LandScope Engineering Ltd

Once a scheme has been designed then it is the responsibility of the surveyor to transfer the design data on to the ground at site. The scope of work may vary from simply marking proposed pile locations to assisting with the installation of a complex structure such as a bridge or part of an offshore facility. Modern survey instrumentation may assist greatly in engineering survey however there remains a great responsibility on the surveyor to ensure absolute best practice through all stages of an engineering survey or setting-out project. Often design of a scheme will occur many months or years prior to installation or construction and inevitably the level and accuracy of information will change significantly as the process evolves. In an ideal world a high quality and detailed land / topographic survey would form the basis of all engineering and design work so as to reduce ambiguity when transferring this data to the ground, however, this is not always the case and often additional survey and checks need to be made prior to any setting-out activity. This may involve, for example, the reconciling of vertical datums or the dimensional checks of existing buildings or even the integration of multiple existing drawings – whatever the case it is essential that very strong and open lines of communication are maintained with the customer.

LandScope Engineering will assign only senior and experienced personnel to engineering survey and setting-out works. Our survey equipment pool and our data management systems have been designed to ensure that all software is fully conversant with the field instrumentation. Given this, plans, coordinate listings and layouts can be digitally uploaded and downloaded to and from the field respectively. This saves time but more importantly avoids expensive 'keying in' errors and increases the ability to field check more rigorously.