land surveying

Huffman Business Park ALTA Survey

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

In 2025 a private client contracted BELL to conduct an ALTA survey of a 2-acre property in the Anchorage business park. BELL researched and analyzed title and easement documents, conducted boundary retracement, field survey, and prepared a survey to ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey standards. To meet the client’s accelerated delivery request, BELL integrated conventional surveying, terrestrial laser scanning, and drone aerial imagery resulting in an efficient and comprehensive dataset that reduce the field time needed to complete the survey.

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Merrill Field Construction Survey

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

In 2025 BELL assisted in the upgrade and repaving at the Merrill Field runway. Work consists of topography for final volume computations, runway striping, staking light cans, and setting primary monuments. BELL was able to efficiently perform this work, while still abide by the tight airport tolerances.

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Willow Pipeline Project

Location: North Slope, Alaska

2023-2025 BELL offered survey support on a pipeline expansion project on the North Slope. This multi-year project was over 25 miles of pipeline (over 2600 piles) ranging from the Willow project to Prudhoe Bay lease. Survey services include establishing and expanding survey control networks, precise pile staking, pipeline layout, tie-in support, and post-construction as-builts. A key differentiator in the success of this project was our ability to conduct stake-out computations in real-time, enabling immediate field adjustments and ensuring alignment with project tolerances. BELL’s field teams maintained close coordination with multiple contractors, facilitating seamless communication and schedule adherence.

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NANA Reservoir Platting

Location: Deadhorse, Alaska

BELL provided professional land surveying services to conduct the platting of ASLS 2016-25 to facilitate the issuance of a lease to the North Slope Borough. The project included the surveying and platting of a 62-acre reservoir located west of the Sagavanirktok River. Tasks included research, recovering and setting monumentation, and preparing and record a plat in accordance with the DNR and NSB regulations. Additionally, BELL had to establish the boundary between the Sagavanirktok River and ASLS 2016-25 by determining the original (naturally unaltered) ordinary high-water line.

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Trail Mapping DNR Record of Survey

Location: Valdez, Alaska

The purpose of this survey was to create a Record of Survey (ROS) to the Department of Natural Resources standards in order to support new land management for the city. The survey included establishing control and locating 3 miles of trail and associated improvements. BELL was tasked with recovering as much of the original monumentation as possible, some dating back to the early 1900s. It was exciting to recover some of the original stone tablets used for survey monuments.

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Manh Choh Gold Mine

Location: Tok, Alaska

In 2023–2024 BELL provided surveying and engineering support for the construction of an 11‑mile mine access road and mining infrastructure. Tasks performed were topographic survey, contour slope and clearing limit staking, material volumes, improvement staking, and drone imagery.

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Scanning for the MOA AWWU

AWWU – King Street Archives Building Expansion

BELL recently completed a surveying support project for the expansion of the Municipality of Anchorage (AWWU) Archive Building located on E 94th Court Anchorage, Alaska. Our team lead the effort for design surveying, construction staking and as-built. We also provided additional services as requested: civil engineering (existing site/demolition plan, civil site plan, grading, drainage, AG-21, erosion control, and construction details), mechanical design, and our 3D laser scanning capabilities. By scanning the whole building, inside and out, we were able to create a “Google Street View” of the project building and location. This was an accelerated schedule and was completed 60 days from NTP.

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Surveying the Dena'ina Center

Indoor Geodetic Surveys

In March, BELL was contracted out by LocationSmart, a firm in Southern California specializing in location technologies spanning indoor and outdoor use for any device. They have tested the accuracy of cell phone 9-1-1 calls all over California, and this year they made their way up North. Our Anchorage crew conducted indoor geodetic surveys of 15 different buildings in and around the Anchorage Bowl. This project consisted of determining the precise coordinates and elevation of selected test locations within buildings identified by LocationSmart. LocationSmart set up bases of eight different cell phones and called 9-1-1 simultaneously while we tested points. The cell phones reached a controlled, automated number specifically designed to conduct these experiments. The crew successfully collected and verified points from the following buildings:

  1. Loussac Library
  2. Eagle River Rent-A-Can
  3. Chugiak Wonderland Emporium
  4. Hotel Captain Cook
  5. BELL & Associates Office Building
  6. Fairview Recreation Center
  7. Anchorage Senior Center
  8. Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center
  9. Three Bears Alaska
  10. Anchorage Museum
  11. Native Village of Eklutna
  12. Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
  13. Anchorage City Hall
  14. Alaska Airlines Center
  15. Towne Place Suites by Marriot
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Sitzmark Bar & Grill

Location: Girdwood, Alaska

In 2012 BELL provided laser scanning services to Z-Architects to scan the inside of the Sitzmark Bar Grill located in Girdwood, Alaska. This purpose of this project was accurately dimension the ceiling area for placement of sound panels. The main issues were that the ceiling was high (accessible by scaffolding only), irregularly shaped, and had various lighting and piping hanging from it. The dimensions and conflicts of the various sections were identified using the laser scan data allowing the panels to be pre-fabricated so that the scaffolding only had to be erected for installation, thereby minimizing the disturbance to the restaurant.

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BELL engineering and survey Gallo Center

Gallo Center

Location: Anchorage

The project involved developing a 3.63 acre parcel for the construction of a 47,161 s.f. multi-use commercial building with parking lot. The building phase consisted of retail suites and mechanical room on the first floor and two offices on the second floor. BELL provided topographic and as-built survey, civil engineering design, permitting and construction assistance. Engineering design drawings were prepared to meet current Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) standards and design criteria. BELL prepared the civil site plan, grading and drainage plan, erosion control plan, and design of utility service lines and storm water system. Type 3 Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) was also prepared for this project.

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