Players in the physical planning and development of the environment in which we live are often accountable for levels of its progress or decline. This is because the players (planners, surveyors and other environmental managers) have greater information as well as privileged access to data that are directly or indirectly on land and its resources. This paper showcases a working document for establish- ing intelligent first order survey controls in a university environment for use in instructing students in the field of physical planning and development of the envi- ronment. The permanent site of the Enugu State University of Science and Tech- nology (ESUT) Agbani was used as a case study, where three (3) first Order con- trols were established for use. This was achieved with the use of Global Naviga- tion Satellite System (GNSS). The problem addressed was that, even though first order survey controls are very necessary for high accuracy positioning and re- search, the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Agbani currently has no such very reliable control points because most of those previous- ly established were second and third order controls established for instructional purposes. The project was executed with the use of GNSS for precise point posi- tioning and to measure vectors (or baselines) between two or more survey control marks in a static (or stationary) mode of operation. Data collection was through a reconnaissance survey with appropriate remote sensing and other equipment to acquire high resolution imageries for the referenced depiction of the site charac- teristics. Geo-spatial analysis including geo-referencing of critical infrastructures and other point of interest (POI) within the permanent site was achieved. With the data so collected, three points were established (one at the Administrative area, one at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and one at the Vice Chancel- lor’s Lodge). It is recommended that staff and students make use of these Con- trols for accurate instructions on positioning of structures in the University and other environments and also for checking structural deformations.