Making the impossible possible

This isn’t your typical survey team. Bring RETTEW your challenge and watch us create an effective, safe, and efficient solution. That’s what you get with 50-plus years of experience in surveying, data analysis, and creative problem-solving.
RETTEW’s approach to surveying takes data to the next level – making current planning, developing, and tracking less daunting and more realistic. We know it’s not enough to have good data; it needs to tell a story – one that investors, leaders, decision-makers, field operations, and sometimes even the public can embrace and understand. That’s our specialty.
When the going gets tough, call RETTEW
No stranger to a good challenge, RETTEW’s survey team loves conquering the impossible. When other surveyors aren’t willing to tackle demanding projects, we step in. Beyond having broadly skilled experts, we just do it differently.
Using a wide variety of tools, equipment, and brain power, no project is too outside-the-box for us. But we don’t just hand you data and walk away. We help find the solution to your problem and guide you through the next steps —explaining, organizing, and managing your data. We stay alongside you to help make your completed project is a success.
We partner with your leadership and field staff, so we are well-versed in your needs, goals, and roadblocks. That’s why more than 80% of our business comes from repeat clients. Your success is our success.
The nature of the site work necessitated a surveying crew with a unique set of credentials: HAZWOPER trained, medically cleared, railway and safety trained.
Surveying in practice
Under one state roadway, an old culvert needed to be replaced. Because the culvert was so old, there were no existing records of what the workers would encounter. It wasn’t the kind of environment a survey team could safely enter. RETTEW to the rescue! Our imaginative survey team wasn’t daunted. We developed a remote-control vehicle to traverse the confined space and perform a photogrammetric survey. Safe, efficient, creative – our specialty.
When one client needed a close inspection of an aging facility’s structural issues to check for stability and fractures in the beams, they knew they couldn’t send inspectors into a potentially dangerous situation. Scrap piles also made the area nearly impossible to reach and created a safety hazard. Enter RETTEW. The team brainstormed numerous options to conquer this challenge and ultimately used a drone to survey the beams. After analyzing and compiling the video data, we were able to save the client time, money, and the stress of a hazardous project.
Pipelines are highly regulated – right down to each weld – everything must be routinely inspected and monitored. Materials, construction methods, maintenance, connection points, operating pressure, property lines, elevation, and more are all fair game for impromptu federal regulators. The sheer amount of critical data and overlaps make inconsistencies are a huge challenge. RETTEW has developed a database, a GIS plugin, and a web app to streamline data collection, error resolution, and deliverable production. Our team has surveyed hundreds of miles of pipelines for dozens of clients – consistently producing detailed weld maps, tally sheets, material books, CAD plans, construction progress reports, contractor invoices, and more. The quality of data has been proven through numerous successful audits and the low-risk /high-price valuation multiple when one client was acquired. In addition to the typical surveying challenge of documenting physical features, RETTEW’s team has worked with clients to address project management challenges as well, incorporating budget and schedule tracking into the workflow and allowing clients to see same-day progress in the web app.
Removing uncertainty using technology

We know trust is an integral part of your business. Our client relationships are built on accuracy, quality, and teamwork. We invest in your business’s future.
Data can be prone to human error, creating frustration, guesswork, and inefficiencies. RETTEW’s survey team makes data manageable with analysis that creates fast, efficient workflows. Our goal is to exceed your expectations of what surveying can do through our variety of deliverables, quality of product and service, and cost-effective solutions. That’s where we shine.
Surveying Specialties:
- ALTA Surveys
- As-Built Surveys
- Boundary Surveys
- Construction Stakeouts
- Geodetic Surveys
- Geospatial Database Design
- HAZWOPER-certified Surveys
- High Definition Scanning
- Highway Stakeout
- Hydrographic Surveys
- Oil and Gas Surveying Services
- Panoramic Tours (Terrestrial & Drone)
- Photogrammetry (Terrestrial & Drone)
- Pipeline As-Built Surveys & Data Management
- Pipeline Routing Surveys
- Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
- Topographic Surveys (Conventional & Aerial)
- Utility Surveys