Record What Was Built
As-Built Surveys
Design drawings show intent; as-builts record reality. We measure constructed works — utilities, surfaces, structures — and deliver the record that closes out projects, satisfies acceptance requirements and becomes the permanent memory of what's actually in the ground.
The discipline is timing: the cheapest as-built measurement is the one taken while the trench is still open. We build pickups into the construction rhythm so nothing gets buried unmeasured.
What we record
- —Underground services before backfill — position, elevation, material
- —Finished grades and surfaces against design
- —Structures, slabs and building elements against tolerance
- —Roadworks and drainage for acceptance packages
- —Deviations from design, documented while they're explainable
Records that get accepted
Municipal acceptance and engineer certification both run on credible as-built data. We prepare record drawings and datasets to the standards your engineer and municipality expect — in the project coordinate system, consistent with design and layout, ready to submit.
Beyond compliance
As-builts pay off twice: once at acceptance, and again years later when someone plans a repair, an addition or an excavation. For owners maintaining assets, we deliver as-built data GIS-ready, so the record stays usable instead of buried in a drawer.
Deliverables
- As-built record drawings (DWG/PDF)
- Measured utility records pre-backfill
- Acceptance packages
- GIS-ready asset data on request
Coverage
Available across Vancouver Island.
We provide as-built support across the Island — as part of full construction-survey packages from our Courtenay base, and as standalone record surveys where a project needs measured truth for close-out or acceptance.
Common questions
Can you as-built work that's already buried?+
Partially — surface evidence and records get us some of the way. The honest answer is that pre-backfill measurement is irreplaceable, which is why we push to schedule pickups during construction rather than reconstruct afterward.
Do municipalities accept your as-built records?+
We prepare records to the format and standard the accepting authority requires — that's a scoping conversation at the start, so submission day holds no surprises.
Related services
Site layout, gridlines, grades and control that keep crews building, not waiting.
Topographic SurveysAccurate existing-conditions data for design, planning and development.
Geomatics & GISClean, structured spatial data that plugs into engineering and GIS workflows.
Send us the scope.
Tell us what you need and where — we'll have pricing and a realistic schedule back within one business day.