General Consulting

It is not uncommon for lawyers, engineers, architects and other service providers assisting land owners to need the services of a professional land surveyor. On occasion, even another land surveyor will run up against a matter outside their comfort range.

Dennis C. Drumm, with his thirty some-odd-years of experience as a Professional Land Surveyor, has established a reputation as one of the profession's experts on issues of boundary law, dispute resolution, investigative research and possessing the requisite mathematical skills needed to analyze and properly frame the scope of complex issues, to provide meaningful suggestions for a solution and to provide competent consultation.

Collaboration with Engineers

Engineers often provide design services to land owners and municipal agencies that also require some level of on-the-ground surveying work, such as boundary lines, regulatory lines, wet land resource areas, topographic, bathymetric and site improvement locations. Dennis has often worked on such projects in collaboration with engineers, as either a subcontractor, consultant or as a partner.

Collaboration with Architects

Architects are frequently engaged by land owners to provide building and related design services. More often than not, this type of work will also require mapping of various site conditions as a bases of their designs. Dennis has, on many an occasion, been the person of choice for architects looking for land surveyor they and their clients can trust and rely upon.

Collaboration with Attorneys

Lawyers are frequently engaged by land owners to represent them for a variety of real estate related issues, for example: boundary line disputes, encroachments, rights of way issues, easements, permitting, zoning questions, etc. Many of these issues require some level of investigative work by a land surveyor to define the extent of ownership or rights, their location, their historical relevance and ultimately may require the land surveyor to act as an expert witness, in the event that litigation becomes necessary. Dennis has, on many an occasion, been the person lawyers would turn to when the assistance of a competent and trusted land surveyor is required.

Collaboration with Contractors

Modern day construction firms very often own their own surveying equipment and employ capable people that can use that equipment. However, on occasion, constructions firms may still prefer to have a professional surveyor assist with the layout and site-control work. Dennis has the experience and expertise to work with the on-site personnel and provide the level of support contractors are looking for.

Consulting Land Surveyor

Occasionally, other Land Surveyors may prefer to outsource certain types of their work. Whether or not it is to alleviate an overburdened work load or to get a collogue involved who may have more knowledge or experience in some particular aspect of difficult projects, Dennis has been trusted a trusted collaborator by his collogues to provide such assistance.

Expert witness

Litigation is usually the last resort when all other options fail. But when litigation becomes absolutely necessary and a land surveyor is needed, Denis can provide the expertise necessary to provide competent representation.

Essential to any litigation is the identification of all the physical and record evidence affecting claims of title and the identification of the most applicable rules of evidence for interpreting the importance of that evidecne.

Dennis has the knowledge and experience to provide this type of representation.

analytical services

Professional Surveyors sometimes need the help of another surveyor to help with scheduling issues or to assist with some aspect of practice lying outside their comfort zone.

Dennis has plenty of experience providing this type of service, whether it is investigative and analytical services that are need or simply someone to provide a second opinion.

investigations

The investigative work necessary to properly frame boundary and right of way issues — in a manner that complies with the rules of evidence govern the practice of land surveying — can often require investigative research dating back to the 1700's at sources such as the registry of deeds, probate court, public libraries and in town meeting records, to name a few.

When your boundary or right of way issue depends on having all the relevant facts, Dennis has experience needed to properly investigate such issues.