Surveying Services

Whether you are a Developer, Self-Builder or Homeowner just looking to add an extension, Rugby Site Services Ltd can provide you with a Topographical Survey tailored to suit your individual needs.

A Topographical Survey is a fully scaled representation of your site. It will identify boundaries, existing buildings including neighbouring properties, ground levels and ground features such as roads, slopes and watercourses. Existing drainage and Trees. The Survey can either be coordinated to the Ordnance Survey national grid or a local grid.



Commissioning a Topographic Survey at the Design and Planning stage of your project will enable your Designers to identify any site constraints, ensuring that your site is used to its full potential. Once the survey is complete a drawing is produced and issued as an electronic PDF and AutoCAD file to enable your Architect to commence work.

If you are a first time Developer or Self-Builder sometimes you may not expect the added cost of transporting excess excavated material from site. You may be surprised that building on a sloping site or excavating a basement could mean lorry after lorry transporting ‘muck away’ at significant cost.

As part of a previously commissioned Topographic Survey either by Rugby Site Services or others, original ground levels are collected and can be used to create a Digital Terrain Model (DTM). DTM’s are an electronic 3d model of the terrain on your site. 



A DTM can also be created of the sites proposed finished levels. The two surfaces are then compared to calculate any excess material that will be generated or alternatively any shortfall of material that may need to be imported.