Civil Engineering & Land Surveying

Land surveyors can provide civil engineers with detailed information about both natural and manmade features of a site. A topographical survey maps land features, property boundaries and infrastructure to support site preparation and earthworks. This includes operations like clearing and grading the land area, excavation and embankment formation, and ground stabilisation and compaction.

These survey details enable you to account for everything from varied grading and well-established hedgerows to fences and kerbs. With precise measurements and in-depth data upfront, you can plan ahead with greater accuracy for costs and timelines.

Having more accurate data can help to reveal potential risks earlier in the process. Factors like unstable soil and flood-prone areas require additional planning considerations. Land surveys can help to identify these early on, so you can avoid delays later and plan around them.

Land surveyors can also provide information on high-risk projects that could be unsafe to access, like bridges. Using non-contact survey techniques they can gain an overview of complex terrain, structures and their surroundings for more in-depth information.

Clear data in a variety of formats can help to ensure clear communication with other professionals and stakeholders. This in turn will increase the accuracy and efficiency of construction sites, helping to keep projects on track. We can ensure you receive copies of your survey reports in the range of formats you need.

In addition, our setting out translates architectural and structural design drawings to the construction site. Your project team can build with confidence, knowing that on-site works accurately reflect the plans.

We can provide cut and fill analysis and digital terrain models, including 3D ground models. Our land surveyors can prepare digital terrain models for use directly in machines fitted with machine control and GPS systems. These ensure greater accuracy and efficiency for excavation and other groundworks.

Setting our engineers perform precise civil engineering setting out for various works, including road layouts, foundations and steel frame buildings. They can assist with site groundworks and substructure installations. This can include setting out the position of strip foundation, piling, ground beams, and raft foundations and retaining walls.

Our drainage setting out includes drainage, external foul and surface drainage, as well as pop up positions inside a building. This enables you to know where drainage is coming in and out of the building.

A fully digitised service enables us to check for any discrepancies in the design process before arriving on site. We can calculate coordinates in advance, so our time on site is used more efficiently.