Civil Engineering · Land Surveying · Land Development
Civil Engineering & Land Surveying · Est. 1994

Engineering Built on Trusted Foundations.

Quality civil engineering, land surveying, and land development services to public and private clients across 20 states — with precision and integrity since 1994.

30+
Years Strong
5,100+
Clients Served
20
States
4
Regional Offices
What We Do

Four disciplines. One standard of precision.

i.

Civil Engineering

Site design, roadway & municipal engineering, stormwater management, and hydrology from concept through closeout.

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ii.

Land Surveying

Boundary, topographic, ALTA, and construction surveys — complete services from inception through completion.

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iii.

Telecom Engineering

Engineering design and land surveying for all types of wireless telecom towers and equipment nationwide.

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iv.

Environmental

Assessments, remediation, permitting, stormwater and wetland services across the regulatory spectrum.

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Our Values

"We value our client relationships and believe open communication is the foundation of understanding and satisfying your needs."

Landmark is a group of dedicated professional engineers, land surveyors and support staff serving clients from regional offices in Moline, Illinois; Nashville, Tennessee; Lafayette, Louisiana; and Lakeland, Florida.

How We Work
  • A successful project begins with listening to the client
  • Scope of work matched to objectives, codes & ordinances
  • Customized to fit your budget and regulatory requirements
  • IAFSM & CPESC certified professionals
  • From conceptual planning through project closeout
Our Work

A portfolio shaped by the land itself.

From single-family subdivisions to industrial campuses and waste water technology — explore our work by category.

What Clients Say

A new standard for future applicants.

"The 3D model helps us with the transformation from paper to reality of what the development will look."

— Plan Commission Member

"Your submittal and presentation sets a new standard for future applicants."

— Plan Commission Member
Serving These Areas

Twenty states. Surveyed from above.

Four regional offices. Twenty states of public and private work. Hover the map to explore our coverage.

Moline Nashville Lafayette Lakeland
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Landmark / About

It begins with listening.

A successful project begins with listening to the client to determine precisely what they want to accomplish. From there, we organize a scope of work that matches your objectives to all regulatory codes, ordinances, and professional standards.

The Full Lifecycle

From first sketch to final closeout.

Conceptual Planning
Design Review & Approval
Permitting
Bid Administration
Construction Oversight
Project Closeout

We customize a scope of work to fit both your budget and the regulatory requirements that will be encountered. Our land surveyors routinely capture and compile topographic and boundary data incorporated into engineering design, boundary identification, legal descriptions, elevation certification, construction layout, and as-built records.

Since 1994

Over 5,100 clients and counting.

Engineering

  • Commercial, Industrial, Institutional & Residential Site Designs
  • Municipal Engineering
  • Roadway Design
  • Utility Extensions
  • Hydrology & Hydraulic Analysis
  • ADA Compliance
  • Planning & Programming
  • Federal & State Grant Application

Surveying

  • ALTA Land Title Surveys
  • Boundary Surveys
  • Topographic Surveys
  • Engineering Design Surveys
  • Building Permit Surveys
  • Construction Staking
  • Preliminary & Final Plat of Survey
  • As-built Surveys

Let's scope your project the right way.

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Landmark / Services / Civil Engineering

Civil engineering at every scale.

From 15 miles of Mississippi River levee to a $750 million plant expansion — a selection of projects that demonstrate the depth of our practice.

Lee County, IA

Green Bay Levee & Drainage District

  • Design & construction administration for restoration & reshaping of 15 miles of levee on the Mississippi & Skunk rivers
  • Sediment removal in 3 miles of the Lost Creek drainage way
  • Engineering evaluation for 100-year levee certification through FEMA & USACE under CFR 65.10
Milan, IL

John Deere Parts Distribution Facility

A 380,000 sq-ft addition with extensive site improvements: new truck access roadway, loading docks, employee entrance and parking, storm water detention facilities and pump station. Detention basin and outfall design adjacent to a regulated wetland, with permits acquired through USACOE. PCC access roadway design included fly-ash modification of unstable, high-moisture sub-grade soils.

