Civil Engineering & Geomatics

The Civil Engineering & Geomatics Division is organized and staffed to provide seamless design and construction surveying services as components of our civil engineering projects, offering clients the benefit of a “One-Stop Shop” for land development and public infrastructure projects. This Division is further subdivided into a Civil Engineering Section and a Geomatics Section, each managed, respectively, by a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Licensed Professional Land Surveyor, with each Section able to function independently, as warranted by the demands of individual projects or clients.

“Working with a challenging site, CES Group completed the site planning and design, and we couldn’t have received better service. Our club has been a terrific success during tough financial times, and much of that success can be attributed to the services supplied by CES Group. Even after the project was complete, they remained available and helpful.”   

Robbie Smith, Owner & Developer, The Club at Westport & Charlotte Racquet Club North      


Civil Engineering Section

David Lutz, PE, Section Manager  

 

Dave Lutz is an accomplished design engineer and project manager, with comprehensive experience on a wide range of public infrastructure and private development projects, including federal facilities, state and municipal roadways, public utilities, commercial, industrial and institutional sites, single-family and multi-family residential developments, and public schools. His areas of specialized expertise include CPM scheduling, sustainable design, storm water management, and erosion control.

CES Group’s Civil Engineering Section provides comprehensive planning, design and construction services for private development, public infrastructure and public space enhancement.  Using the latest tools, such as Civil 3D 2011, our staff of licensed Professional Engineers, LEED APs, CAD Designers/Drafters and support personnel has the expertise and experience to deliver your project on time and within budget. Our services range from feasibility studies, through design, construction document preparation, permitting, scheduling and construction administration.

In addition to the technical nuts and bolts of infrastructure and site design, there should ideally be an artistic aspect to private land development and public spaces. CES Group’s frequent integration of land planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering expertise on the same project design team results in much more functional, aesthetic and sustainable improvements, while adding real value.  Our in-house environmental engineering capability completes the circle of expertise needed for the design and construction of ecologically sound physical improvements. 


“CES has provided civil engineering services for the Lincoln County School District on multiple projects at four schools this year, and has done an excellent job. They have been very responsive and thorough.”

Darrell Gettys, Executive Director of Facilities, Lincoln County, NC Schools


CES Group provides studies, planning, design, documentation, permitting and construction services for the following types of public and private sector projects:

Transportation

  • Roads, Urban Streets, Highways
  • Parking Facilities
  • Pedestrian 
  • Greenways

Water Resources

  • Water Systems
  • Waste Water Systems
  • Storm Water Management & Compliance
  • Erosion & Sediment Control

Land Development

  • Commercial, Industrial, Institutional & Residential
  • Parks, Recreation & Public Spaces
  • Sustainable Design & Low Impact Development

Construction

  • Documentation & Permitting
  • Bid Document Preparation & Assistance
  • Value Engineering
  • CPM Scheduling & Review
  • Construction Management
  • Construction Observation

Geomatics Section

Phillip Harris, PLS, Section Manager   

Phillip Harris brings more than 20 years of hands-on land surveying and project management experience to the positions of Senior Land Surveyor and Geomatics Section Manager. He is experienced in all facets of land surveying, as well as design and construction surveying, with particular interest in the resolution of ambiguous or disputed boundary issues. Phillip leads the firm in providing a full range of land surveying services to clients, from individual residential properties to large commercial developments, while also working hand in hand with the civil engineering section in support of design and construction projects.

Geomatics refers to the integrated approach of measurement, analysis, management, storage and display of both two and three-dimensional Earth-based spatial data. This data is collected, processed and manipulated using state-of-the-art information technology software and hardware. It has applications in all disciplines that depend upon spatial data, including but not limited to environmental studies, planning, engineering, navigation, geology, mining, oceanography, infrastructure and land development. The science and technologies used in geomatics should always be subject to and balanced by the judgement of a Professional Land Surveyor. 

CES Group’s field crews and office personnel, led by experienced and licensed professional land surveyors, use robotics, GPS and cutting-edge 3D software to deliver the most timely and cost-effective surveying, mapping and real property documentation services available.


Services:

Land Surveying

  • Boundary Surveys for Acquisition, Easements & Disputes
  • ALTA / ACSM Land Title Surveys
  • Platting & Parcel Monumenting
  • Residential & Commercial Subdivision

Design & Construction

  • Topographic Surveys
  • Utility and Transportation Route Surveys
  • Construction Staking for Residential & Commercial Development
  • Mapping Control Surveys
  • Utility Inventory Surveys
  • As-Built Surveys

When is a Land Survey recommended?

  • When buying or selling land and you do not clearly know where the property line is physically located 
  • When land area is not clearly defined by a plat, legal description, or older Land Survey 
  • When you cannot be certain of the location of your property corners 
  • When you need to determine drainage, setbacks, and proper location planning before construction 
  • Before land is divided or developed
  • Before erecting a fence, building, shed, or anything close to an unknown property line 
  • Before timber is to be cut near a property line 
  • When a boundary line or corner is unknown or is disputed 
  • When you think you might have an encroachment on your land 
  • When clearing or doing construction in "wetland" areas
  • When purchasing title insurance or registering your land title 
  • When a lending institution requires a survey for a mortgage 

Specific real property issues that often require the services of a Professional Land Surveyor:

  • Access
  • Utilities
  • Public rights-of-way or easements
  • Setbacks, buffers, or other exclusions
  • Existing Improvements
  • Waterfront
  • Encroachment