The technical team at Bowman and Williams rescued us from a natural disaster in 2024. A landslide…read morehad devastated part of our hillside and we needed an emergency grading permit to stabilize things before the rainy season. These guys knew what they were doing to save the day and get through all the red tape that County regulators could muster. Professional, punctual, and courteous, I would recommend Ben and his team anytime.

After the 2017-2018 winter storms that resulted in Santa Cruz County California being declared a…read morenational disaster our two-mile county service road providing access to 67 residents suffered several $M in damage as mountains collapsed onto the road and several locations when the road collapsed down the mountain. The county retained Bowman & Williams (B&W) to do preliminary damage evaluations in the disaster area. We were required to obtain 3 quotes to qualify for state and federal disaster relief. B&W offered the required survey and construction design services and always came in with a competitive price. As work actually got underway an alphabet soup of regulatory agencies, FEMA, CA OES, WRCB, F&W, made various demands that impacted the design and B&W always responded quickly to keep the projects on schedule. With all the regulatory hurdles, permits, construction bids and county construction requirements it took until FY 2024-2025 to complete the last project and Bowman & Williams stuck with us thru the last bit of paving and the last guardrail.

We worked with Brian on a slightly complicated survey as we had to redo some steps in our expansion…read moreprocess. He was very communicative and responsive. Everyone else I contacted either took awhile to respond or did not respond at all. He was very professional and respectful of our property and answered all our questions. We feel very confident in our decision to work with Brian at Northstar Survey.

High quality, fast, trustworthy and great to work with. Brian is very knowledgeable and responsive…read more Top choice for land surveys

I am fairly experienced with construction having worked for a general contractor for a number of…read moreyears. I've also done two extensive remodels on homes in the Santa Cruz mountains and in San José. So when I started working with Hogan in April 2019 on two different projects, it started out OK. I liked the idea that they had multiple disciplines of civil, structural and surveyors available. Seemed like that would save some time and make communication easier. The first project was a simple home foundation inspection which they were able to deliver on in a tight time frame in Boulder Creek. So after that, I started work with them on a larger project which was an initial design for an out-building. While the individual engineers on the job seemed capable, there was a continual push to do work and to draw up plans that I did not ask for. They insisted on drawing up plans for county approval when I was just trying to get a contractor estimate. This meant there were additional charges above and beyond the proposal. It was difficult in that I had to track the hours they were spending. When I asked for an accounting for the time they were charging to the program, it was difficult to get answers. They were also weeks and ultimately months behind on providing the sketches that I had asked for so that I could get a quote package. The engineers seemed to be working on other projects but still managed to charge me almost 50% more than our initial proposal. Even the discussions about the overages dragged on to the extent that I paid them so that I wouldn't have to keep leaving voice messages and emails that did not get returned. I rarely leave negative reviews, but feel compelled to save others the expense and hassle. I am going back to working with individual structural and civil engineers who are focused on getting the job done versus billing hours for work that may not be needed.

My husband and I had a really good experience with Geoff, and we were very appreciative that he…read morecame out to Felton to help us assess the foundation of a house that we had put an offer on 5 days prior. We were desperate to find a structural engineer who could tell us what kind of foundation our how was built on: many of the other general home inspectors we hired noticed how strange, cracked, and "undermined" it was. We were given only 5 days to do inspections because the market is crazy right now, and we called every structural or civil engineer in Santa Cruz to see if they could come take a look at the house and do a proper assessment. Everyone said "No" immediately, and they told us they were booked out for months, but a really nice receptionist at Hogan Land Services booked us an appointment with Geoff. He was at the property when we arrived and spent a lot of time with us in the basement and crawlspace detailing the problem areas. He was very knowledgeable and explained things in basic analogies to help us understand the problems with the foundation. Through his thorough inspection of the whole house (which we were extremely grateful for because he found some very alarming problems with the chimney - which was breaking off the house), he made us feel very comfortable about walking away from the house knowing that it would probably call for tens of thousands of dollars of repair if not more. The fact that he pointed out things to us that we didn't see and that other inspectors didn't see made us feel like we really dodged a bullet by not buying the house. Thank you for your kindness and willingness to help us on such short notice Geoff!

Called to inquire a boundary issue. Very knowledgeable and friendly place and provide some helpful…read moretips at no costs. Much appreciated!

From the owner: We provide Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Traffic Engineering, Stormwater, Construction…read moreStaking, 3D Laser Scanning, BIM, Structural Steel Surveying services. We have been providing our award-winning services to the Bay Area and beyond since 1965.

Always prompt and top quality work. I've worked with Alpha Land Surveys dozens of times, and they…read morealways come through. Highly recommend.

JP and Brodie are great, as a general contractor I often need surveying for projects, they are…read moreresponsive, reasonably priced and produce excellent work in a timely manner. Very professional, would highly recommend.

Landon, was very help and informative on the phone.read more

Landon was very helpful, knowledgeable and informative on the phone. I highly recommend him.read more

BEWARE of "710 E Lake Ave"upstairs apartments. Owners of…read morethe unit are downstairs, they will keep tabs on you, let homeless hangout around the property, ask for food and money, the trash (dumpster and bins) are community shared basically because they don't have locks on them, homeless sleep under stair way , mice droppings in attic (if you use the heater the house will smell disgusting) , you won't be able to use your "assigned parking spot", bathroom in hallway the shower is going to have mold around its framing, and beware of property owner saying that they will fix stuff that needs maintenance they say they will fix it but will never do it with a time frame (no 24 hour noticed) to entry to "fix" issue by unknow maintenance person . Owners of the unit know and will ignore the issue about the homeless BEWARE !!!

Can't say enough great things about Aldina Real Estate. Especially Nancy! She really helped us out…read moreduring our process and will definitely come back.