Clinton, IA

ADM Co-generation & Polymer Facilities

Comprehensive stormwater management plan for a $750 million plant expansion — multiple storm sewer systems, pump stations, force mains, detention basins, outfall structures, and secondary containment. Designed to meet suspended-solids removal targets and USEPA Stormwater NPDES / Clean Water Act Phase II requirements, with additional surveying and construction layout.

Milan, IL

Allied Business Park

Topographic and boundary surveys, site improvement and construction plans for a new 10.5-acre business park with 7 buildings. Design, plans, specifications, estimates and permitting for underground utilities, storm water detention, sanitary sewer main extensions and roadways.

Elgin, IL

The Centre of Elgin

Boundary, topographical, as-built and construction layout surveys plus full site development plans for a 185,000 sq-ft downtown recreation facility — including streetscaping for pedestrian accessibility, landscape enrichment, utility relocation, and pavement restoration on surrounding streets.

Kansas City, KS

University of Kansas Heart Hospital

Topographic survey, site and infrastructure design, specifications, cost estimating, and bid document preparation for a 245,000 sq-ft building addition with underground parking — including privatizing Cambridge Street as the main entrance, with street improvements and utility coordination.

Carpentersville, IL

deLacey Family Education Center

Topographic and boundary surveys, plat of dedication, site improvement plans and construction layout for a new 47,000 sq-ft school with track & field facility, football field, soccer fields, playground, two parking facilities, underground utilities, and storm water detention ponds.

Moline, IL

US Fish and Wildlife Building

Survey, design, construction observation and staking.

Elgin, IL

Spartan Baseball Field — Elgin Community College

Topographic survey and site development plans: grading, coordinate geometry, parking lot design, utility design, soil erosion and sediment control, and full baseball field design, layout, details and specifications.

Plato Township, IL

Seven Creeks Residential Subdivision

A 65-lot subdivision on 40 acres containing 10.5 acres of wetlands. Storm water collection designed to LEED standards using bioswales, wetland plantings, rain gardens, and sediment traps to meet the Clean Water Act — plus annexation, platting, wetland mitigation planning, SWPPP, utility design, and a full design report covering density, zoning, economics, utilities, and traffic.

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Landmark / Services / Land Surveying

Measured once. Trusted always.

Complete land surveying for every type of project, from inception through completion — the highest quality of workmanship while keeping your project under budget and on schedule.

Capabilities

Every survey your project needs.

Boundary & Title

  • Boundary Surveys
  • ALTA/ASCM Land Title Surveys
  • Land Acquisition Surveys
  • Legal Descriptions
  • Monumentation
  • Real Property Reports

Topographic & Field

  • Topographic Surveys
  • Spot Surveys
  • Building / Foundation Surveys
  • Route Surveys
  • Bathymetric / Hydrographic Surveys
  • Tree Surveys
  • Wetland Delineation Flag Locates & Mapping
  • GPS Services

Platting & Construction

  • Preliminary & Final Plats
  • Plat of Subdivision
  • Plat of Easement
  • Plat of Annexation
  • Construction Layout / Staking
  • Record Drawings / As-Built Surveys
  • Flood Elevation Certificates
  • House & Improvement Location Surveys
Field Notes

Selected surveying work.

Denison & Shenandoah, IA

Wal-Mart Super Centers

Construction layout for new stores — staking for building grid lines, parking lot pavement, light poles, traffic signals, storm & sanitary sewer, and water mains.

Council Bluffs, IA

Combined I-29 & I-80 Reconstruction

Construction staking for grading, paving, lighting and signage on a combined interstate reconstruction.

Elgin, IL

Festival Park

Topographic survey of riverfront promenade improvements — 1-foot contours on a 50-foot grid, spot elevations, above and below-ground utility locations, benchmarks, and all existing site improvements.

Clinton, IA

Clinton Mississippi Marina

Construction layout of maintenance building, restaurant, parking lots, channel excavation (dredging), boat ramps, boat slips and walking bridge.

