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Supporting confident landscaping planning
Our measured surveys ensure commercial landscaping projects have the best information possible to work from. We provide topographical and measured building surveys to support landscape designers and other landscape experts. We ensure they have essential information to fully understand existing site measurements and features. We can also assist at the construction stage with setting out for the groundworks, ensuring the plans and designs come to life correctly.
How our surveys benefit commercial landscaping
What is considered a commercial landscaping project?
A commercial landscaping project includes the design and build of new outdoor space for commercial and public sector buildings. These can include office blocks, schools and hospitals. Commercial landscaping plans are also required for housing estates, parks and other public areas.
Our site survey measurements are performed before any design work begins. This enables landscape architects and designers to prioritise the creative process. They also have the comfort of knowing they will start working from an accurate and scaled site plan.
All our surveys are issued in CAD format that is compatible with the majority of design software used by the commercial landscape design sector. We can also provide the existing site plan in other formats that you may need.
A detailed landscaping site plan will show the existing features and levels of a site. This is geo-referenced, so landscape architects and designers can assess any challenges early on. The project team can proactively address these, preventing delays at a later stage.
Having accurate and up to date information allows the commercial landscaping project team to plan better. This supports the whole project with more realistic timelines, more accurate budgets and a better understanding of resource requirements.
Once the design process is complete, we can assist with marking out the landscaping plan for all the key soft and hard landscaping features. This ensures contractors can be clear of where to build structures and plant the natural features.
What surveys could you need?
As-Built Surveys
A fully up-to-date record of what has just been constructed, ensuring it matches the proposed plans. Useful for producing further plans that require an accurate site layout.
Garden Surveys
Highly detailed, specialist topographical survey for garden landscaping and redesigns.
GPS Surveys
Ideal for covering large open spaces, like fields, or where access may be restricted or challenging.
Measured Building Surveys
3D site survey of a building’s layout and structure that can also be used to produce floor plans, elevations and cross-section drawings.
Setting Out
Geocordinated setting out services for building groundworks and steelworks for new housing, commercial and industrial sites.
Topographical Surveys
Accurate, scaled plan of a site’s terrain, and a record of the position and levels of both manmade and natural features.
Volumetric Surveys & Terrain Models
Measuring the total amount of stockpiled, extracted or collected materials and aggregates. Suitable for construction, calculating and auditing.
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Why choose Cheshire Surveys
We provide a range of surveys and related services across the North West, Cheshire, North Staffordshire and North Wales.
Passion & technical expertise
25+ years experience
Quality services tailored to your project
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How we work
Step 01
Request a quote
We’ll need your project’s address and a site plan. We’ll then get in touch for a consultation to confirm site details and understand exactly what your project needs.
Step 02
Quote accepted
Once your project is confirmed with us, we’ll arrange a convenient date for your survey.
Step 03
We complete your survey
We’ll visit your project site to carry out the survey. We can meet you on site if needed. We will then process the survey data and create a survey drawing.
Step 04
Receive your survey
We’ll share the survey data with you, usually within a few days. We use industry standard file types and can issue all the drawings in multiple formats.
