J.D. Barnes Limited serving Ontario and Canada

OUR SERVICES

We provide integrated solutions to our clients. At the forefront of technology in the Canadian surveying and mapping industry, our company was among the first in North America to utilize automated plotting systems, electronic total stations, computer-aided drafting systems, penbase computers, GPS and microcomputers.

Our services compliment those provided by engineers, planners, architects, lawyers and other consultants involved in the design, development and construction industry. We provide a full range of legal surveying services to both the public and private sector such as plans of subdivision, reference plans for boundary resolution and land titles application, surveyor’s real property reports and topographic plans for land development. Engineering surveys include services provided on utility and pipeline corridors, highways, and large infrastructure projects.

LAND SURVEYS

Our thirteen regional offices provide expert consulting services throughout Canada to engineering, utility, government, construction, development and private clients. We have assembled professional teams with industry leading expertise in boundary, engineering, freehold and condominium land development and complex transportation and utility infrastructure surveys. This diversified land survey support is seamlessly provided to clients in all offices and is complimented by our aerial mapping group and our underground utility locating group when clients can benefit from a fully integrated professional solution for their project.

We offer a wide range of services:
- GPS Surveys
- Volume Surveys
- Utility Surveys
- Drainage Surveys
- As-Built Surveys
- Grid Line Surveys
- Industrial Surveys
- Condominium Surveys
- Subdivision Surveys
- Topographic Surveys
- Reference Plan Surveys
- Pre-engineering Surveys
- Boundary Stakeout Surveys
- Registration Plans (ACLS)
- Cemetery Surveys and Plans
- Construction Layout Surveys
- Deformation Monitoring Surveys
- Site Plans for Building Permits
- Surveyor's Real Property Reports
- Boundaries Act Surveys and Plans
- New House Builder Survey Packages
- Horizontal and Vertical Control Surveys
- First Nation Registration Plans and Official Plans
- Services in support of Severances, Minor Variances and Rezoning Applications

TERRESTRIAL LIDAR SCANNING

J.D. Barnes Limited’s comprehensive LiDAR solutions provide survey grade georeferenced point cloud data at cost effective and expedited project deliverable timelines. Deliverables range from point cloud data to completely vertorized CAD files. Our LiDAR workflow seamlessly integrates state of the art field instrumentation, expert staff and proprietary QC/QA processes to provide the highest quality LiDAR survey deliverables.

UNDERGROUND UTILITY LOCATES & SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING (SUE)

Provide professional Underground Utility Locate and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) services as well as infrastructure damage prevention seminars to engineering consultants, contractors, land owners and utility companies across Ontario.

For more detailed information, please see subsidiary website: OnSite Locates

AERIAL MAPPING

Our Aerial Mapping Group, which is a division of First Base Solutions Inc., provides aerial photo and lidar acquisition, topographic mapping, digital elevation models, aerial orthorectified photo mosaics and custom land information solutions.

For more detailed information, please see subsidiary website: First Base Solutions

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

Our GIS and Ecommerce WEB Group, which is a division of First Base Solutions Inc., provides an extensive multi vintage online library of aerial photos and lidar, topographic mapping, digital elevation models, aerial orthorectified photo mosaics, Teranet property fabric, custom online land information solutions and integrated online data streaming solutions.