dlb & associates, LLC
When your property lines are established, your neighbors’ boundaries are also established. And their neighbors, …and their neighbors…,” says Daniel L. Berg, owner of surveying firm dlb + associates, LLC. He emphasizes the importance of knowing the exact location of the boundaries of your land, which becomes especially important when building, buying or selling your property.
Boundary surveying has been Berg’s specialty for the past 27 years and the entire island is his business location. As a licensed surveyor, he prepares surveys for real estate professionals, property owners, developers, designers such as civil engineers, planners and architects. In addition, Berg prepares topographic mapping, defines subdivisions, and certifies shorelines.
“If there is an interest in the land, you need me!” he says.
Soon after graduating from San Jose State Univ. (BS Meteorology, 1981) Berg worked for a consulting firm in California. Then, after meeting a number of surveyors while travelling through Australia, he made the conscious decision to make it a career.
“I worked with extremely talented surveyors at the County of Orange, Calif., then spent 18 years at engineering firms in Santa Barbara, Calif.,” he says. He obtained his California Surveyors License in 1990 (PLS 6318) and Hawai‘i Surveyors License in 2004 (PLS 11245).
“Obtaining a surveyors license indicates the minimum requirements of knowledge and experience has been met for determining boundaries. In addition, working in jurisdictions other than Hawai‘i County, has exposed me to a wide knowledge base,” Berg said.
“Running my own business is what I ultimately wanted,” he says. After having an offer to purchase another firm rejected, he immediately began the start-up procedures and networking to establish his own firm.
Working from his home office in Kea‘au, he says, his field tasks take him to many interesting locations. “I do not need a storefront office at this time. That may change as the business grows.
“Working for yourself is a 24/7 endeavor,” Berg says. “ but this is like a baby: Nurse it, nurture it and make it grow.”
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