Survey Works provides as-built surveys for commercial, civil, and infrastructure projects across Central Texas. An as-built survey documents where every constructed feature actually ended up, capturing its real-world location, elevation, and configuration once the build is complete. Engineers, developers, contractors, and municipalities use the deliverable to confirm the project matches the approved plans and is ready for final inspection.
As-built surveys are sometimes called post-construction surveys or construction monitoring surveys. The deliverable is a sealed drawing, CAD file, or report showing the actual as-built condition of walls, foundations, utilities, grading, and hardscape overlaid against the design plans, with any deviations called out for the record.
What an as-built survey documents
Our field crews capture the precise location and elevation of every feature the scope requires. That typically includes building corners, foundation edges, utility line inverts, manhole rims, parking layouts, drainage structures, and final grade elevations. We return the data in the format the design team or municipality requires, most often as a sealed PDF plus a CAD file keyed to the project coordinate system.
Projects that need documentation at multiple stages (foundation, framing, MEP rough-in, final) can run as a staged construction monitoring effort instead of a single post-construction survey.
When clients order an as-built survey
Most as-built surveys happen at one of four moments in a construction timeline. A commercial owner orders one before the certificate of occupancy to verify the building sits inside its permitted envelope. A civil engineer orders one to close out a grading or utility package and confirm plan quantities match what was installed. A contractor orders one to document tie-ins on utility work before anything is covered. In some cases, a municipality or permitting agency requires one as part of the final submittal.
Survey Works handles as-builts across commercial development, utility infrastructure, site grading, road and paving work, and telecommunications projects. On telecom builds, the as-built ties back to FAA and zoning compliance through an associated FAA 1A certification.
Where this fits in the construction survey workflow
An as-built survey is the end of the survey lifecycle for a project. It comes after construction staking has laid out the design and after the structure is built. It is the record of what actually ended up on the ground.
Survey Works has run as-built scopes on Central Texas projects for over 15 years, from single-lot commercial builds to multi-acre civil packages. Every project gets the same field-tested methods and dependable coordination.
If you are approaching a certificate of occupancy, closing out a civil package, or need a construction monitoring scope on an active build, request a proposal and we will walk you through the scope, timeline, and deliverable format.