Underground utility surveys are integral to any construction or building project through identifying and mapping existing utilities within a specific locality, including important details such as size, materials and directional flow. GeoShape Surveys is experienced at underground utility surveys in Cardiff, offering comprehensive surveying services tailored to projects of all sizes. We employ state-of-the-art technology in conducting our utility surveys, ensuring you receive precise and transparent results prior to commencing any excavation work.
GeoShape Surveys utilises industry-standard radio frequency detection equipment and ground-penetrating radar (GPR), enabling us to precisely pinpoint the location of underground utilities and pipes.
Our findings are presented in CAD format, which can seamlessly overlay onto a topographical drawing. Our utility surveys provide a comprehensive understanding of pipes, drainage, and utilities. Furthermore, we can furnish information regarding pipe sizes, directional flow, and materials used, ensuring that you receive clear and accurate results prior to any excavation work.
In addition to our utility surveys, we also offer topographical and measured building surveys, offering a holistic approach to your project. Feel free to reach out to us to discuss your project requirements and receive a personalised quote today.
We employ cutting-edge technology, including Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Visual, and Electro-magnetic equipment, to generate AutoCAD drawings showing the location of the utilities on site. This approach provides you and your team with clear positions of utilities and pipes and even include details about materials, sizes, and directional flow.
As experienced Underground Utility surveyors in Cardiff, we are here to provide you with accurate results using the latest technology. Contact us today to discuss your project with our friendly team.
When a measured building survey involves a complex structure, something with intricate internal layout, multiple systems running through it, or a requirement for millimetre-level accuracy. The process of producing the finished drawings involves more steps than many clients realise. The end result, a set of clean, detailed 2D CAD plans, represents the output of a workflow that begins long before anyone opens a drawing package.
Setting-out is one of those surveying services that sits quietly at the heart of almost every construction project, yet is often misunderstood by people who have not worked closely with a surveyor before. Unlike a topographical survey, which records what is already there, or a measured building survey, which captures an existing structure in detail, setting-out is about the future: taking what exists on paper and placing it accurately on the ground.
If you have never commissioned a land survey before, the process can feel a little opaque. What information do you need to provide upfront? How long will it take? What do you actually receive at the end of it? These are questions we hear regularly from developers, architects, contractors and homeowners who are approaching a survey for the first time.
Land surveying has come a long way since its early days with simple compasses, theodolites, and tape measures. In recent years, industry breakthroughs like drones and laser scanning land surveying have transformed the landscape of surveying services, offering faster, more efficient, and safer methods of data gathering. Let's dive into these modern techniques and why land survey experts like GeoShape Surveys are pioneering these technologies.
Before we dive into how accurate Ground Penetrating Surveys are, we first will take a look at what they are and how they work to determine their accuracy.
As part of an ongoing district heating project around Bristol, our client required a PAS128 Utility Survey and topographical survey to be conducted on the roads and footpaths within our survey boundary. The survey data will be used by a design team, to establish the route for the new district heating infrastructure.
