, identifying, measuring, evaluating, analyzing as well as reporting the location of the boundary lines of a land. A boundary survey discloses any type of land encroachments. The land surveying firms perform a boundary survey in accordance with the pre defined technical standards. The land surveyors make determinations on the reliability of existing land corners. A boundary survey plat is then created by depicting the output of the survey. It is used to resolve boundary disputes for any subdivision of land, road boundary realignment, etc.

A land surveyor identifies and examines the historical records relating to the land. Apart from the legal documents and registry of deeds this research may also include the probate issues, town offices, and historical associations. This research is helpful to locate existing buildings, monuments and other evidences of the boundaries. The results of the past and present field work are compared with the research and the surveyor then coordinates all the information to arrive at a final mapping.

The actual cost of a boundary survey mainly depends on multiple aspects, some of which can be known only after commencing the survey work. The size, terrain, vegetation and location influence the cost. Boundary surveys are used to help property owners to accurately establish the boundary lines. It also expounds information about your property or any easements or encroachments. The methods used in the boundary survey can be tailored to match the size and requirements of the project. Moreover, you should select a firm that offers comprehensive engineering, land surveying, construction management and other surveying services like geodetic survey, ALTA / ACSM land title surveys (ALTA Surveys) and GPS land survey, etc. for responsive and professional services.

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Ludlow Engineering Provides Elevation Certificates

Below we have listed what an Elevation Certification is all about:

Insurance Continuing Education – Building Elevation Information

BUILDING ELEVATION INFORMATION (SURVEY REQUIRED)

The responsibility of providing a number of elevations based on the building type selected is that of the surveyor, engineer, or architect.  From these elevations gathered, the agent is required to determine the lowest floor for rating flood insurance.

The surveyor, engineer or architect should complete Section C, but if it is left blank, the agent should contact the responsible person who completed the form and the insurance company underwriter with any questions.

Elevations of machinery and equipment servicing the building (water heater, furnace, air conditioner, etc) must be provided, regardless of its location, whether inside or outside of the building, elevated on platform or not elevated.

Where the surveyor, engineer or architect cannot access the crawl space, an estimate on item C2 may be left blank and the estimated measurements entered on the comments section (Section D).

Elevations in Section E are based on feet, except in Puerto Rico, where it is metric and the agent must convert any readings to feet.

SURVEYOR, ENGINEER OR ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION

Section D is the certification of the surveyor, engineer or architect that the information provided by them is correct and their signature and identification number are required—in some states, a seal may be required.

BUILDING ELEVATION INFORMATION, ZONE AO AND ZONE A (WITHOUT BFE)

Section E – The difference between the highest and lowest elevation grade are required.  For the designated Zones, the property owner or his representative may completed Sections A, B & E.

PROPERTY OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE CERTIFICATION

Address and other contact information about the property owner are requested in Section F.  The party completing Sections A, B, C and E must complete this section also.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

The local official authorized to administer the community’s floodplain management ordinance may transfer elevation information found on existing documentation—such as from an older elevation certification form or surveyor letterhead—to Section C, and then certify this information by completing Section G.  A statement advising FEMA of this transfer of information must be made in the comment section of the EC.  Section G may also be used to certify Item E4.

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