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Boundary Surveys In Utah

Among the various different engineering options that Ludlow Engineering has to offer, the most popular would be a boundary survey.

A boundary survey is a survey that establishes boundaries of a parcel using its legal description, which typically involves the setting or restoration of monuments or markers at the corners or along the lines of the parcel, often in the form of iron rods, pipes, or concrete monuments in the ground, or nails set in concrete or asphalt. A boundary survey is more than just a set of accurate land measurements. Rather, it is a thorough retracing of the title, and analysis of the physical evidence of boundaries, completed according to state board requirements, established legal principles and local standard of care.[1]

Ludlow Engineering services the Western United States including: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Ludlow Engineering employs a hands-on, personal relationship with each client in each area of the Western United States and will provide quality workmanship and service.

Ludlow Engineering offers the most competitive pricing for their services. The cost of a boundary survey depends on many variables, some of which can not be known until after the work has started. The size, terrain, vegetation, location and season affect the charges and can usually be estimated fairly accurately. However, the surveyor will not know if deeded monuments are missing or if they conflict with the description until well into the survey. However, on average, Ludlow Engineering offers the best prices for high quality survey work.

Ludlow Engineering marks boundaries with high quality 5/8 iron pin with cap, making the boundaries clear and concise to the client. However there are other options depending on the land owner or the clients request, larger aluminum caps placed in concrete can be set for a more permanent marker.

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Utah Secures NSA Location Site

CAMP WILLIAMS — Computers drawing enough electricity to power a small city will soon fill a National Security Agency data center on a 240-acre site where officials officially broke ground on Thursday.

But that does not mean Utah is about to see a significant influx of NSA analysts who would not be able to tell their neighbors what they do for a living. Most of the long-term staff at the NSA’s Utah Data Center will have technical jobs, keeping the machines in the 100,000 square feet of computer space working — that within a complex that will include 1 million square feet of enclosed space.

Building the mammoth computer center will bring 5,000 to 10,000 much-needed construction jobs through the time the center is finished in 2013. Long term, the staff will be comprised of 100 to 200 information technology specialists and mechanical and electrical engineers, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said at the groundbreaking.

Specifics of the work those engineers will do is not being discussed. But Harvey Davis, the NSA’s associate director for installations and architect of the overall concept of the Utah Data Center, said the machines that will live in Utah are the essence of the NSA’s work.

“This business is technologically dependent,” he said, adding that Utah “is a very reliable site for us.”

The NSA said the data center is a component of the Comprehensive National Cyber-security Initiative “aimed at securing the United States’ information infrastructure and coordinating its defense with state and local governments, as well as the private sector.” The data center’s mission is to help the intelligence community meet cyber-security objectives.

“The threat posed by computer hackers is very big, and it is growing,” Hatch said. “That is why this data center is so important.”

The computer farm that will overlook both Utah and Salt Lake counties from a site just west of Redwood Road is an essential link in the nation’s cyberspace security initiative, said NSA Deputy Director J. Chris Inglis. The Utah Data Center adds physical diversity to the NSA’s computing power without splitting up the intelligence community working at Fort Meade, Maryland.

“It is essential that cyberspace be as resilient and as secure as possible,” Inglis said, adding that responsibility for cybersecurity “is not just the job of the intelligence community.”

Hatch, Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell and Utah Adjutant General Brian Tarbet all said political tenacity was backed by a number of essential factors that made Utah the best place for the NSA data center. “We made the best technical case for putting it here,” Tarbet said. Hatch said earlier that 37 other locations were seriously considered before the Utah site was chosen.

The availability of low-cost electrical power was a big draw, with the completed center expected to consume 65 megawatts of power. A power grid unable to expand to meet the NSA’s needs at home in Maryland was a primary reason given for expanding the agency’s computing horsepower elsewhere.

U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman Jr., Utah’s governor at the time plans for the Utah Data Center were announced, sent his encouragement for the project from Beijing, and Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, sent his support from Washington, D.C. Hatch said keeping plans for the data center on track took the support of the entire congressional delegation.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said during his inauguration on Monday the state would be vigilant in keeping the federal government from pushing too far into the state. But the lieutenant governor said there is “absolutely no disagreement” that national security is an essential role of the federal government, and that the data center is welcome in Utah.

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