LJM Surveying lLC

Our Services

Guiding the Way

Our Mission

To deliver precise, reliable, and timely land surveying services that empower our clients to build, develop, and protect their property investments with absolute confidence. We combine advanced technology with deep local expertise to safeguard land boundaries and support sustainable community growth.


Land Surveying since 2002

About Me

With over two decades of dedicated land surveying experience spanning from 2002 to the present, I bring an extensive, field-to-finish understanding of the surveying profession. My career is defined by a rare balance of detailed legal and historical research, high-level computational CAD design, and direct field crew leadership. Over the last 20+ years, I have successfully bridged the gap between raw field data, complex municipal regulations, and precise survey deliverables.

I take pride in overseeing projects from the beginning—conducting in-depth deed, plat, and zoning research—through the end—conducting field work, drafting and final municipal recordation. My approach is rooted in absolute accuracy, whether I am adjusting complex traverses, building precise CAD drawings, or calculating layouts for civil infrastructures. Beyond the calculations, I serve as a vital communication liaison, proactively collaborating with design engineers, clients, municipal reviewers, and site superintendents to resolve plan discrepancies before crews ever hit the field.

Key Expertise & Capabilities

  • Comprehensive Survey Production: Proven expertise generating high-density Topographic, Boundary, Route, and Physical surveys, as well as complex ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys adhering to strict client-specific Table A items and title report exceptions.

  • Construction & Infrastructure Calculations: Advanced proficiency computing precise CAD points for heavy civil and commercial layouts, including storm/sanitary structures, building envelopes, curbs, vertical curves, and rough/fine grading.

  • Project & Crew Leadership: Direct responsibility for managing and guiding field crews in data collection, coordinating daily schedules with clients and engineering staff, and performing rigorous on-site drawing verification.

  • Regulatory Compliance & Subdivision Plats: Deep knowledge of local/state codes and FEMA regulations to draft legal descriptions, produce certified flood elevation certificates, and develop multi-lot subdivision, re-subdivision, and lot-line vacation plats.

  • Municipal Navigation: Experienced in submitting technical plats to local authorities, systematically addressing review comments, and driving projects through to successful recordation.

Featured Project Highlights

My career has helped in the successful execution and oversight of major commercial, municipal, and residential projects, including:

  • Commercial Portfolios (98 7-Eleven Sites): Surveying work includes initial topographic/ALTA surveys, resubdivision plats, easement exhibits, right-of-way dedications, utility/stormwater as-builts, and final construction stakeout.

  • Municipal Infrastructure (49 City of Norfolk Projects): Coordinated comprehensive boundary and topographic surveys to support in-house municipal engineering for critical city-wide drainage improvements and right-of-way dedications.

  • Large-Scale Residential Development (The Preserve at Lake Meade, Phases 1–6): Led boundary/topographic operations for in-house drainage engineering, easement exhibits, utility/stormwater as-built verifications, and comprehensive construction staking.

  • Environmental & Utility Mapping (City of Virginia Beach Stormwater Inventory): Executed complex stormwater inventory and asset evaluation mapping for Watersheds 6, 13, 14, 15, and 29.

Our
Team

  • Owner/John Miller LS

    John Miller LS

    Owner/Managing Member