Celebrating Surveyors and Agriculture

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March 23, 2021: National Ag Day

This month we joined The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) in celebrating National Ag Day. From understanding how food and products are made to valuing its role in the economy- we celebrate agriculture.

Over the past 20 years, SSM has provided more than 400 Agricultural Land Preservation Easement Surveys. Our team has surveyed and helped to preserve over 30,000 acres of Berks County Farmland.

An agricultural conservation easement is a permanent legal restriction on land development that limits future uses of land to agricultural purposes.

Our survey team provides services that combine land record research and a physical property survey and inspection. They identify existing easements associated with the land and any structures on the property that are present as a result of easements (utility pipelines, roadways, transmission wires and access points on the land). Our team utilizes conventional survey methods, GPS systems along with drone flight data to complete the surveys. Easement Survey plans and legal descriptions are drafted and become part of the final recorded documents for the project.

March 21-27, 2021: National Surveyors Week

Every year in March we take a week to celebrate the surveying profession. We celebrate the way our surveyors see the world differently: through the vision of making the world a better place, through the lens of technology, and through the eyes of precision and data. Surveyors see the world- from construction sites, to farm preservation, to insides of factories, and even to aerial site evaluations.

We celebrate our surveyors because of the accuracy, the expertise, and the care that they contribute to every project, to every challenge, and to every solution.

Since 1932, SSM has prided itself on being at the forefront of surveying expertise. Over those nearly 90 years, we have consistently refined our practices, while maintaining our values. Because when it comes to your projects- quality and precision are what you deserve.

We like to say that good surveyors take measurements and collect data. But great surveyors- our surveyors- take accurate measurements, gather precise data, and provide the care and attention that not any project needs, but your project needs. Because your projects shouldn’t just get done, they should get done correctly.

What we do best, is what you don’t. Expertise means having the skills, having the knowledge, and having the experience. Expertise is nearly 90 years of refining practices, nearly 90 years of pioneering technology, and nearly 90 years of mastering skills and solving problems. We pride ourselves on being the experts- so you don’t have to be.

Our survey team is here to help.

  • Boundary and Retracement Surveys

  • ALTA/ACSM Title Surveys

  • Drone Applications

  • Landfill Surveying

  • GPS and VRS Surveying

  • Aerial Mapping Control

  • Geodetic Control

  • Municipal Control for GIS Applications

  • High-Definition Laser Scanning

  • Building and Construction Stakeout

  • Topographic Surveys

  • Agricultural Conservation Easement Surveys

  • As-Build Site and Utility Surveys

  • Subdivision and Land Development Surveys

  • Bathymetric Surveys

Meet the Surveyors: Check out our interviews with 3 of SSM’s survey team members.

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Sam Zook, PLS

Sam is the Director of Surveying and Data Capture. Read his interview here!

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Tom Rowe, PLS

Tom is a Chief Surveyor. Read his interview here!

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Zane Britton

Zane is a Survey Crew Chief. Read his interview here!