Services

Civil Engineering

A successful site design begins with a thorough understanding of all conditions affecting the site. Our staff possess a comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of all the applicable local, state and federal regulations, along with a thorough understanding of the site constraints and factors affecting design. In combination with leading-edge technology, we work with our clients to create innovative, effective and economical solutions to a wide variety of engineering challenges. Over our many years of practice, we have developed valuable professional relationships with key decision makers in both the public and private sector.
We create site designs for projects ranging from individual home sites and major residential subdivisions to commercial, industrial and institutional developments. Our staff is highly efficient at overcoming obstacles and obtaining the necessary government approvals.
  • Residential Subdivision Design
  • Individual Home Site Plans & Permitting
  • Commercial/ Industrial/ Institutional Development Sites
  • Highway Design
  • Stormwater Management & Storm Drainage Design
  • Sediment & Erosion Control Design
  • Commercial & Residential Septic System Design
  • Hydrologic & Hydraulic Analysis
  • Watershed Studies
  • Flood Plain Studies
  • Variance, Special Exception & Rezoning Representation
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • ‘As-Built’ surveys & Record Drawings

Land Surveying

Drum, Loyka & Associates provides a full range of surveying services ranging from boundary surveys, topographic/location surveys, construction stakeout, legal descriptions and plats, elevation certifications, and aerial survey support and coordination. Our survey department is always on the leading edge of survey technology and methods, including our equipment and GPS abilities.
Our surveyors work closely with our engineering department to provide detailed, accurate data and mapping to ensure our plans are complete and can be counted on for design. Our experienced field staff also are responsive, accurate and flexible to our clients construction stakeout needs.
  • Boundary Surveys
  • ALTA/ ACSM Land Title Survey 2011 Standards
  • Location Surveys
  • Topographic Surveys
  • Legal Descriptions
  • FEMA Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)
  • FEMA Elevation Certification
  • Electrical Datum Plane
  • Construction Stakeout Services
  • Property Title Work
  • Lot Consolidation Agreements
  • Easements Plats or Descriptions
  • Right-to-discharge Plats or Agreements
  • As-Built Plans or Surveys

Planning/ Landscape Architecture

Drum, Loyka & Associates offers a full range of planning and landscape architecture services. Our planning expertise includes residential subdivisions, single family house site designs, and commercial and industrial site planning. Our planning department works closely with our engineering and surveying departments in order to provide fully integrated designs that work together as a whole.
Our landscape architecture services include residential landscape design for subdivisions and single family homes, commercial site landscaping plans, forest stand delineations, forest conservation plans, Critical Area buffer management plans, and stormwater management plantings. We coordinate closely with our clients to provide detailed, site-specific designs that are aesthetically pleasing, environmentally sensitive and functional while meeting County and State requirements.
  • Residential Subdivision Concept Plans/ Layouts
  • Individual Home Site Plans & Permitting
  • Commercial/ Industrial/ Institutional Site Studies
  • Development Feasibility Analysis
  • Developer Cost Estimates
  • Forest Stand Delineations
  • Forest Conservation Plans
  • Landscape Design & Planting Schedules
  • Critical Area Reports
  • Buffer Management Plans