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The following CICES members and survey companies offer professional services in geospatial engineering surveying. If you would like to list your company here, please contact Guy Helliker at CICES guy.helliker@cices.org or +44 (0)161 972 3122.

ABA Surveying

The Lansbury Estate, Lower Guildford Road Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU21 2EP
Tel: 01483 797111
Fax: 01483 797211
Email: alan@abasurveying.co.uk
Website: www.abasurveying.co.uk
Contact: Alan Barrow MRICS, FCInstCES
ABA surveying is a leading independent company of chartered land surveyors serving the UK and Ireland. Our core business is land and engineering surveying for civil engineering, structural, architectural and asset management purposes. Our goal is bringing our clients the benefit of our new technology whereby we can offer the most appropriate solution to their data requirements. Highly automated, the company operates digital levels, robotic total stations, RTK geodetic GPS receivers and five Leica 3D scanners for non-contact survey and modelling. We have been leading exponents in the development of 3D scanning techniques for surveying purposes since 2001. Building on our reputation for kinematic scanning in the railway environment the company has developed and carries out mobile scanning for highway surveying purposes for more than five years achieving accuracies measured in millimetres. The company has developed sophisticated 3D surveying and CAD modelling techniques compliant with the emerging BIM requirements. We provide surveying solutions satisfying topographical and structure surveys, asset management, deformation measurement, dimensional control and spatial engineering requirements to accuracies of better than 5mm.Much of our work is in the railway environment where we can survey track, structures, stations, platforms and OLE to 5mm accuracies – all from a place of safety. Started in 1990, the practice has continued to grow through its success and now has a turnover approaching £2m per year. All work is carried out under a quality system accredited to ISI 9001:2008 standards. The company is RISQS Audited and has a Railway Contractors Certificate for its work on Network Rail Infrastructure. It carries professional indemnity insurance for £5m. Accreditations: RICS, CICES, RISQS, Construction Line, SGS and QMS.

Angell Surveys

71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom
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London: 0203-967-8372
Reading: 0118-328-2000
Mobile: 07464-713829
Email: philip@angellsurveys.com
Web: 
www.angellsurveys.comContact: Philip M. Angell BScMRICS, MCInstCES
Angell Surveys are an RICS Regulated firm of Chartered Geomatics Surveyors specialising in providing aerial, land and confined space surveys to a wide variety of clients within the UK and worldwide. We achieve this by using a mixture of fixed wing and multirotor UAVs as well as confined space drones and land based laser scanning techniques. Our collaborative approach together with 27 years of worldwide experience, helps our clients extract the maximum value and cost savings from their survey data. Angell Surveys have provided expertise and advice to some of the largest projects in the UK. Typical Clients and services include:
  • Quarry and mine operators – Quarry surveys and volumetric analysis
  • Highway agencies - Highway and road corridor surveys
  • Consulting engineers – Existing and prospective project surveys
  • Master planners – Pre-tender surveys
  • Waste management departments – Landfill surveys and volumetric analysis
  • Solar power industry – Residential and commercial rooftop surveys
  • Earthmoving firms – Stockpile surveys
  • Heritage departments – Surveys of historic structures and buildings
  • Marine construction contractors – Pre and post construction surveys
  • Survey companies – Aerial surveys
  • Real estate and property developers – Promotional/construction phase surveys and imagery
  • Utility and energy providers – Sub-surface utility surveys
  • Coastal zone management – Bathymetric surveys
  • Hydraulic engineers – Tidal and current measurements
  • Port authorities – Dredge monitoring and siltation surveys
  • GIS departments – Aerial surveys for cadastral and planning

