Our History & Philosophy

LSW Surveyors (previously trading as Lidbury, Summers & Whiteman and Degotardi, Smith & Partners (Forster)) are a long-established local Survey, Civil Engineering and Town Planning firm located on the NSW Mid North Coast, in Forster Tuncurry.

Since its establishment in 1981, the firm has been an integral part of land development in the Great Lakes & Greater Taree (now MidCoast) local government areas. Consulting in surveying, planning and civil engineering, the firm has project managed such major projects as Seascape on Fig Tree Hill at Hallidays Point, Edgewater Shores in Diamond Beach, Forster Grange, Forster Palms Estate, Seaview Estate Diamond Beach, Summer Green Forster, Precinct 3 Old Bar, Ocean Blue Estate, Cape Hawke Estate & Banksia Gardens Estate.

LSW Surveyors are a multi disciplinary practice consisting of Registered Surveyors, Civil Engineers, graduate surveyors, survey technicians, draftsman and administration staff.
The firm offers a “one stop shop” service for the development industry, and are typically employed as the prime consultant undertaking subdivision planning, water sensitive urban design, engineering survey and cadastral survey, road and drainage design, water reticulation design, sewer reticulation design, project management and contract administration. We have performed this role for over 40 years in the Mid-Coast Council area.

We have also undertaken Road & Drainage design for Local Councils and major sewer reticulation designs for MidCoast Water. We have been involved in large community title development including significant input into Community Management Plans. Several large retirement villages and tourist developments have also utilised our firm’s service.

Our surveying section is heavily involved with building setouts, detail and contour surveys, land boundary and identification surveys, as well as strata and community title aspects. We have at our disposal state of the art Total Stations and GPS equipment.

We are accredited by Mid-Coast Water Services for their electronic work-as-executed engineering drawings. We are also accredited in Urban and Rural Road and Drainage design and contract supervision, sewer mains design and contract supervision, onsite detention and drainage design by Association of Consulting Surveyors NSW and Institution of Surveyors NSW. We are also members of the highly respected Stormwater Industry Association, Institution of Surveyors, Association of Consulting Surveyors and Engineers Australia.

Other services we perform are Water Sensitive Urban Design (including MUSIC modelling), the preparation of Traffic Control Plans, Erosion and Sediment Control Plans and assessment and design of stormwater and onsite detention systems.

With the north coast region becoming more accessible to metropolitan and regional centres along with the need to undertake ecologically sustainable development, LSW Surveyors continue to meet the needs of its clients through innovative and environmentally sensitive design.

LSW Surveyors deliver efficient and professional project outputs in undertaking all types of surveying, consultancy and engineering projects.

We believe our previous experience, together with our proven ability to provide successful outcomes provide all clients with confidence in undertaking their projects.

Significant Projects

Major Prime Consultant Projects

Survey, road & drainage, water reticulation and sewer reticulation design and contract administration for projects in Great Lakes Shire and Greater Taree City Council (MidCoast Council)
Forster Grange, Forster (179 Lots)
Edgewater Shores Estate, Diamond Beach (99 Lots)

Seaview Estate, Diamond Beach (69 Lots)
Seascape on Figtree Hill – North Redhead (300 Lots)
Australis Diamond Beach North – Survey & Civil Design
Forster Town Centre Upgrade
Ocean Blue Estate – Old Bar (303 Lots)
Forster Palms residential (1000 Lots)
Summer Green Estate, Forster (over 100 Lots)
Banksia Gardens Estate – Tuncurry (200 Lots)
Cape Hawke Estate - Forster (240 Lots)
The Lakes Estate - Forster (120 Lots)
MidCoast Water - 50 km sewer reticulation survey and design
Tourist based subdivision and medium density designs and community title subdivisions
Goldens Estate - Forster (220 Lots)
Cabarita Forster subdivision (45 Lots)