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3D Engineering Surveys

Whether you require the documentation of Mechanical and Electrical plant (MEP) in Building Information Models (BIM), assessment of complex structural arrangements or the monitoring of deformation within buildings, MSA offer comprehensive and reliable surveys.

Documentation of MEP in BIM

MSA has taken the skills and experience learned from creating accurate and detailed 3D building models for architects and engineers and developed services aimed at recording the location and geometry of the existing facilities within a building in a manner that allows MEP specialists to add the intelligence such as purpose, function and capacity specific to each modelled service.

This provides tremendous advantages and cost savings when designing the integration of new systems.

Documentation of MEP in BIM
Deformation monitoring

Deformation Monitoring

Monitoring projects allow us to excel at what we do best - accurate measurement and analysis. Early reliable information on any movements caused during construction or over time is essential to alleviate costly and sometimes disastrous consequences. Delivering a fast turnaround on results and making this information available to key consultants in an understandable format, provides reassurance and instils confidence. MSA designs, installs, observes and reports on monitoring systems either using direct site measurements or specialised remote devices. Managed centralised access to monitoring data by all stakeholders is key and MSA continues to develop and invest in web based solutions that meet these challenges.

Easy to understand spreadsheets, graphs and automated trigger alerts sent by text or e-mail allows informed and important decisions to be made that mitigate project risk.

Setting Out

Engineering surveying is fast paced and requires experienced surveyors who can operate in stressful and busy environments to tight deadlines. In this area precision, accuracy and timing are critical to the success of the project and cannot be compromised.

All of our surveyors are CSCS accredited and understand the implications and Health and Safety requirements of working on an active site. Our understanding of the built environment, experience in the art of measurement and use of the latest technology make us well suited to this task. The setting out of site or building gridlines as well as datums in an essential part of the construction phase and are used to define outlines for excavations as well as structural locations.

Setting Out
Volumetric calculations

Volumetric calculations

Volumetrics are useful for any project where shaping and shifting ground profiles is required. 3D topographic surveys are used to determine volumes of stockpiles and changes in ground surfaces (cut and fill areas). Monitoring ground terrain over time can provide valuable information on subsidence and settlement for geotechnical engineers.

Once recorded, all of this data is analysed in various software packages to assist the design team and provide important information for decision-making and risk assessment. On-going surveys can be undertaken to assess impact as the development progresses.

Verticality checks

MSA’s use of an array of remote sensing equipment such as 3D laser scanners and precise non-contact instrumentation can provide the design team with accurate and quantified information to enable decisions to be made with certainty and confidence.

Our experience and understanding of building analysis makes MSA an integral and invaluable part of the refurbishment process. In particular these checks are essential to provide understanding and certainty for the preservation and retention of listed facades that are included in a redevelopment scheme.

Lift shaft surveys

Traditional measured building surveys often leave the critical internal dimensions of lift shafts and voids as “un-surveyed” or “unable to access”, however, MSA’s team of skilled surveyors equipped with the latest 3D laser scanners are able to provide vital information within areas that have been traditionally difficult or unsafe to access. Detailed internal information is often require within the lift shafts as redevelopment schemes seek to improve vertical circulation to building and to comply with updates to planning laws.

Working closely with Facilities Managers and their appointed lift engineers, MSA have provided documentation on numerous lift shafts, allowing new plant and machinery to be designed and installed to the very tightest constraints with the assurance of precise measurement and safe operational methodology.

Terrain & Drainage Analysis

Our skilled technicians and 3D modelling software enables us to interpret, analyse and understand the environment we have measured enabling us to provide strategic advice on such diverse applications as airport runway ponding zones and paving resurfacing interfaces at construction boundaries. Terrain analysis through the use of Digital Elevation Models (DEM’s) makes it possible to achieve a qualitative and quantitative definition of landforms and how this interacts with the built environment and engineering applications.

Visualisation of terrain models also provide a key to understanding these critical interfaces of man-made features with the surface of the earth.

Why us?

We set ourselves apart by applying objective and unconventional thinking to look beyond old habits and traditional measurement tools.

Speed

Fast turn-around of measured information gives you the edge in a highly competitive market

Accuracy

Comprehensive information capture provides a reliable project foundation your team can rely upon.

Convenience

We can extract data quickly from scans without returning to site, minimising time, cost and disruption.

Detail

Capture of all site detail, from floorspace and ceiling heights to the number of telephone sockets and light fittings.

Understanding

Make swift, informed decisions with our visual reports, photography, 3D models and plans.

Budget

We optimise financial return with solutions that meet tight timescales and budget requirements.

Team

Meet our experienced experts

Our passion, commitment and aptitude gives us a consistently progressive and creative approach to measurement.