SITE GRADING & SURFACE WATER
Need to show how your project changes ground levels or where stormwater will go? We help scope and coordinate the appropriate grading and drainage documentation.
What Is This Service?
Grading plans illustrate existing and proposed ground elevations; drainage plans explain intended runoff routes and applicable stormwater features. The design may require surveying, hydrologic analysis or a locally licensed civil engineer depending on the jurisdiction and site.
Who Is This Service For?
Common Project Challenges
The reviewer asks how runoff will avoid neighboring lots or structures.
Proposed grades or finished-floor elevations are missing.
Driveway, retaining-wall or site changes affect drainage pathways.
Included Scope
The exact scope is tailored to your project and confirmed in your written quotation. Depending on the requirements, the work may include:
Permit Review Context
Grading and drainage drawings become important when a project changes ground elevations, adds impervious area, alters runoff paths or requires erosion-control information. The required level of detail depends on the site, local stormwater rules and the amount of land disturbance.
We use these topics to frame the drawing scope, but the final submittal requirements are set by the city, county or other reviewing authority for the project address.
From Intake to Deliverables
Send the address, proposed scope, available files and reviewer comments.
We identify missing information and agree on the proposed scope, deliverables and quotation.
The contracted documentation is prepared using the inputs and relevant project requirements.
You check the drawings; agreed corrections and final deliverables follow the written scope.
Why Make A Site Plan
What We Need to Get Started
Explore the Right Path
Use these pages to understand the project type, prepare the right property information and see how permit requirements vary by location.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An aerial image is generally insufficient for engineered elevations or drainage calculations. Reliable topographic and other site data may be required.
Only if explicitly included after assessment of the jurisdiction and site requirements.
Yes, where appropriate survey benchmarks and engineering inputs support the elevation shown.
Some jurisdictions or project scopes do. Any seal is subject to the licensed professional’s independent review and acceptance.
Send the property address and a short description of the proposed work. We use the jurisdiction and project type to define the likely drawing scope before drafting begins. Final submittal requirements remain subject to the reviewing authority.
Yes. Existing surveys, recorded plats, sketches, photos, prior plans and correction comments can all help establish the drawing scope and reduce avoidable assumptions.
Yes. Make A Site Plan supports projects across the United States. Because permit procedures vary by city and county, we check the project location before finalizing the scope.
No. Approval is controlled by the reviewing jurisdiction. Our process is designed to make the drawings clear, coordinated and responsive to the known submittal requirements, and we support in-scope permit comments when they occur.
Ready to Get Started?
Send your property information and available drawings. We will review the requested work, identify important missing details and provide a defined scope and quote before production begins.
Professional notice: Requirements vary by jurisdiction. Services requiring professional licensure are undertaken or reviewed by appropriately licensed professionals where applicable and subject to independent review and acceptance. Permit approval rests with the responsible authority.
Tell us about your project and attach any survey, plans, photos or permit comments you already have.
We review the address and scope, then reply by email with the next steps, usually within one business day. A confirmation is on its way to your inbox.
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