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Civil Engineering

Engineering Introduction

Ludlow Engineering and Land Surveying have served Central Utah since 1975.  Stephen L. Ludlow, Founder of Ludlow Engineering began this company soon after returning from Arizona.  Since that time, Ludlow has developed a Civil Engineering firm specializing in Development, Site plans, Small Water and Sewer development and Surveying.  Ludlow Engineering has and always will take care of the “little guy.”  As Utah continues to grow, so has Ludlow Engineering’s desire to take care of rural Utah’s Engineering and Surveying needs, so that future planning can be best met today.  Ludlow has in –house professional engineers and land Surveyors.

Business and Home Site Plans

Building your business and need site plan approvals in Utah?  Ludlow Engineering provides businesses with all the approved site plan information needed from the different cities located along the Wasatch front.  We also perform site plans in St. George and in Southern Utah.  Below are some of the tasks we perform for you as our clients.
  • Sediment Control Design
  • Storm Drain Design
  • Storm water Management Design
  • Floodplain Analysis
  • Site Design and Planning
  • Site Grading
  • Sight Distance Analysis
  • On-Site Private Water and Sewer Design
  • Storm water Management As-Built Surveys
  • Construction Observation
  • Value Engineering & Plan Review
Subdivision Design and Staking


Utah Boundary Surveyors

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Utah Boundary Surveyors

Utah Boundary surveyors are busy this season preparing site plan approvals, subdivision approvals and other required approvals for the spring.  The Winter months are the best times to prepare for construction and earthwork to commence in the spring.

One of the first things needed as a project develops is a land title survey for commercial projects and a property boundary survey for residential homes and projects.  Both of these types of surveys give the area, acreage and limits of the property.  The Land title survey, commonly known as an ALTA survey goes much more in depth and requires much more information.

However, that being said, Winter is the best time to get all of these approvals prepared and signed by the governing body.

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Useful Details of the Top 5 Land Surveyors and Firms in the USA

Land Surveyors are often called “professional measurer”. This is mostly because they are seen as professional individuals that hold a professional license for conducting surveys on properties, and developing contracts. They also deal with the physical and mathematical aspects of measuring, along with the legal laws of boundary. Hence, land surveyors must pass the registration examination, according to the rules of law. Thus, land surveyors and firms are still struggling to give modern technologies and techniques the means to make it to the top.

Land Surveyors are professional individuals that hold a professional license in order to conduct surveys on properties, and develop contracts. They also deal in the physical and mathematical aspect of measuring, along with the legal aspect of law boundary. Hence, land surveyors need to pass the registration examination, according to the rules of law. A licensed surveyor typically necessitates them to do plans and formats that show their name and registry number.

Surveying is the science of mapping relative positions and accurately determining the three-dimensional and terrestrial position of points in spaces with distances and angles therein.

These are often established on boundaries of ownership and maps from legal and technical documents. Surveying with the use of the elements of mathematics, law, engineering, geometry, physics and trigonometry is the common practice.

Historically, the earliest land surveyors were the Egyptians of the early 3,000 years B.C. The King divided the land along the Nile in quadrangles and amongst his people. Once he had this distributed, his people had to pay taxes for their land. When the floods came, the land was changed. Sending out land surveyors, the King instructed that they measure the boundaries, along with the corresponding adjusted taxes. Surveyors used a knotted rope, soaked in bees wax and began stretching it.

Nowadays, Surveyors use instruments with accuracy and precision. This would include the altimeter; which measures the height. The tape measure also determines shorter distances. The so-called theodolite on a tripod also measures horizontal and vertical angles. Hence, it is standard procedure to hold on to about one to one-hundredth of a foot, where in, about 1/8th inch of the achievement of the calculation and mapping tolerances.

By gathering information, using questionnaires, data analysis, observations, designing and planning, measurements and legal instruments, this certifies the boundaries and the utilization of a land area.

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Choose Ludlow Engineering When You Need a Siteplan

Building your business and need site plan approvals in Utah?  Ludlow Engineering provides businesses with all the approved site plan information needed from the different cities located along the Wasatch front.  We also perform site plans in St. George and in Southern Utah.  Below are some of the tasks we perform for you as our clients.
  • Sediment Control Design
  • Storm Drain Design
  • Storm water Management Design
  • Floodplain Analysis
  • Site Design and Planning
  • Site Grading
  • Sight Distance Analysis
  • On-Site Private Water and Sewer Design
  • Storm water Management As-Built Surveys
  • Construction Observation
  • Value Engineering & Plan Review

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