Utility, GPR & Topographical Surveys across Central Scotland

A: We cover Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Grangemouth, Cumbernauld, Stirling, Perth, North and South Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Paisley and Renfrewshire, and Fife, and travel further across Scotland for larger projects.

A: PAS128 is the British Standards Institution specification for detecting, verifying and locating underground utilities. It sets out four survey types (desktop records search, site reconnaissance, detection and verification) and labels every service on the drawing with a quality level, so designers and contractors know how reliable each line is.

A: Many people call a utility survey a GPR survey. In practice we use both electromagnetic location (EML) and ground penetrating radar (GPR) together: EML traces metallic cables and pipes, and GPR picks up plastic pipes, ducts, chambers and other features that a cable locator cannot see.

A: A topographical survey records the levels and features of a site: spot heights and contours, buildings, walls, fences, kerbs, paths, trees, covers, street furniture and overhead lines. We can add building heights, street elevations, floor levels and a 3D surface where the design needs them.

A: Yes. We regularly combine PAS128 utility, GPR, topographical and CCTV drainage surveys, so you get one team, one set of RAMS and one coordinated drawing.