World Mental Health Day was on Saturday, but the message is one we carry with us every day. At Arnold Development Consultants, we know that strong foundations — whether in subdivisions, survey plans, or communities — rely on the wellbeing of the people who build them. Mental health matters in every workplace, and we’re proud […]
Land Surveying
Clear Vision: From Eyesight to Earth Sight
Today is World Sight Day 👁️ — a reminder of how important vision is to every part of our lives. In surveying, we rely on clear line-of-sight, precision, and seeing what’s really there so we can map, plan, and build safely and responsibly. Just like you wouldn’t want blurry vision, in our work we can’t […]
It All Starts with a Tripod in the Dirt
Fun fact: Surveyors are the first people on a site before any building begins.We map, measure, and mark the land so architects, builders, and planners know exactly where everything belongs. Every building, road, and park you see today started with a surveyor on site. From defining property boundaries to guiding major developments, surveying lays the […]
A Legacy in Every Line: Full-Circle Moment for the Arnold Family
Recently, one of our surveyors, Matthew Stephen Arnold, had a remarkable full-circle experience while completing an identification survey on Fifteenth Avenue, Palm Beach. As he reviewed the lot details — Lot 725 on RP120527 — he discovered the original survey plan dated back to November 1968, was completed by his uncle, Michael David George Arnold, […]
The Laws around Property Lines
Property lines have long been one of the most common disputes between neighbours in Queensland and are covered in the Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011. While it’s unlikely that you’ll need to familiarise yourself with the entire contents of the act, it’s important to understand that property and borderline laws exist and […]
5 Great Reasons to Survey Your Land
There are numerous reasons why you may need a land survey as a homeowner or property buyer. Surveyors map land and determine land size and property boundaries, and their services can be seen as an insurance policy in many ways because having a land survey provides peace of mind that your development, whether a fence […]
The Equipment Used in Land Surveying
Equipment Used in Land Surveying Not sure what a land surveyor does? To those with little knowledge of surveying, the services that surveyors provide may seem simple at times, but surveying is a vitally important aspect of construction, development, town planning and so much more, and requires the highest standards of precision. Using a […]
How New Technology Is Changing Surveying
Surveying has existed for as long as land has been bought, sold, claimed or fought over. Approaches have advanced from using feet to lengths of premeasured chains to steel tape measures, which were still being used as little as 30 years ago. Like almost every industry, surveying has transformed over the past couple of decades […]
What Kind of Survey Do I Need?
There are variety of different surveys you can get depending on the needs of your project. Below we’ll explore some of the surveying services offered in Queensland by ADC and what they are used for. Aerial Surveying Aerial surveys are primarily used for aerial mapping projects. Images captured by a UAV, commonly known as a […]
What Is the Pocket Zoner Pro App?
What Is the Pocket Zoner Pro App? Designed by town planner and developer Michael Arnold, lead principal at Arnold Development Consultants, the Pocket Zoner Pro app places Queensland land zoning and land use information conveniently in the hands of the user. This allows you to drastically reduce the amount of time and effort it takes […]
Change of Land Use – Critical Issues
Any significant changes in the general use of the land typically involve an application to the local council so that the impact of the changes to the way the land is used can be assessed. Generally speaking, the overall concerns are the scale and intensity of the operations being run. As we will discuss in […]
Planning Problems: Old or Inaccurate Surveys
Planning Problems: Old or Inaccurate Surveys Old or inaccurate surveys – when left uncorrected – can be time bombs waiting to blow up and cause headaches for your development project. Inaccurate surveys can cause a multitude of problems, because: Inaccurate figures cause onsite development problems and inaccurate costing Incorrect measurements may lead to boundary disputes […]
