Cornerstone Surveying & Engineering, Inc. (Cornerstone) began the professional practice of Land Surveying and Engineering in May of 1990. Cornerstone is composed of a select group of professionals with differing areas of expertise in land services. Our professionals have had years of "hands-on" practical experience and bring an exceptionally high level of technical expertise and knowledge to each project. We are recognized as leaders among our peers for thorough, complete, and conscientious work habits.
After years of serving as figure heads, marketing personnel, project accountants, and personnel managers, we left our old companies to band together to form a good "old fashioned" concept in surveying and engineering with the philosophy, ² if you want a job done right, do it yourself.² We believe no one is better qualified to determine project tasks and accomplish those tasks in a timely and efficient manner than a registered professional who is actually involved in every phase of a project. Our company policy allows only registered personnel in project management positions. How often have clients contacted a firm to ask a question only to be referred to a drafter, designer, or technician, because the surveyor or engineer was not familiar with the project and could not answer the question?
At Cornerstone, that does not happen, due to our commitment to having registered professionals as project team members who are involved in each task of the project. By utilizing registered professionals in all phases of the project, potential problems are quickly identified and suggested resolutions implemented, which keeps the project on schedule and under budget.
Technology plays a critical role in our work. Our services and products are dependent on state-of-the-art information systems, field and office equipment, and data gathering techniques. Our technological resources make quality and reasonably priced services possible for small or large projects with equal efficiency. Cornerstone
's high degree of field and office automation allows us to meet the most demanding of schedules. All office employees have a state of the art computers on their desks equipped with the latest software, and are networked by Windows 2000. This allows a CAD employee to be working on a drawing while across the building the project manager is checking the same drawing on his computer. All of our project managers and our CAD personnel have computers in their homes that can access our main server at the office any hour of the day or night thus allowing after hours work. This method allows our employees time with their families, and saves on weekend and late night travel time when meeting stringent deadlines. A practical scenario in the use of this automation is as follows:A call comes into our office after 6:00 PM from a contractor with a utility conflict of an urgent nature. The person taking the call would immediately contact the project manager at home, who would then connect to our office server via high speed access and download the drawings onto his home computer or he may choose to work directly on our server. The project manager could then make any necessary adjustments. If he required additional assistance, he would contact a CAD operator at home to finish the work that night. After checking the CAD work, the project manager could then send a copy of the revised electronic drawing to the field inspector’s house. If a hard copy is needed, one could be printed via the office plotter. The drawing would be ready for pick up early the next morning, before work resumes on the site.
In this scenario, no time is lost in travel; employees living in different towns instantly exchange data; the billable time is 100% productive; and, the biggest gain is that the contractor is never halted.
President:
R. David Branton, PLS & PE
Type of Ownership: S-Corporation founded 1990
Cornerstone’s Certificate of Authorization to practice Land Surveying &
Civil Engineering :
South Carolina C00032
North Carolina C-1395
Georgia
000519
| Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors | 1 |
| Professional Land Surveyors | 2 |
| Land Surveyors in Training | 0 |
| Surveying Technicians | 4 |
| Field Crews | 3 |
| Researchers | 2 |
| Administrative | 2 |
Insurance:
Automotive
$ 1,000,000.00
Business
Liability
$ 2,000,000.00
Business Liability Umbrella $ 1,000,000.00
Workers Compensation United States Longshoremen’s and Harbor
Workers
Professional Liability $ 1,000,000.00 per
occurrence, $ 1,000,000.00 aggregate
Cornerstone is pleased to offer the following services to our clients:
Boundary Surveying
All Classes of SC Minimum Standards|
ALTA/ACSM Surveys
Painting and Physically Marking Boundaries
Preparation of Legal Description
Courthouse Research of Chain of Title
Boundary Litigation Experts
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Topographic Surveys
All Classes of SC Minimum Standards
ALTA/ACSM Topographic Surveys
Quantity and Borrow Pit Surveys
Differential, Trigonometric, GPS and Photographic Methods
Site
Surveys
Industrial, Commercial, & Residential
All Classes of SC Minimum Standards
ALTA/ACSM Topographic Surveys
Tree Surveys
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Forensic Surveys
Accident Sites: Rail, Automotive, Boat, and Air
Crime Scene
Active & Passive Sites
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Geodetic & Control Surveys
All Classes of SC Minimum Standards
First, Second & Third Order Horizontal Control
First, Second & Third Order Vertical Control
Construction of Control Monuments
Any Coordinate System in any Unit
Conventional & GPS Methods
GIS Mapping Surveys
Utility Locations
Physical Improvements
Inventory and Quantity Surveys
Interior & Exterior Storage Facilities
Converting Paper Maps to Digital
Registration of scanned Maps into Coordinate System
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Subsurface Utility Surveys
Utility Records
Research
Compilation
of Record Data
Horizontal &
Vertical Location of Utilities
Subsurface
Geophysical Designation
Pothole Verification of Utility locations by
non-destructive method
Quality Levels A, B, C & D
Coordination with Local One Call
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Corridor & Utility Surveys
Rail, Highways, Bridges and Utilities
Topographic & Easement
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Hydrographic Surveys
Ponds & Lakes
Rivers
Inshore
Conventional & GPS Methods
Environmental Surveys
Wetlands
Ground Water Monitor Wells
Landfills
OCRM Critical Line
Inventory and Quantity Surveys
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Monitoring Surveys
Movement
Settlement
Vibration
Conventional, GPS and Photographic Methods
Construction Stakeout
Buildings & Improvements
Utilities
Control Networks
Highways & Railroads
Conventional & GPS Methods