Rygate Surveyors

Had a great day out last weekend supporting Northern Suburbs Rugby FC in their nail-biting after-the-buzzer win against Sydney Uni.
Rygates are proud to be supporting them this year.
We wish them the best of luck in their game against Warringah this Saturday!

Remains of a reference tree marked in the 1880's

Rygate Surveyors are very happy to be supporting Revesby Workers Netball Club 13A's team this season. Here if you need!

At North Head for NSW National Parks (no Bandicoots sighted)

Early morning on George Street as Jimmy undertakes a detail survey at QVB light rail stop.

A typical specification from 1905 for the construction of a road which in this case comprised a mere 8 sentences. 120 years on and our specification for the Proposed Slow Sand Track at Albury Racecourse has expanded to 21 pages.

Chris watching the tide go out at Taylor's Bay

Exploring the Subfloor of Dooleys Catholic Club with Laser Precision. Rygate were engaged to provide a revit model of the subfloor area beneath the club. This involved not only squeezing through tight areas with the scanner on some custom legs, it also required the assistance of a handheld laser scanner.

While surveyors are well aware of the limitations of DCDB (Digital Cadastral Database) boundaries, these risks are often not obvious to other professions and the general public.

For any legal boundary identification, a Registered Surveyor should be engaged.

Here’s an example from Botany, where the boundary is out by around 4 metres, proving that even in urban areas, they often aren’t as accurate as some may think.

The lesson here is clear: relying on DCDB boundaries or Six Maps to identify legal property boundaries can lead to serious issues down the track.

In the most recent Azimuth magazine, Mick Brown, one of our Directors and a Registered Surveyor; has written an insightful article about a recent case in Seaforth. It highlights the crucial role Registered Surveyor play in development project, and the potential consequences if you don't. The edition also features article outlining the importance of Identification Surveys written by past Rygate team member Michael Green.

Identification Surveys were very common for Philip Rygate at the turn of the century. Identification surveys are still being undertaken by the firm however now we use fandangle word processors for the reports and CAD drawing software for the sketches.

Beautiful day surveying at Abercrombie Caves