Main Street Flowery Branch in 1899.
When Cotton was sold on the streets.
Flowery Branch Depot, on the Southern Railroad. The Railroad came to the area in 1872.
Main Street Flowery Branch.
03/19/2009
Notice how the building on the
right is the same today.
Flowery Branch Depot 03/19/09
(moved & renovated)
About Us Purpose BSI's purpose is to provide professional land surveying consulting services to private and public entities so that our clients achieve their goals. Our expertly led project delivery teams with seasoned surveyors bring value to our clients through their previous land development and project management experiences. From initial concepts, through due diligence, detailed design, construction staking and final plats, BSI takes great pride in our proven ability to meet our clients' scope, quality, schedule and cost objectives.
BSI is a Land Surveying provider headquartered in the Northeast Atlanta Metro area. Providing technical expertise, professional integrity and superior service, Brian Sutherland has worked with public and private clients in the Georgia region for 18 years.
Mission
At BSI, we believe that successful projects are built on successful relationships. Our clients value our old-fashioned service as much as they prize our technical expertise. Here at BSI we have all the resources on hand to craft the precise solution that every project needs. Our mission is to provide professional land surveying and related services in a timely manner and for a reasonable fee.
Operating Region
BSI employs Professional Land Surveyors registered in the State of Georgia. Our typical client base is located throughout the North Georgia and Atlanta Metro area. All survey crews are fully equipped with mobile office capabilities and are accustomed to travel.
SURVEYING DEFINED:
"Land Surveying" means any service, work, or practice, the adequate performance of which requires the application of special knowledge of the principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the requirements of relevant law in the evaluation and location of property rights, as applied to:
(A) Measuring and locating lines, angles, elevations, natural and manmade features in the air, on the surface of the earth, in underground works, and on the beds of bodies of water, for the purpose of determining and reporting positions, topography, areas, and volumes;
(B) Establishing or reestablishing, locating or relocating, or setting or resetting of
Monumentation for any property, easement, or right of way boundaries, or the boundary of any estate or interest therein;
(C) The platting and layout of lands and subdivisions thereof, including alignment and grades of streets and roads, excluding thoroughfares;
(D) The design, platting, and layout, incidental to subdivisions of any tract of land by a land surveyor, of:
(i) Grading plans and site plans;
(ii) Erosion and sediment control plans, including detention ponds, provided that no impoundment shall be designed on a live (perennial) stream; provided, further, that such detention ponds:
(I) Contain no more than five acre-feet of water storage at maximum pool (top of dam) or are no more than ten feet in height for a dry storage pond;
(II) Are no more than six feet in height for a permanent (wet) storage pond; or
(III) Contain no more than three acre- feet of water storage at maximum pool (top of dam) if the height is more than ten feet but less than 13 feet for a dry storage pond;
(iii) Storm water management plans and facilities, including hydrologic studies and temporary sediment basins, provided that the contributing drainage area shall not be larger than 100 acres; and
(iv) Extension of existing water distribution piping and gravity sewers, eight inches in diameter or smaller, provided that off- site length shall not exceed 1,000 feet, the design and construction of which shall conform to the local government ordinances and regulations, and such extensions shall be subjected to the review and approval of a local government which has been delegated approval authority by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources;
(E) Conducting horizontal and vertical control surveys, layout or stake-out of proposed construction, or the preparation of as-built surveys, which relate to property, easement, or right of way boundaries;
(F) Utilization of measurement devices or systems, such as aerial photogrammetry, geodetic positioning systems, land information systems, or similar technology for evaluation or location of property, easement, or right of way boundaries; or
(G) The preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, drawings, exhibits, field notes, or property descriptions representing these services.