Anthony Brookes Surveys

Unit 2 Thornbury Office Park, Midland Way, Thornbury BS35 2BS
Tel: 01454 419133
Fax: 01454 501711
Email: info@anthonybrookes.com
Website: www.anthonybrookes.com
Contact: Phil Roberts, Andrew Bailey MCInstCES.
Established since 1995, Anthony Brookes Surveys are one of the largest independent surveying companies in the South West region. We use the latest technology to produce quality Topographical, Engineering and Measured Building surveys and are currently operating 10 robotic total stations, 8 GPS units, 3 laser scanners and our own Amberg Rail Measurement Trolley which are all fully calibrated. This equipment, coupled with the appropriate software, allows us to produce 2D & 3D CAD plans, point clouds and 3D models in a variety of outputs and scales. We are approved suppliers to major businesses within the construction, rail and public sectors and are externally audited annually to RISQS standard, Quality standard ISO:9001 2015 and Environmental standard ISO:14001 2015. We are SSIP accredited via Acclaim and have achieved Constructionline Gold status. In addition we are accredited to RICS and ICES and are long standing members of The Survey Association. Our services include:

  • Topographical Surveys
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • Rail Surveys
  • 3d Laser Scanning
  • Monitoring Surveys
  • Boundary Surveys
  • Setting Out
  • Volume Calculations

Applications in CADD

21 Britannia Street, Shepshed, Leicestershire LE12 9AE
Tel: 01509 504501
Fax: 01509 600079
Email: enquiries@appsincadd.co.uk
Website: www.appsincadd.co.uk
Contacts: Phil Langrishe Managing Director
AiC is one of the leading suppliers of Survey Mapping, Ground Modelling and Data Capture software in the UK. With users in Europe, the Middle East, Pacific Rim and North America. n4ce is our premier product with solutions to meet every users needs and budget. Intuitive and powerful introducing innovative ideas and field to finish solutions. 4Site is our data caputure platform, using an AutoCADTM DWG database, with links to most popular total stations (robotic) and GNSS (GPS) recievers. Specialist 4Site applications are available for Hydrographic Surveying, Rail Surveys, Building Surveys and Utility Mapping.

APR Services

Block B, Queens Road, Barnet, Herts EN5 4DL
Tel: 020 8449 9143
Email: mail@aprservices.net
Website: www.aprservices.net
Contacts: Tony Rogers BSc FCInstCES, Managing Director
Andy Bradford BSc FCInstCES, Survey Director
Established in 1991, APR Services is dedicated to providing a standard of excellence in architectural and land surveys that is backed up by a dedicated team proficient in manipulating electronic data into any form to suit individual clients requirements. Based in London, with local offices in Salisbury and Plymouth, APR have built up a reputation for dealing with difficult and challenging projects both in the UK and overseas. This has been achieved by staying at the cutting edge of developments in technology particularly with the use of laser scanning for surveying complex architectural, engineering and heritage projects. APR now offers training and hire of its scanners within the UK.
APR Services is a Bentley Channel Partner and is a reseller for all Bentley Systems software including MicroStation and the Pointools range of pointcloud software. Services include:
  • 3D CAD Modelling
  • Boundary Disputes & Surveys
  • Deformation Monitoring
  • Laser Scanner Hire ( Faro and Riegl scanners)
  • Laser Scanning
  • Lease Plans
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • Mobile Mapping
  • Rail Surveys
  • Rights Of Light
  • Software Sales ( Bentley MicroStation and Pointools )
  • Topographical Surveys
  • Training ( Pointools software )
  • Underground Utilities Mapping
  • Verified Views
  • Visualisations

Crucial Services

Haromin Cottage, Aston Moors, West Felton, Shropshire, SY11 4LA
Tel: +44 (0)1691 800008 / +44 (0)843 5577755
Email: info@crucialservices.net
Website: crucialservices.net
Contacts: David Walker MCInstCES AssocRICS
Crucial Services is a specialist Drone Land Surveying business carrying out traditional ground-based land surveying and commercial drone surveys under a CAA approved Operational Authorization. Drone surveys are quicker, safer and more cost-effective than traditional surveys. We fully integrate our ground and air operations to supply clients with the most complete data possible. Many entrants to drone mapping aren't from a surveying background. However, as land surveyors will always apply sound surveying fundamentals while matching client needs.

