Boundary beacons
Your corner beacons found, replaced and certified.
- Beacon relocation
- Beacon certificates
- Encroachment and boundary disputes
Professional Land Surveyor · KwaZulu-Natal
Know exactly where your land lies.
Boundary beacons, site surveys, subdivisions and setting out, by a registered Professional Land Surveyor.
- Registered
- PLS 1302
- In practice since
- 2016
- Surveys completed
- 980+
- Based in
- Cowies Hill, KZN
Services
Surveys for owners, architects, engineers and builders
From a single boundary peg to the layout of a new township, the work falls into six kinds.
Subdivisions
Diagrams framed for lodgement with the Surveyor-General.
- Subdivisions and consolidations
- Servitudes and leases
- Sectional title and township layouts
Topographical surveys
The site as it stands, contoured and ready to design on.
- Detail and contour surveys
- Site plans for building plan submission
- CAD drawings in DWG, DXF and PDF
Setting out & as-builts
The design marked on the ground, then checked once built.
- Building, wall and piling set-out
- Floor, slab and height certificates
- As-built surveys for estates and councils
Engineering surveys
Survey support for civil and structural work.
- Roads, bridges, culverts and pipelines
- Earthworks volumes and embankments
- Deformation and slab monitoring
Control & mapping
Accurate control, tied to the national survey system.
- GNSS control networks and levelling
- Ground control for aerial and LiDAR surveys
- Datum conversions and historical mapping
Which survey do I need?
Start from what you are trying to do
I am building a wall or fence, or have a boundary dispute
A beacon relocation. Each corner is found or re-placed and flagged, and you receive a beacon certificate.
My architect or engineer has asked for a survey
A topographical survey: contours, levels, buildings, services and boundaries, as a CAD drawing they can design on.
I want to divide my property, or join two into one
A subdivision or consolidation. The new boundaries are surveyed and a diagram is framed for lodgement with the Surveyor-General.
My builder is about to start
Setting out. The corners and levels from the approved plans are marked on site.
The estate or municipality wants a certificate
A height, slab or as-built certificate, confirming what was built matches the approved plans.
I need a diagram for a right of way or lease area
A servitude or lease survey, with a diagram framed for lodgement with the Surveyor-General.
How it works
Four steps from enquiry to signed plan
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1
Tell us about the property
The erf number and suburb, or the street address, and what you need the survey for.
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2
Written quotation
A fixed quotation listing exactly what will be surveyed and what you will receive.
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3
Records and fieldwork
The Surveyor-General's diagrams are researched first, then the site is surveyed with GNSS and total station.
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4
Plans and certificates
Checked drawings and signed certificates by email, and diagrams framed for lodgement with the Surveyor-General.
Where we work
Durban, the North Coast, the Upper Highway and the Midlands
Most work is within an hour or two of Durban, with a great deal of it in the residential estates of the North Coast and Upper Highway. Projects further afield, elsewhere in South Africa and in neighbouring countries, are taken on by arrangement.
Durban & Upper Highway
- Durban
- Durban North
- Westville
- Pinetown
- Kloof
- Hillcrest
- Assagay
- Cato Ridge
- Queensburgh
- Amanzimtoti
North Coast
- Umhlanga
- La Lucia
- Mount Edgecombe
- Umdloti
- Ballito
- Salt Rock
- Sheffield Beach
- Zinkwazi
- KwaDukuza
Estates
- Simbithi
- Zimbali
- Zimbali Lakes
- Palm Lakes
- Seaton
- Zululami
- Brettenwood
- Cotswold Downs
- Gowrie Farm
Midlands & beyond
- Pietermaritzburg
- Hilton
- Howick
- Balgowan
- South Coast
- Cape Town
Tools
RA Converter, built in this practice
The coordinate software used on these surveys is written in-house and is available to other surveyors. RA Converter runs in the browser, on a phone in the field or a desktop in the office, and your coordinates are processed on your own device.
Open RA Converter- Grid and geographic conversionsSouth African Lo grids, WGS84 and UTM, in either direction.
- Cape Datum to Hartebeesthoek94Including a local fit to the surrounding trig beacons.
- National control searchTrig beacons and town survey marks near your site.
- Cadastral boundariesErven, farm portions and servitudes on the map, with links to SG diagrams.
- Google Earth, CAD and CSVKML, DXF, Excel and PDF in and out.
- Survey calculationsJoins, traverses, areas, unit conversions and a GNSS fieldbook.
About
Richard Argall, Professional Land Surveyor
RA Geomatics is the practice of Richard Argall. Working across KwaZulu-Natal since 2016, with more than 980 surveys completed, every one done and signed off by a registered Professional Land Surveyor.
- PLS 1302Registered Professional Land Surveyor
- BSc Land SurveyingUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal, 2008
Request a survey
Get a quotation
The erf number and suburb is the most useful thing you can send. A street address works too.
- Call 082 711 1263
- Email richard@geomat.co.za
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Post
P.O. Box 938, Westville, 3629
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Office
Cowies Hill, KwaZulu-Natal