Land & Engineering
Engineering Surveys & Setting-Out
Putting the design on the ground accurately and keeping it there. Control, setting-out, dimensional checks and re-establishment of control that has been lost, all delivered from a framework that other contractors can use.
Typical accuracy · ±10mm horizontal, ±8mm vertical, proved before setting-out begins.
When you need it
- →A structure is being set out and the stakes in the ground are wrong.
- →You need setting-out drawings and a surveyor on site to mark them.
- →Control has been destroyed by another contractor and work has stopped.
- →A dimensional check is needed before a pour or a precast lift.
What you get
- Control network on OSGB36, established or recovered
- Setting-out drawing and marked-up dimension sheet
- On-site marking of the design positions
- As-marked and as-built dimension check records
- Control handover for other contractors
How it runs
- 01
Review the design drawings and coordinate system used by the designer.
- 02
Establish or recover control and agree the datum with the contractor.
- 03
Set out and mark, with the contractor present where possible.
- 04
Check as-built against design and issue the record.
- Horizontal control
- ±10mm typical
- Vertical control
- ±8mm typical
- Datum
- OSGB36 · EPSG:27700
- Area covered
- Norfolk base · 6 regions
Questions we get asked
My contractor says they set out themselves. Is that allowed?
It is your contract, not ours. But most disputes on site come from two parties using different control and different assumptions. An independent setting-out check costs very little against a structural error.
Where we cover
Norfolk based, working nationwide. Site-based surveying, so distance is rarely the constraint.
Most requested in Lincolnshire & the Midlands, Greater London, South East London.
Every town, district and borough we cover is listed in full on each region page. See the full service area.
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Send the address and what it is for.
You will get a straight answer on whether this survey is the right one, and what it should cost. If it is not, we will say so.
info@prospaplans.com · Norfolk, Kent, London, East Anglia and the Midlands