Land Surveying Services:
  • Topographical Surveys
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • 3d Laser Scanning
  • Deformation Monitoring
  • Boundary Surveys
  • Setting Out
  • Asset Surveys
  • Volume Calculations
Drone Surveying Services:
  • Drone Mapping
  • Asset Surveys
  • Inspection Surveys
  • Monitoring Surveys
  • Volume Calculations
  • 3d Modelling / Digital Twins

Harry Skinner Surveys

24 Church Meadow, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 5EW
Tel: +44 20 8398 8991
Email: harry.skinner@harryskinner.com
Website: www.harryskinner.com
Contacts: H Skinner MRICS FCInstCES
Harry Skinner Surveys is a family run chartered practice established in 1979. Specialists in topographic surveys, RTK and precise GPS, mapping, digital design and ground modelling, control and monitoring surveys and volumetric analysis. We provide a personalised and expert service in the field of land surveying. Including environmental, highway, airfield and land development schemes, we have diverse and specialist experience in the UK, Caribbean and Russia. Backed up with the latest GPS, CAD, infra-red, laser equipment and technology, a high quality service helps us to maintain a portfolio of long standing clients. Extensive work in the Caribbean and Bahamas over the last ten years has seen us enhance the local governments’ mapping and survey resources on several islands with orthophoto production, monumented geodetic control installation, densification and transformation of historic control, grid and datum transformations as well as localised topographic surveys and the provision of engineering control and survey training. Installation of survey control and management of survey procedures at gas and oil sites in Russia have helped broaden our international portfolio. Nationwide GIS asset capture, flood risk assessment, volumetric analysis and engineering survey control have complemented large and small-scale topographic surveys in both the public and private sector. We are on the Environment Agency’s approved list for land, GPS, river and channel surveys, and have worked throughout the UK on strategic flood risk assessment projects, threshold, river diversion, sea defence and bench mark surveys. We also have security clearance for unescorted work on MOD sites.

Jacobs

Jacobs UK – Surveying & Reality Capture
UK Wide – Head office: Cottons Centre, London
Email: nick.blakeway@jacobs.com
Website: jacobs.com
Contact: Nick Blakeway MCInstCES
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environment, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With approximately $15 billion in annual revenue and a talent force of approximately 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.
Our UK Surveying and Reality Capture team are highly talented and flexible, with cross-market capabilities who are invested in your projects to add value to spatial data collection over the project life-cycle and who have the passion to innovate and problem solve.
We have an agile team of passionate survey experts with comprehensive skillsets and extensive delivery experience, globally connected and integrated throughout Jacobs.
Our capabilities/services include, but are not limited to:

  • Traditional Surveys
    • 2D/3D topographical surveys
    • Measured building surveys
    • Rail measurement
    • Rail gauging
    • Bathymetric surveys
  • Laser Scanning
    • Reality capture/Digital twins
    • Scan 2 BIM
  • Aerial Data Capture
    • Inspections via drone
    • Thermal imaging
    • Aerial video capture
    • Hyperspectral
  • Underground Utility Surveys
    • 3D utility modelling
    • Ground penetrating radar
    • Statutory record information
    • Drainage surveys
    • CCTV
  • Survey Advisory
    • Survey specification preparation
    • Data analysis
  • Other Services
    • Asset surveys
    • Swept path analysis
    • Structural/Deformation monitoring
    • Feature extraction
    • 360 photographic reality capture

LandScope Engineering Ltd

The Chart House Picklescott Church Stretton Shropshire, SY6 6NT - Multiple UK office locations

Tel: +44 (0)1694 731930
Email: enquiries@land-scope.com
Website: www.land-scope.com

Contact: Mark White MCInstCES & Keith Buckley MCInstCES

Established in 2004, LandScope Engineering has become one of the leading survey companies in the UK specialising in integrated survey solutions above ground, below ground, and underwater. Our expert team includes members of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (MCInstCES) and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). With over 18 years’ experience, we have built a strong reputation as a reliable, efficient, and quality-driven survey company with customers across all sectors.

A strong core geospatial competency allows us to leverage maximum value from the latest application technologies, including mobile solutions from airborne, vehicle-based, and survey vessel platforms.

We aim to simplify the process of acquiring and managing critical data throughout the life cycle of our customers’ projects. The rigorous planning, management, and delivery of thousands of projects has served to reinforce that quality and technical certainty is inextricably linked to measures taken to safeguard the integrity of and maximise the value of data.

