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One of the main benefits of BIM that is promoted is that it saves money on capital projects. But does it really save money? We look at where cost savings are made when BIM is used.

Historic buildings offer a look into the past, but compared to modern structures have their own unique features terms of structural details and ageing. This leaves surveyors with a number of pros and cons when it comes to using BIM for historic buildings.

3D laser scanning has been a great advancement in technology that has been helpful in many industries, including the surveying. But how does it work? It can seem like magic, but the principles behind it are quite simple but used in an innovative way. As with all equipment in surveying,...

Some types of land such as quarries require measurements on a regular basis due to the continuous excavations and changes made to the quarry over time. Surveying helps to gather data about these changes to help manage quarries and stockpiles. Here are some of the main issues that our quarry...

Similar to our "What should a topographic survey include?" article, the first question we will ask clients when determining what to include in their measured building survey is “What is the purpose of the survey?”. This helps shape the rest of the survey and helps us put together a checklist...

While there are many similarities from land survey to land survey, chances are they won’t contain the same thing. Even surveying the same area of land might include different features depending on what the survey is going to be used for. When we first meet with a client and determine...

In our previous post, we talked about why surveying is an important technical discipline and with that importance comes ethical considerations. As it is an important discipline, there is also a code of ethics and laws that surveyors must adhere to.

When people see surveyors out in the field they may not think it is that difficult, that it is a bunch of just standing behind a theodolite and then packing up and going home at the end of the day. Well it’s the experienced professionals that make something complicated seem...

Surveying as a discipline has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years, and some of the equipment used today originated hundreds of years ago. While the technology behind them has improved, at their core they are the same instruments. The three that are most used in survey are:

We've produced an infographic of all the surveys that we do along with the steps we use when conducting a survey.