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Underground Surveying

Our specialist Underground Utilities team harnesses the latest survey technology, including dual-frequency ground penetrating radar (GPR), to locate and trace services below ground, including sewers, gas mains, heating and water, lighting cables, BT telephone lines, other communication cables and traffic signalling cables.

In addition to locating utilities, our underground surveys provide detailed data on below ground conditions ahead of any site excavations, drilling, piling or borehole clearance. Using GPR and electromagnetic equipment, we can identify and position underground features such as voids, steelwork, shafts and graves which could impact on future construction activity.

Where remote visual inspections are required, we carry out CCTV surveys with robotic cameras providing high definition visual imagery inside drains, pipes, voids and areas of restricted access. Our surveyors can view the camera images in real-time using specialist on-site software and then provide full digital imagery, supported by a detailed technical report.

Any cracks, root ingress, damage and blockage identified in a drainage survey can be cleared with our high pressure jetting service.

A recent addition to our range of underground surveys is concrete and rebar scanning, where our team uses GPR technology to locate and confirm the layout of structural reinforcement within a building or structure, with data presented as high resolution 3D imagery.

Underground Surveying Services

  • Asset Tagging

    Asset tagging is a recent introduction to our underground surveying services, allowing for permanent identification of underground assets.

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  • CCTV Drainage Survey

    Uncover potential blocks in your project with our in depth CCTV Drainage Survey, with a full visual inspection and detailed report.

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  • Geophysical Survey

    A geophysical survey provides data for a range of projects such as roadwork investigations, detecting sinkholes and measuring bedrock depth.

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  • GPR Concrete and Rebar Scanning

    Book a non-invasive GPR Survey to assess buildings, RAAC planks and concrete beams. Suitable across a broad range of projects and sectors.

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  • Underground and Site Investigations

    Using technology such as ground-penetrating radar (GPR), our underground and site investigations identify underground geological features.

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  • Utilities Survey

    Our PAS 128 utilities survey can locate all mains services including electricity, sewers, gas, water mains, fibre optics, and heating.

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Our Latest Underground and Utilities Projects

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Supporting the Regeneration of Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour

With a £19.8 grant, Thanet District Council is revitalising Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour and town with the aim of improving infrastructure, creating community spaces and boosting tourism and local business. As part of this vast regeneration project, Survey Solutions was asked to carry out an extensive topographical, utility and drainage survey of the harbour and pier.

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Cartmel Racecourse Survey Unlocks Safer Event Planning

Over four days, a dedicated team of two surveyors and two assistants carried out a comprehensive utilities and drainage survey across the full greenfield site.

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Rebar Survey at Avonmouth Waste Centre

Survey Solutions was recently commissioned by YTL, principal contractor at a waste recycling centre in the South West, to carry out an Avonmouth rebar survey on three structural concrete columns.

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Peaky Blinders Filmset Survey

Peaky Blinders filmset survey delivered at Birmingham’s Digbeth Loc Studios. Fast, multi-disciplinary support for set design and studio transformation.

HMS Ganges Suffolk Survey

HMS Ganges Suffolk Survey

Integrated HMS Ganges Suffolk survey supports 60-acre redevelopment. Multi-disciplinary data enables safe, sustainable design for this historic naval site.

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Natural History Museum Surveys

Survey Solutions delivered full survey support at London’s Natural History Museum—combining 3D modelling, topographic, utility and drainage data for restoration.

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