Red Plains Surveying Company
Formed in 1999, Red Plains Surveying is a full service surveying and mapping firm. Our team includes licensed, professional land surveyors, geospatial experts, title specialists, and highly skilled CAD technicians and field crews. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, our reach is national. Our in-house surveyors are licensed in over 40 states and our affiliated surveyors cover the rest of the country. As a Certified Federal Surveyor (CFedS), we are authorized to work on federal, public, and tribal lands. We are a leader in ALTA/NSPS surveys for national due diligence firms across the United States. From topographic to design surveys, construction stake-outs to special survey requests, we do it all, on-time and at a reasonable cost.
James 'Mick' Powers, RPLS, CFedS, CP
A recognized authority in all surveying disciplines, Mick serves as President and CEO of Red Plains. Mick founded Red Plains Surveying in 1999. Almost immediately he garnered a large share of the local survey market, established a solid position with tribal and federal contracts, and captured a rapidly growing share of the national ALTA/ACSM market.
With 34 state licenses, a Certified Federal Survey License (CFedS), a Certified Photogrammetrist License and three decades of hands-on survey experience, Mick is a consummate professional in the survey industry.
‘In House Expertise!’
In addition to our highly recognized professional surveyors, field crews, and production staff, we have developed the ‘next level’ of expertise which other firms do not possess:
A fully-staffed Research Department helps overcome delays caused by waiting for others to supply information.
We proactively research the information we need to provide your survey.
We maintain seasoned Title Specialists on our team. They identify title issues early in the process, and interact with title companies to resolve these issues before they cause delays.
We maintain highly experienced Geospatial Experts to design and implement efficient and affordable GIS solutions.
We are a firm dedicated solely to surveying, and surveying excellently.
We take pride in our team!
Multi-Site Portfolios Are Our Speciality
As is often the case, Red Plains was contracted to provide 95 cell tower surveys, in twelve different states, in both urban centers and remote areas. Since we specialize in high volume, multi-site jobs, and also in cell tower surveys, we mobilized our field crews and got the job done, on time and under budget in just 28 days.
Urban Renewal & Dense Population Surveying
Working in a densely populated area like San Francisco presents challenges to some survey crews. We do it all the time! Red Plains surveyed a portfolio of 34 large apartment complexes across the Bay Area. This project was completed, on time and under budget, and delivered to our client in just 8 days!
Federal, State and Municipality Relationships
Named after an Oklahoma native, and the first Native American Major General, Tinker Air Force Base is a major presence in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Red Plains has done extensive work on the base, including topographic surveys, surveys for environmental projects, and a study of the traffic impact of the base’s 11 access gates. This is one example of the many state and federal relationships we maintain.
Vendor of Choice
Red Plains crews spent 2 months on the TX-LA-AR border, traversing through the swamps, surveying a complex boundary over 22,000 acres for Georgia Pacific’s paper operations. As master cadastral surveyors, we excel at the challenge of large acreage sites. When the project was completed, on time and under budget, the final submission to the client totaled over 100 drawings.
A National Leader in Design Surveys
Three dimensional design surveys are a key foundation to any construction and re-development project. As a national leader in this field, Red Plains has performed design surveys for major clients like Murphy’s Oil, Family Dollar, Stripes Convenience Stores, Wal Mart, and numerous others.
Control Point Surveys For Aerial Photogrammetry
Red Plains established ground control over the entirety of Phoenix/Maricopa County, Arizona. Over two weeks, Red Plains field crews established 324 highly precise control points using both existing features and aerial targets. As a partner with major national aerial surveying companies, Red Plains has established ground control for dozens of sites as diverse as remote wind farm locations in the rural Midwest to large urban areas, such as Phoenix, and the entirety of Los Angeles County (4000 square miles).
Surveyor of Choice for National Retailers
Surveying dozens, even hundreds of retail sites across multiple states is a specialty of Red Plains. National due diligence firms with large commercial real estate portfolios turn to Red Plains for quality, on time surveys for time dependent property transactions. Some of our multi-site, multi-state projects include these 100 Pep Boys locations across six states. We also regularly complete portfolio orders for Tesoro petroleum stations, Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, Applebees restaurants, BP gas stations, Family Dollar stores, Wendy’s Family Restaurants, and numerous other National Chains. Red Plains is the surveyor of choice for large commercial property portfolios.
‘On Time, Error Free, Excellence!’
It was during the 25 years prior to forming Red Plains that the founder of our company developed his vast survey experience and our company’s mission statement.
ON TIME: We understand due dates are not suggestions. They are crucial to the success of any project. We deliver the survey products you require, on time!
ERROR FREE: The tenure and experience of our licensed surveyors, the training, experience, and attention to detail of our field crews, the professionalism and experience of our production department, and a commitment to quality assurance throughout the entire process all ensure we provide error free survey products.
EXCELLENCE: The professionals at Red Plains surpass the ordinary by delivering quality surveys, on time and on budget, that exceed our clients’ expectations.