As-Built Surveys

An “as-built survey” is, pursuant to Wikipedia:

[A] survey carried out during or immediately after a construction project for record, completion evaluation and payment purposes. An as-built survey is also known as a 'works as executed survey' and documents the location of the recently constructed elements that are subject to completion evaluation. As built surveys are often presented in red or redline and overlaid over existing design plans for direct comparison with design information.[1]

So, this sort of survey will often be found in the neighborhood of new building projects. This may also be used to prove to local bureaucratic elements that the newly-constructed building complies with local zoning requirements (such as “set-off”) and with previous plans submitted for approval. So, in cases, one will see:

On November 11, 1997, Bruce Lucas, Circuit City's in-house architect, determined that the project was substantially complete. On that day, Circuit City submitted a TIA application (“the application”) to American National. The application included a certificate of insurance, an executed indemnification agreement, an executed bill of sale, a certification from Lucas that the premises were substantially completed according to the plans and specifications, and an “As Built Survey.” (Appellant's App. at 128.) The application did not include a certificate of occupancy. Circuit City believed that it had met the requirements for the TIA on November 11, 1997.^[2]

In addition to completely new builds, such surveys might be used when additions to a current building are planned.

[1] “Surveying.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying#Types.

[2] Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Am. Nat. Ins. Co., 779 N.E.2d 62, 64 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002)