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Merchant's Wharf.
Topographical Survey.
An up-to-date topographical survey providing current site levels, physical features and measured information for the Merchant's Wharf development.
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Current site data
for a live development.
Brookes Geospatial was appointed to provide an up-to-date topographical survey for the Merchant's Wharf project in Salford, Greater Manchester.
The client required a current measured record of the site and surrounding features, ensuring the project team had reliable information reflecting conditions on the ground at the time of survey.
Surveyed detail was processed into a coordinated CAD drawing containing levels, hard surfaces, drainage features, boundaries and other relevant physical features across the survey area.
Site coverage
A measured record
of the site.
The survey captures the relationship between the existing buildings, external areas, highway edge and surrounding site features.
Spot levels and key features were recorded throughout the survey area to create an accurate base for onward project use.
Survey workflow
Surveyed.
Checked. Coordinated.
Survey control
A reliable control framework provided the basis for the topographical survey and coordinated output.
Site measurement
Levels, edges, surfaces, drainage features and relevant physical detail were recorded across the survey area.
Data checking
Field information was reviewed and checked before drawing production to maintain consistency across the dataset.
CAD production
The measured information was converted into a clear coordinated topographical drawing for onward use.
Highway detail
Levels where
they matter.
Detailed levels along hard surfaces and highway edges help the project team understand existing gradients, interfaces and the relationship between adjacent features.
Existing conditions
Small details.
Useful decisions.
A useful topographical survey is more than a collection of levels. It records the physical details that influence design, access and coordination.
Features such as chambers, kerbs, tactile paving, surface changes and other visible infrastructure were included where relevant to provide a more complete picture of the site.
Feature detail
Existing site features
captured clearly.
Localised details were surveyed alongside the wider site so the final drawing remained useful at both overall and detailed design scales.
Survey information
What the drawing
records.
The final topographical survey provides a current measured base for the areas included within the agreed survey scope.
Measured ground and surface levels throughout the survey area.
Road, footway, tarmac and other visible surface extents.
Relevant edges and changes in level captured for design context.
Visible chambers, gullies and associated survey detail where encountered.
Visible physical features relevant to the agreed topographical survey scope.
Existing building outlines and interfaces with the surrounding surveyed area.
Coordinated survey control supporting consistent measurement across the site.
A clear digital topographical drawing prepared for onward project use.
The result
An up-to-date base
for the project team.
The completed survey provided the client with current site information rather than relying on older or superseded survey data.
The resulting CAD drawing gave the project team a coordinated measured base for subsequent design, review and coordination work associated with Merchant's Wharf.
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