Ackerman Surveying & Associates, Inc.
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Research Signals
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- Credentials none recorded yet 0/20
- Track record 44 years in business 20/20
- Published pricing quote-only, no published range 0/20
- Verifiable identity website, phone, address, HQ state 15/20
- Sourcing depth 10 recorded sources 20/20
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- Google View on Google 5.0 out of 5 (1 reviews)
- Primary Services
- ALTA Survey
- Track Record
- 44+ years
- Coverage
- 3+ States
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About Ackerman Surveying & Associates
Ackerman Surveying & Associates, Inc. is the survey arm of Ackerman-Estvold, a multidisciplinary firm operating in the Upper Midwest since 1982. It states it is licensed and equipped to serve the tri-state region of North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, from offices in Minot, Fargo and Williston.
Two names for one practice, which is worth knowing before you compare quotes: the Google listing and the parent brand say Ackerman-Estvold, while the surveying page names itself Ackerman Surveying & Associates, Inc. A quote may come back under either.
Why the tri-state licensure matters here
The Dakotas and Montana are exactly where “we cover the whole country” tends to mean a subcontractor you have not met. Surveying is licensed state by state, and the sparse-population states are the ones a national firm is least likely to staff directly. A firm that states licensure across all three, with three physical North Dakota offices, is a different proposition from a national vendor coordinating a local partner. Ask any national bidder the same question: which entity seals the drawing in North Dakota, and is that surveyor an employee. See nationwide single-vendor providers for why that question decides portfolio work.
An unusually wide survey menu
Alongside standard ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, the published list includes high precision control surveys, GPS and geodetic surveys, hydrographic surveying, oilfield surveying, and platting, easements and right-of-way work. The firm also states it is an approved evaluator of NGS OPUS-DB.
The oilfield line is regionally specific and a genuine signal. Western North Dakota work involves Bakken-era pads, access roads and pipeline right-of-way, and those parcels carry easement histories that a surveyor unfamiliar with the region reads slowly. Where a deal’s title commitment is thick with right-of-way exceptions, that experience shows up in the schedule. How those exceptions reach the drawing is covered in Schedule B exceptions on your survey.
The parent firm additionally carries architecture, civil engineering, construction management, consulting, environmental services and GIS. Note that we found no evidence of a Phase 1 ESA offering on the environmental page, so treat environmental work as unconfirmed and ask directly rather than assuming the site assessment can come from the same vendor.
Services Offered
ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey
Ackerman provides ALTA/NSPS land title surveys across North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
Pricing: Contact for quote
Also offered
- High precision control surveys
- GPS and geodetic surveys
- Hydrographic surveying
- Oilfield surveying and services
- Platting, easements and right-of-way
- Topographic and as-built surveys
- Drone-based capture
Service Area
North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. North Dakota offices in Minot, Fargo and Williston.
Best For
- Best for commercial property in the Dakotas or Montana, where local licensure is genuinely scarce and national coverage often means a partner firm.
- Best on energy-adjacent parcels in western North Dakota, given the oilfield and right-of-way experience.
- Best where the wider Ackerman-Estvold disciplines are useful, since architecture, civil engineering and GIS sit in the same firm.
- Not a national option. Three states is the stated licensure; a fifty-state portfolio needs a different vendor.
- Effectively no public reputation base. One Google review tells you nothing. Ask for commercial ALTA references in the specific state your asset sits in.
Request a Quote
Contact Ackerman Surveying & Associates directly:
- Call: 701-551-1250 (Fargo)
- Visit: ackerman-estvold.com
- Minot office: 1907 17th St SE, Minot, ND 58701
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