Service — Outsourced Survey Drafting
Outsource Survey Drafting Services
An extension of your drafting desk, not another vendor to manage
Locus CAD Works is the outsourced drafting arm for U.S. PE and PLS professionals in land surveying and civil engineering offices. We pick up the CAD work — boundary drawings, topo, plats and Civil 3D sheets — so your licensed staff can stay focused on fieldwork, client relationships and sign-off. That includes overflow work when your own drafters are at capacity.
What You Can Outsource
Drafting support across the survey and site development workflow
Four core lines of work, each drafted to the standards your jurisdiction and your firm already use.
How It Works
How an outsourced job moves through our office
Four steps, the same for a single boundary retracement or a full site development set.
1. Share field data & standards
Send raw field data, point clouds or redlines, along with your CAD standards, layer list and title block.
2. We draft
Our team drafts inside your template and your standards — not a generic one we hand back for rework.
3. Internal QA/QC
Every sheet is checked against your standards and the source data before it reaches your desk.
4. Delivered to your file
You receive editable CAD files, ready to review. Your surveyor or engineer of record reviews, stamps and stands behind the final work.
Why Locus
Why U.S. firms outsource drafting to Locus
Overflow support when you're at capacity
When your own drafters are at capacity, we can take on overflow drafting using your standards and title block.
Support for PE & PLS professionals
We work to your direction and on your title block, including civil site development, roadway and subdivision design for your PE to review and stamp. Our experience with many different engineers gives your team a fresh perspective on design and drafting solutions.
Built around your CAD standards
We draft inside your layer conventions, blocks and title blocks from the first job — not a house style you have to reformat.
Overnight turnaround
The gap between IST and U.S. time zones works in your favor — a job sent at close of business is often ready by your next morning.
One point of contact
You work with the same person on every job — no ticket queue, no re-explaining your project on every call.
Confidential by default
Client and project data is shared under NDA and handled on a need-to-know basis, job by job. That's why you won't see client names or projects on this site; we're happy to talk through relevant experience in a meeting.
FAQ
Common questions about outsourcing
What is outsourced survey drafting?
It means sending the CAD work on your survey and civil jobs to an outside drafting team. You provide the field data and your standards, we return editable drawings, and your licensed professional reviews and certifies the final work.
What do you need to get started?
Raw field data, point clouds or redlines, along with your CAD standards, layer list and title block.
Will the drawings match our CAD standards?
Yes. We draft inside your layers, blocks, linetypes and title blocks, not a house style you have to reformat.
How quickly can you turn a job around?
The gap between India and U.S. time zones works in your favor: a job sent at close of business is often ready by your next morning. We confirm scope and turnaround before you commit to anything.
Do you stamp or certify drawings?
No. We prepare the design and drawings; your licensed PE or PLS of record reviews, certifies and stands behind the final deliverable.
Can you take overflow work?
Yes. When your own drafters are at capacity, we can take on overflow drafting using your standards and title block.
Who have you worked with?
Our client work is under NDA, so we don't publish client names, projects or documents. We're happy to talk through relevant experience in a meeting.
How is our project data protected?
Client and project data is shared under NDA on a need-to-know basis, job by job, and project files move through a firewalled, access-controlled office network.
Request a Quote
Ready to outsource your next drafting job?
Send over your field data and CAD standards — we'll come back with scope and turnaround before you commit to anything.