Measured Building Met Surveys Ltd has specialised in providing measured building surveys and has been a major user of MBS software for over ten years. The variety and complexity of buildings we have had the pleasure and privilege to work on have ranged from listed historic monuments, to theatres new and old, shopping centres, multi-storey multi-occupancy office and residential blocks to individual private and publicly owned housing. The detail and accuracy requested by clients can vary but we always provide work to the very highest standard generally presented in digital format to suit the clients software. We are commissioned by a variety of private and public sector clients, including architects, consulting engineers and local authorities. This may be to undertake floor plans, sections, elevations and rights of light surveys prior to refurbishment or redevelopment or any combination of these. Our surveys are also used to assist Facilities Management, for provision of Lease plans with GIA’s and NIA’s or Land Registry plans. We have been fortunate to work on many of the Building Schools For the Future (BSF) programmes over the last few years, building strong working relationships with the design and build teams. The schemes have been across the UK and although the programme has been scaled back considerably we are still undertaking work on some of these and other education related building projects. To carry out our surveys we use Total Stations linked via Bluetooth to palmtop computers and to hand held distos. Our long range Total Stations are ideal for measuring large or remote building elevations. As the surveyor measures points and lines, he can view his elevation or floor plan in real time. At a glance, drawings can be continuously checked for completeness and using specially configured software, out of tolerance measurements can be highlighted and rejected. Precise measurements can be gathered of specific structural or decorative details. Facilities or asset management information such as power sockets, light switches, wall finishes and furniture can be captured as attributed blocks suitable for identification and manipulation in CAD drawings. Data stored Data stored Data stored electronically in the field can be transmitted immediately to our central CAD and IT support suites via mobile data networks if speed is an essential requirement. There it can used by the surveyors to produce finished, high quality drawings and reports, presented to the client on either paper, film, disk or email. However, we still prefer the surveyors collecting in the field to process and draw their own surveys as we know this provides the best quality. We also use laser scanning for measured building surveys, please view the separate page on this site for a guide on its use. To view a sample of an elevation plan, please click here. To view a sample of a floor, please click here.