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Midlands · 49 areas

Midlands survey work, from the Lincolnshire Wolds to the Birmingham fringe.

Midlands work is mostly industrial, agricultural and infrastructure, and it is mostly driven by accuracy of level and control rather than by terrain. A surprising amount of it is volumetric and setting-out, where a small error repeats itself across a very large surface.

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MIDLANDS · FEN EDGE AND QUARRY

Ground and workload

What Midlands ground conditions mean for the survey you need.

Lincolnshire Wolds and the coastal strip

Chalk, gravel and marine clay in close succession. Levels change quickly over short distances, which makes sampling density the thing that decides whether the surface is usable.

The Trent and Fen edge

Alluvium and soft ground with real settlement and flood risk. Drainage outfalls, levels and flood risk are decided together or not at all.

Triassic sandstones and igneous intrusions, central Midlands

Stable, well-drained ground that is straightforward to survey. The difficulty here is access and programme, not the terrain.

Coalfield ground, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Old mine workings, subsidence and made ground. A topographic survey on its own will not describe the risk; it has to be read alongside the mining records.

Where we work

49 towns

39 districts · listed alphabetically

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

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North West Leicestershire

Historic market town and part of the National Forest. Woodland, rural land and housing growth on sloping ground.

Birmingham

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West Midlands

The region's largest city. Urban setting-out, as-built records, fit-out and infrastructure measurement across every kind of site.

Boston

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Port town on a tidal river. Marine-adjacent levels, drainage and flood risk, plus extensive flat-land agriculture behind it.

Burton upon Trent

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East Staffordshire

Brewery town on the Trent. Industrial, riverside and brownfield work, with flood risk a frequent factor.

Buxton

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High Peak

High Peak market town. Historic fabric, steep ground and a large protected landscape around it.

Chesterfield

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Market town at the edge of the Peak District. Sloping and former industrial ground, where levels and access both need planning.

Coventry

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City with a large manufacturing and automotive base, much of it on brownfield land. Regeneration, industrial and urban survey work.

Daventry

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West Northamptonshire

Growth town on the south of the county. New-build setting-out, levels and drainage across large phased sites.

Derby

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County town and a significant rail and manufacturing centre. Urban setting-out, industrial survey and infrastructure work.

Grantham

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South Kesteven

Town on the edge of the Fens and the Wolds. Industrial, agricultural and large-scale volumetric work.

Hinckley

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Hinckley and Bosworth

Growth town in west Leicestershire. New-build setting-out, level surveys and a large amount of industrial and logistics work.

Kettering

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North Northamptonshire

Industrial town with a long manufacturing history. Brownfield, industrial and infrastructure survey work.

Kidderminster

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Wyre Forest

Market town and carpet-industry centre. Industrial, retail and residential work with a substantial rural surround.

Leamington Spa

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Warwick

Regency town and a significant technology and manufacturing centre. Commercial fit-out, urban setting-out and measured building work.

Leicester

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City and unitary authority. Dense urban setting-out, party wall, measured building and progress monitoring.

Lichfield

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Cathedral city with a large surrounding rural district. Conservation fabric, estate work and a wide agricultural hinterland.

Lincoln

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Lincolnshire

Cathedral city and county town. Conservation fabric, large university and hospital sites, and a wide agricultural hinterland.

Loughborough

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Charnwood

University town with a large industrial and manufacturing base. Commercial, campus and residential survey work.

Malvern

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Malvern Hills

Historic spa town beneath steep hills. Sloping, wooded ground where access and vegetation both drive the method.

Mansfield

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Market town on the northern edge of the county. Industrial, retail and residential work with a large surrounding rural area.

Market Harborough

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Harborough

South Leicestershire market town. A busy growth corridor with a wide mix of farm, industrial and housing work.

Market Rasen

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East Lindsey

Wolds market town. Rolling chalk grassland, so section and level information carry more weight than a flat plan alone.

Matlock

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Amber Valley

Peak District gateway town. Steep terrain where aerial capture often beats walking the slope.

Melton Mowbray

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Melton

Market town in the Wreake valley. Rural, gently rolling and heavily agricultural, with a large equine sector.

Newark-on-Trent

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Newark and Sherwood

Historic market town and a major logistics location. Large industrial sites, haulage yards and volumetric work.

Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Market town in the Staffordshire Potteries. Industrial, commercial and residential work on a mixed urban and rural footprint.

Northampton

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West Northamptonshire

Large town with a wide industrial and logistics base, on mixed ground with several distinct geology types close together.

Nottingham

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Unitary authority and one of the region's larger cities. Urban setting-out, as-built records and commercial fit-out.

Nuneaton

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Nuneaton and Bedworth

Former coalfield town and borough. Regeneration on made ground, where subsidence history matters as much as the levels.

Oakham

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Rutland

Rutland's county town, in the smallest county in England. Estate, equestrian and rural land work where coverage and detail both matter.

Redditch

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Bromsgrove

Former new town, now a large industrial and residential centre. Setting-out, volumetrics and brownfield redevelopment.

Retford

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Bassetlaw

Small market town on the Trent valley. Flood risk, levels and industrial work where old mining records are relevant.

Ripley

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Amber Valley

Former coalfield town now heavily redeveloped. Made ground and subsidence history, where mining records have to be read alongside the survey.

Rugby

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Growth town on the east of the county. Large industrial and distribution sites, where setting-out and volumetrics dominate.

Skegness

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East Lindsey

Coastal resort and adjacent holiday park land. Levels, drainage and defended-shoreline work.

Sleaford

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South Kesteven

Market town in the Kesteven clay belt. Shrink-swell ground and a large mix of farm, industrial and residential work.

Solihull

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West Midlands

Affluent metropolitan borough with large commercial and residential sites. Commercial, fit-out and setting-out work on well-managed sites.

Spalding

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South Holland

Floodplain market town at the centre of a large agricultural district. Drainage, flood risk and levels on very soft ground.

Stafford

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County town with a large surrounding rural area. Growth-corridor setting-out, drainage and rural land work.

Stamford

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South Kesteven

Historic stone town. Conservation-area measured surveys and heritage-scale point clouds, plus a wide rural hinterland.

Stoke-on-Trent

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A city made of six towns, and the birthplace of the UK ceramics industry. Brownfield, industrial and urban survey work at real scale.

Stratford-upon-Avon

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Stratford-on-Avon

Internationally known historic town. Heritage-scale point clouds and measured building surveys where fabric cannot be altered.

Towcester

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West Northamptonshire

Historic town in a rapidly developing corridor. Conservation fabric, level surveys and a large volume of new-build setting-out.

Walsall

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Metropolitan borough with a manufacturing heritage. Industrial survey, brownfield redevelopment and urban setting-out.

Warwick

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Warwickshire

Historic county town. Conservation-area measured surveys alongside a substantial commercial and industrial workload.

Wellingborough

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North Northamptonshire

Market town with a large industrial estate footprint. Setting-out and volumetric work on big, flat, highly specified sites.

Wolverhampton

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West Midlands

Metropolitan borough in the Black Country. Former industrial land, urban setting-out and measured building work.

Worcester

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Worcestershire

County town on the Severn. Flood-prone, with a large mix of conservation, commercial and rural work.

Worksop

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Bassetlaw

Northern market town with industrial history. Brownfield, mining legacy and a wide rural district.

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