Savanna, IL

Savanna Army Depot

Geophysical survey grids for the exploration of unexploded ordnance — grid y-axes oriented to magnetic north, corner data referenced to the Illinois State Plane Grid System.

Clinton, IA

ADM Rail Yard

Construction layout for an 8-track, 2,000-foot classification rail yard.

Clinton, IA

Clinton County Drainage District #23

Field survey locating visible tile outlets, cross sections at 200-foot intervals, and centerline drainage ditch profile.

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Landmark / Services / Telecom

Engineering for the wireless landscape.

Engineering design and land surveying for all types of wireless telecom towers and equipment — from FAA certification to construction observation.

Capabilities

Tower-to-ground expertise.

Engineering & Regulatory

  • Design Plans & Specifications
  • FAA Certifications (1A & 2C)
  • FCC Documents & Permitting
  • Zoning & Permitting
  • Right-of-Acquisition
  • Construction Layout & Observation
  • Structural Reports / Evaluations (varies by state)

Surveying & GIS

  • Boundary Surveys
  • Topographic Surveys
  • Lease Surveys
  • Easement Surveys
  • As-Built Surveys
  • GIS Platforms for Tower Location Tracking
Trusted By

Carriers & tower companies nationwide.

T-MobileCingularUS Cellular SprintNextel PartnersAlamosa PCS iPCSAirgateAmerican Tower Crown CastleSBASpectrasite CMS – Little RockASC NationalSCC America iWireless

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Landmark / Services / Environmental

Stewardship, engineered.

Environmental engineering services spanning air quality, site assessment and remediation, regulatory compliance, stormwater, and wetland management.

Capabilities

The full regulatory spectrum.

Air & Assessment

  • Air Emission Permitting / Analysis
  • Air Monitoring
  • Air Dispersion Modeling
  • Phase I Assessments
  • Phase II Investigations
  • Phase III Remediation
  • Asbestos Surveys & Remediation

Waste & Compliance

  • Landfill Permitting
  • Monitoring & Testing
  • LUST Remediation / Closure Plans
  • SARA Title III
  • Solid & Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
  • Special Site Remediation
  • SPCC Plans
  • Industrial Waste Management
  • MSDS Database Management

Water & Wetlands

  • NPDES Permitting
  • Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans
  • Wetland Mitigation & Permitting
  • Wastewater Collection / Treatment Analysis & Design
  • Infiltration & Inflow Studies

Navigate compliance with confidence.

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Landmark / Projects

Work that shapes communities.

Explore our design portfolio across seven categories — from residential subdivisions and multi-family communities to industrial campuses and waste water technology.

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Landmark / Projects / Waste Water

Treatment, modeled in 3D.

Our waste water practice is technology-forward: every plant is designed and presented as a full 3D model, so owners, operators, and plan commissions see the facility before a single yard of concrete is poured.

Featured Plants

See the plant before it's built.

Interactive 3D plant models — coming to this page.

3D Model · Coming Soon

Shamsie Dairy

Waste Water Treatment

Full 3D plant model and treatment technology details to be featured here.

3D Model · Coming Soon

BF Marina

Waste Water Treatment

Full 3D plant model and treatment technology details to be featured here.

Wastewater Collection & Treatment
Analysis and design of complete collection and treatment systems.
NPDES Permitting
Discharge permitting and compliance under the Clean Water Act.
Infiltration & Inflow Studies
Identifying and resolving system capacity loss.
3D Plant Modeling
Paper-to-reality visualization for owners and plan commissions.

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Landmark / Contact

Let's get your project off the ground.

Four offices, one number — we respond within 24 hours.

Our Offices

Four offices. One point of contact.

Illinois

Moline

Tennessee

Nashville

Louisiana

Lafayette

Florida

Lakeland

"The 3D model helps us with the transformation from paper to reality of what the development will look."

— Plan Commission Member

"Your submittal and presentation sets a new standard for future applicants."

— Plan Commission Member