Permits and Site Planning
When You Need a Retaining Wall Permit and an Engineer
You want to cut a level spot into a sloped yard and hold the bank with a block wall, and the contractor says it can start...
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Surveys, easements, and the paperwork that has to happen before the first cut.
Permits and Site Planning
You want to cut a level spot into a sloped yard and hold the bank with a block wall, and the contractor says it can start...
Permits and Site Planning
You want to level a pad, raise a low yard or build a driveway, and then the county map shows a blue shaded area across half the...
Permits and Site Planning
You want to level the back of the lot right up to the fence line, and the contractor says you cannot cut within a few feet of...
Permits and Site Planning
The surveyor emails a PDF full of wavy lines, tiny numbers and abbreviations, and the grading contractor wants to start next...
Permits and Site Planning
You are about to push dirt around near a property line, and the only thing telling you where that line sits is an old fence...
Permits and Site Planning
A skid steer cutting a swale six inches deeper than planned can find a gas service line that was buried at 18 inches thirty...