What Happens During Construction Staking Before You Break Ground

Surveyors use a total station and GPS rover for construction staking on a cleared building site before excavation begins

A groundbreaking ceremony is mostly for photos. The real work happened days earlier, when a survey crew walked the site with stakes, flags, and a total station. That work decides where every wall, pipe, and driveway will actually sit. Skip it or rush it, and the mistakes show up later, in concrete. Here is what […]