We are externally audited annually to achieve a Quality standard ISO 9001:2015, Environmental standard ISO 14001:2015, Health & Safety standard ISO 45001:2018 and Management of Greenhouse emissions standard ISO 14064-1:2018. We are SSIP accredited via CHAS, Acclaim & SafeContractor, and have achieved Constructionline Gold status.

Above Ground:

  • Land Survey
  • Mobile Mapping
  • Monitoring

Below Ground:

  • Utility Mapping
  • Mobile GPR
  • Engineering Geophysics

Underwater:

  • Hydrographic Survey
  • Marine Asset Inspection
  • Oceanographic Survey

Malcolm Hughes

Aintree House, Trident Business Park, Daten Avenue, Risley, Warrington WA3 6BX

Tel: 0800 833312
Email: surveythis@mhls.co.uk
Web: www.malcolmhughes.co.uk
Contacts: Stuart Gilling Bsc (Hons) MBA MRICS, Vincent O’Kane Bsc (Hons) MRICS, Ravi Parmar

Malcolm Hughes are one of the fastest growing survey companies in the UK. Offering full nationwide with offices in Warrington, Glasgow, London and Swansea, as well as working internationally with surveyors working out in Europe, Africa, Asia and North & South America. The company offers all forms of geospatial surveying in a variety of different sectors.

Services:

  • Topographic Surveys
  • Digital Twin
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • BIM Consultations, modelling and hosting
  • Underground Utility Mapping to PAS128 standards
  • Boundary Disputes
  • Setting out
  • Monitoring Surveys
  • GPR Surveys
  • Drone Surveys
  • Hydrographic/Bathymetric Surveys

Sectors:

  • All major infrastructure
  • Residential housing
  • Railways – RISQS qualified
  • Highways – National Highways
  • Hydro - Environment Agency
  • Energy Sector – Nuclear, offshore, coal and hydrogen

Malcolm Hughes also deploys the latest in survey equipment including Mobile Mapping, Aerial drones and NavVis for quick and accurate data capture as well as a large fleet of GNSS receivers, Robotic Total Stations, GPR units and Laser Scanners. Having conducted surveys for over 40 years, the company has the ability to work on any survey, in any environment.


Murphy Geospatial

39-41 North Road, London N7 9DP

Tel: +44 (0)20 35983775
Email: info@murphygs.com
Website: www.murphygs.com

Contact: Colin Murphy
For over 35 years Murphy Geospatial have been raising the standard in geospatial consultancy.  From topographical surveys through to 3D data capture and BIM modelling, we offer a comprehensive range of solutions, consultancy and advice to support the geospatial needs of the built and natural environment. Combining the latest surveying technology with a highly knowledgeable and experienced team, allows us to provide the most cost efficient solutions to minimise risks for our clients, whilst meeting the highest standards in accuracy and detail. With a nationwide footprint throughout Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe and over 240 employees, we can always ensure quick turnaround times and a service our clients can rely on. Services include: BIM, laser scanning, topographic surveys, setting out, monitoring, tunnels, railways, hydrographic, UAV, measured building surveys, subsurface mapping and many more.
Murphy Geospatial is Achilles RISQS and UVDB Verified and has Health, Safety, Quality and Environment management systems accredited with the relevant ISO9001, OHSAS18001 and ISO14001 certifications.

Plowman Craven

2 Lea Business Park, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5EQ
Tel: 01582 765566
Email: post@plowmancraven.co.uk
Website: www.plowmancraven.co.uk
Contact: Peter Folwell – Director.
Plowman Craven is a leading Chartered Surveying company providing integrated measurement and consultancy services to the property and infrastructure markets. The company pioneers the use of technical innovation to deliver proven expertise and trusted results throughout the project lifecycle. Operating worldwide, our access to skilled and specialist resource allows us to respond effectively, no matter the size of the project or how challenging, and we work closely with our clients so we can fully understand and respond to their individual needs. We are at the forefront of promoting the delivery of measurement information in 3D and BIM formats and our use of state-of-the-art laser scanning technology means we add significant value to any measurement project.Our Services include:

  • Building Information Modelling
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • Infrastructure Surveys
  • Correlation Surveys
  • Topographical Surveys
  • Rail Surveys
  • Engineering Surveys
  • Structural and Environmental Monitoring
  • Underground Utilities Mapping
  • Area Measurement Surveys
  • Aerial Surveys & Inspection Surveys
  • Building Surveys
  • Technical Due Diligence

We are UVDB and LinkUp registered and all work is carried out under a quality system accredited to BSI ISO 9001:2008.

