Strata Surveys in the Sea to Sky

Over the lifespan of a development in the Sea to Sky, the Strata Property Act provides a powerful mechanism to create individual ownership of units while maintaining communal governance over common property. Creating or altering strata lots is an intensely complex process strictly regulated by the Strata Property Act, the Strata Property Regulation, the Bare Land Strata Regulations, and the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors (ABCLS) Survey and Plan Rules. Because the "practice of land surveying" is legally defined to include determining, defining, and establishing boundaries in order to create new legal titles, only a commissioned BCLS holds the exclusive statutory authority under the Land Surveyors Act to prepare and certify your strata plan.

Our comprehensive strata surveying services cover all classifications of strata developments, offering solutions tailored to your specific project needs. For Building Strata plans, our field methodologies capture the exact physical geometry of the building to unambiguously define strata lots horizontally and vertically, typically utilizing the centerlines of structural walls, floors, and ceilings as mandated by Section 68 of the Act. For Bare Land Strata developments, which function similarly to conventional subdivisions but share common property like private access roads, boundaries are defined by physical survey markers driven into the earth rather than by buildings. We also masterfully handle Phased Strata plans governed by Part 13 of the Strata Property Act. This highly strategic approach allows developers to construct and register multi-stage communities over time using a Phased Strata Plan, spreading capital costs while ensuring future integration. Finally, as buildings age and evolve, we expertly navigate the intense complexities of Strata Plan Amendments under Part 15 of the Act. We expertly guide strata corporations through the systematic voting and registration requirements needed to consolidate units, redefine limited common property (LCP), or convert common property by preparing precise amending sheets for the Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA).

To achieve the absolute and relative accuracy standards mandated by the Surveyor General and the ABCLS, we deploy an professional suite of state-of-the-art surveying equipment. We establish a primary geodetic control network by occupying points for extended durations with Static GNSS Receivers, integrating the site into the provincial active control system. From this framework, RTK GNSS measurements are utilized in open-sky environments for rapid centimeter precision. Inside complex buildings, underground parkades, or dense urban corridors where satellite signals are entirely obstructed, we deploy high-precision Robotic Total Stations to run closed-loop traverses. For intricate architectural features, complex volumetric stairwells, or expansive structural envelopes, we utilize Terrestrial LiDAR (3D laser scanning) and Aerial Drone LiDAR to generate accurate, high-density 3D point clouds. This professional instrumentation guarantees that every strata plan accurately reflects the physical reality of your development.