You handle the field work. We handle the drawing.
Land surveying and CAD drafting are two different skill sets, and not every survey firm wants to keep a full-time drafter on staff — especially when workload swings throughout the season. We provide CAD drafting services for licensed surveyors, taking the field data you've already collected and turning it into a finished, properly formatted drawing ready for your review and seal. We're not a surveying firm — we don't collect field data, establish boundaries, or certify survey work. That's entirely your call as the licensed surveyor. We draft what you've already measured and determined.
Why outsource drafting instead of hiring
Bringing on a full-time drafter only makes sense if you've got steady, year-round volume to justify it. For a lot of survey firms, workload comes in waves — busy season, slow season, the occasional rush job with a tight closing date. Outsourcing drafting gives you flexible capacity without the overhead of another employee, and you only pay for the work that actually comes through the door.
What this looks like in practice
You send us your field data along with your formatting requirements — or use our own complete CAD setup if you don't have your own standards yet. We can also build your firm a custom title block if you want one. If your data has field codes or a description key set we haven't worked with before, there's typically some upfront setup time the first time around, but that's a one-time cost rather than something repeated on every job after that.
The bottom line
If your firm needs reliable CAD drafting capacity without adding headcount, see our full drafting for surveyors service page for what we draft, how the process works, and our rate structure. Or reach out directly and tell us what you're working with.