Precision Survey Solutions Limited

181 Nevill Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7NG
Tel: 01273 568355
Mobile: 07968 532279
Email: sj@precisionsurveysolutions.com
Website@ www.precisionsurveysolutions.com
Contact: Simon Judd  MRICS, MCInstCES

Precision Survey Solutions are a surveying company based in Sussex. We are committed to using the latest in surveying techniques to deliver high quality data to our clients in budget and on time. The team have over 30 years in the survey industry, providing professional engineering & surveying services throughout the UK and beyond. We have worked on many high-profile projects during our careers that cover all sectors of the industry.

With our dedicated and passionate surveyors & modern survey equipment our services cover all areas of Geomatics & survey including.

  • Measured Building Surveys.
  • 2D/3D Topographic Surveys.
  • Laser scanning, reality capture.
  • Survey control networks.
  • UAS (Drone) surveys.
  • 2d/3d CAD services.
  • Pointcloud data delivery in many common formats such as E57, RCP/RCS, LAS etc.
  • UAV Images and 4K video work including Roof inspection.
  • CPD and development training – including survey specification preparation and CAD template design.

Capturing high definition and highly accurate pointcloud data allows our team to accurately digitise the built environment in our modern Surveying and CAD authoring platforms.

The Severn Partnership

Chartered Surveyors, Geospatial Engineers
Lambda House, Hadley Park East, Telford, Shropshire TF1 6QJ
Tel: 01952 676 775
Email: info@severnpartnership.com
Website: www.severnpartnership.com
Contact: Michael Beevers
Darren Read
Severn Partnership are one of the UK’s leading geospatial service companies with a reputation for innovation, quality, and reliability. Our reputation has been established from 40 years of serving the infrastructure sector. We are client and team focused and promote an inclusive, engaged, high performance culture.

Our vision is simply to be the Geospatial Professionals of Choice.

Severn Partnership can draw on an extensive range of techniques, skills, experience and technology to solve any given survey problem; from basic topographical surveys through to complex three dimensional structures that defy conventional survey techniques.Please contact us to discuss your survey requirements and we will offer our professional advice on the full range of options available for completing the survey using a range of survey techniques.

Survey Solutions

Unit 3, West Area, Farthing Road Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5AP
Tel: 01473 240 410
Email: enquiries@survey-solutions.co.uk
Web: www.survey-solutions.co.uk
Contacts:
James Cooper Managing Director, Paul Singleton Director, Dave, Bredin Director, Greg Norman Director, Richard Glenn Director
IPSWICH | COVENTRY | NORWICH | PERTH | YEOVIL | GUILDFORD |
BRENTWOOD |NOTTINGHAM
Survey Solutions are one of the largest independent survey companies operating nationwide and throughout Europe with eight offices in the UK offering all aspects of surveying and mapping above and below ground.
Services include:

  • Land / Topographic surveys
  • 3D Laser Scanning
  • Measured Building Surveys
  • Underground Utility Tracing
  • Infrastructure Surveys
  • Boundary Disputes & Expert Witness
  • Railway Surveys
  • Setting Out for Construction
  • CCTV Drainage Surveys and Reports
  • GPS Surveying
  • Verified AVR Views
  • Engineering Surveys
  • Monitoring for Movement
  • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Using the latest Geomatic technology including; reflectorless theodolites, robotic instruments, survey quality GPS and one-man total stations, we provide our Clients and their Consultants with accurate and economical survey solutions for all aspects of mapping and survey. We provide dedicated expertise for underground investigations and utilities surveys using both non-intrusive investigations and direct access survey methods to provide a clear understanding of buried services, utilities and hazards necessary for many construction projects.
Accredited – BSI ISO 9001:2008 | UVDB | LINKUP | CHAS | CICES | SMAS | ACHILLES | CSCS | CONSTRUCTIONLINE