Justice

Surveying Services for the Justice Sector. Supporting Secure, Compliant and Data-led Delivery across Prisons, Courts and Young Offender Institutions.

Surveying Support for Prisons, Secure Estates and Custodial Facilities

Justice sector projects require meticulous planning, close coordination and a strong understanding of operational constraints. Whether you’re upgrading security systems, expanding custodial facilities or refurbishing existing sites, you need survey data you can rely on.

Survey Solutions provides specialist surveying and monitoring services for justice sector projects – supporting consultants, contractors and estate owners across high-security, operational environments.

Why are Accurate Surveys Are Essential for Justice Projects?

Custodial environments come with unique challenges:

• Restricted access and live security protocols
• Sensitive infrastructure and buried services
• Operational areas that must remain fully functional

Surveys help our clients:

• Reduce construction risk and support design accuracy
• Safely plan works around live custodial operations
• Locate critical utilities and underground services
• Provide BIM-ready outputs for long-term asset management
• Comply with justice estate and MoJ delivery standards

Tailored Surveying Services for the Justice Sector

We provide a full suite of survey services designed to meet the specific needs of prisons, courts and young offender institutions.

Measured Building Surveys

• Detailed internal and external building data to support refurbishments, upgrades and security installations
• Integration with existing estate data for accuracy and alignment

Topographic Surveys

• Capture site layouts, external levels, boundaries and access routes
• Support expansion, security upgrades and infrastructure planning

Utility Mapping and Buried Services Surveys

• Locate and map underground services to avoid clashes and service strikes
• Delivered to PAS 128 standards using GPR and EML techniques

Soil Investigation and Ground Assessments

• Inform foundation design for new security installations such as CCTV poles and ducting
• Assess contamination risks for soil re-use or safe disposal

Laser Scanning and BIM Modelling

• Provide LOD 300 BIM models for design coordination and asset management
• Integrate measured building, topographical and utility data into a single model

Explore our full surveying services for secure and custodial environments.

What’s the Real-World Impact of Surveys on Justice Projects?

We work with Justice sector clients to:

• Minimise operational disruption through phased access and close coordination
• Safely manage live prison and custodial environments
• Provide accurate data for secure design and compliant delivery
• Deliver fully integrated models and drawings that support long-term estate management

Justice Sector projects involving Surveys include:

• Utilities and Topographic surveys to support security upgrades at a Young Offenders Institute.
• UXO and GPR mapping for a CCTV upgrade programme at a Prison
• Measured Building Surveys to support refurbishment of secure custodial areas

Supporting Justice Projects Across the UK

We understand the operational and security pressures involved in working on justice estate projects. Our survey teams are experienced, security-conscious and fully equipped to deliver with minimal disruption to live environments.