Torchlight Engineering LLC

Torchlight Engineering LLC is a surveyor in Clinton, CT, working at the intersection of civil engineering, land surveying, hydrographic surveying, and geospatial services. The firm supports development, infrastructure, and waterfront projects, serving residential, commercial, municipal, and coastal clients with both field data collection and design work under one roof. Its rated 5.00 by every customer who has left a review.

The firm operates across air, land, and water, offering capabilities that include LiDAR and aerial mapping with point cloud processing, surface modeling, contours, and CAD-ready deliverables. Civil engineering services cover site development, grading, drainage, stormwater management, septic design, soil testing coordination, and permitting support. Land surveying work includes boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, construction staking, and as-built surveys, carried out with GNSS, robotic total stations, and hydrographic equipment. Hydrographic and waterfront projects bring bathymetric surveying and coastal mapping into the same workflow, so projects that touch the water can move from existing conditions through design, permitting, layout, and final deliverables without losing continuity. Selected markets include residential development, commercial sites, waterfront infrastructure, marinas and coastal projects, construction support, and municipal and private clients.

Leadership is provided by Ryan E. Thompson, PE, LS, who serves as President and Principal. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states and a Licensed Land Surveyor in Connecticut, and the firm is based in Connecticut with its office in Madison. Clients typically include developers, architects, contractors, municipalities, property owners, and waterfront clients, and project requests are submitted with a property address, scope, timeline, and any available plans or records.