Lake Michigan Surveying

Lake Michigan Surveying, LLC is a full-service land surveying firm dedicated to providing our clients with accurate, professional, and timely surveying services. Our team is led by Nicholas J. Battjes, a fully licensed professional surveyor with extensive experience in a wide array of surveying projects. We strive to perform projects correctly, on time, and at a fair price, utilizing passion, experience, and diligence in all we do.

Our Services

At Lake Michigan Surveying, we offer a variety of services to meet our clients' surveying needs. These include:

Boundary Survey

A boundary survey is used to retrace an existing parcel's boundary lines according to that parcel's recorded deed and to locate improvements on that parcel. This type of survey is essential for landowners, banks, and title companies to verify that there are no occupation or deed line discrepancies associated with the property.

Topographic Survey

Topographic survey is a three-dimensional survey map showing spot elevations and/or contours, existing structures, utility locations, fence lines, waterways, etc. It is primarily used for the design of subdivisions, new construction, parking areas, and drainage plans.

FEMA Elevation Certs/LOMA

For properties that remain in the floodplain, the insurance company needs certain elevation data in order to rate the insurance. A LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment) can remove a structure or parcel from the floodplain. The surveyor will collect the necessary elevation data and photographs and then complete the elevation certificate.

ALTA/NSPS Mapping

This type of survey is normally used by Title Insurance and Mortgage Companies where they instruct the surveyor to perform specific survey and mapping requirements such as locating the legal boundary lines and any improvements, easements, sewer, water, electric, telephone, and floodplain lines and any encroachments that affect the property so the survey exception can be removed by the title company. ALTA/ACSM surveys are typically used on multifamily, commercial or industrial pieces of property and occasionally on large vacant tracts and residential property.

Construction Staking

Construction staking can be utilized for projects large and small. This may be as minor as laying out a house or barn foundation or as large as a highway bridge.

Land Divisions

A land division survey map is a subdivision of a parcel of land into multiple parcels. This may vary depending on the local municipality or county ordinance. Land divisions are used to create new parcels, combine contiguous parcels, or alter lot lines. Typically, land division maps will be reviewed by the local municipality and/or County in which the lots are created.

Meet Our Surveyor

Our team is led by Nicholas J. Battjes, a fully licensed professional surveyor with extensive experience in a wide array of surveying projects. Prior to founding Lake Michigan Surveying, Nick spent time at a Grand Rapids area survey engineering firm and worked as a surveyor in Bellingham, Washington, where he is also licensed as a professional surveyor. He has completed a wide array of projects, from large and small-scale boundary and mapping surveys to highway and bridge construction.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Surveying Engineering from Ferris State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management from Western Michigan University. He is a member of the Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors and is licensed and insured in Michigan.