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MATH Surveying

Precision in Every Dimension

Construction survey. Earthworks, concrete and steel.

Volumes, setting out and as-builts for live sites. Direct from the surveyor who will attend.

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  • Founded

    2020

  • On site

    20+ yrs

  • Base

    Kettering

  • Cover

    Nationwide

01 — The brief

Built for construction, not for a gallery.

Delays, rework and guessed volumes cost more than a survey. MATH Surveying turns a live site into data plant, QS and the engineer can all use — on the same grid, in the formats they already open.

We are a Kettering practice: small enough that you speak to the person who will attend, dedicated enough to get the job done. Earthworks, concrete, steel, and an as-built you can issue.

What

The job

Earthworks volumes, machine-control surfaces, setting out for concrete and steel, as-builts and scan to BIM. The frame as well as the muck.

How

The method

Control first, the right instrument for the tolerance, RAMS a principal contractor can file. You speak to the person who will attend.

Delivered

The issue

CAD, surfaces, volumes and a PDF the QS can file — plus a secure workspace to view, share and measure in the browser.

02 — The work

The muck and the frame.

Cut-and-fill earthworks on a UK construction site

Muck

Earthworks

Cut-and-fill, stockpiles, progress surfaces and plant models. Numbers QS and the operator can both use.

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Concrete abutment on a live bridge with the surveyor on instrument

Pours

Concrete

Pours, pile caps, walls and abutments — as-set before the concrete goes in. The frame keeps a programme when the muck cannot.

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Steel footbridge being lifted into place at night

Lifts

Steel

Grid, holding-down, lifts and as-built of the steel. Night possessions included.

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03 — Services

What we do.

Aerial view of cut-and-fill earthworks on a UK construction site

Cut & fill

Earthworks

Cut-and-fill, stockpiles, progress surfaces and topographic update — numbers QS, site and plant can agree on.

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Excavator with dual GNSS masts on the counterweight grading a formation

Plant

Machine control

3D models built for Trimble, Leica and Topcon plant — so grading happens once.

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Surveyor setting out a steel bridge and concrete abutment at night

On site

Setting out

Grid, level and line for earthworks, concrete and steel — pours, pile caps, holding-down and grid, on the programme you are actually running.

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Laser scanner capturing a live construction site

Verification

As-built & BIM

Independent check of what was built — and a scan-to-BIM model of concrete and steel the design team can actually use.

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Laser scanner monitoring an earth embankment from a stable control station

Movement

Monitoring

Embankments, sheet piles, gabions and structures — measured against agreed trigger levels, not guessed.

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03 — Method

How a job actually runs.

  1. 01

    Brief

    Send a drawing, a KML, a postcode or a what3words. We quote the same day wherever we can.

  2. 02

    Method

    RAMS, CAA flight plan where we fly, inductions and a control scheme that matches your site grid.

  3. 03

    Capture

    Aerial survey, GNSS, total station or laser scan — whichever the tolerance and the plant actually need.

  4. 04

    Check

    Ground control, checkpoints, overlap and a second pair of eyes before anything leaves the office.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    CAD, surfaces, volumes, machine-control models and a PDF the QS can file. Plus a secure link so your team can view and measure the site in a browser.

04 — Deliverables

Files your software already opens.

Trimble, Leica, Topcon, DTM Software — CAD, surfaces and point clouds the engineer and the plant already use. You also get a secure online workspace: the site in 2D and 3D, in the browser, with distance, area and volume tools. View, share and measure. No extra software to install.

  • DWG/DXF

    CAD drawings

  • XML

    LandXML surfaces

  • LAS

    Point clouds

  • GeoTIF

    Orthomosaics

  • CSV

    Coordinate lists

  • PDF

    Volume & tolerance reports

  • IFC

    Scan to BIM

  • WEB

    Online workspace

05 — Work

Typical commissions.

Pile cap bolt group marked up with mini prism and Ranger 7 — holding-down set-out

Steel

Holding-down bolts

Bolt group marked and checked on the pile cap before the steel. The record the erector and the designer both need.
Concrete abutment on a live bridge with the surveyor on instrument

Concrete

Concrete structure

Line and level for walls, pile caps and pours — as-set before the concrete goes in, not after.
Steel footbridge lifted into place on a night possession

Steel

Steel lift

Grid and as-set for a steel lift — the frame goes in where the drawing says, on a possession window.

06 — Why MATH

Judgement on a live site.

  • Earthworks

    Volumes, progress surfaces and plant models a QS and an operator can both use. Aerial capture is a method, not the product.

  • Concrete & steel

    Pours, pile caps, holding-down and grid — then as-built and scan to BIM of what actually went in. The frame keeps a programme when the muck cannot.

  • You speak to the person who attends

    No national call centre. No junior passed the brief. Direct from Kettering.

  • Issued as files you already open

    CAD, surfaces, volumes, machine-control models and a browser workspace. Legal to fly where we fly.

Steel footbridge being lifted into place at night

07 — Coverage

Based in Kettering. Across the East Midlands.

The A14 and M1 put Northampton, Corby, Leicester, Milton Keynes and the rest of the East Midlands within a short mobilisation. Further sites are planned, not refused.

  • Kettering
  • Northampton
  • Corby
  • Wellingborough
  • Leicester
  • Peterborough
  • Milton Keynes
  • Bedford
  • Coventry
  • East Midlands
  • Nationwide by arrangement
East Midlands coverage

08 — Questions

Straight answers.

Do you only do earthworks?

No. Earthworks volumes and plant models sit alongside setting out and as-built for concrete and steel — pours, pile caps, holding-down, grid, and scan to BIM of the frame. Concrete and steel keep a programme when the muck cannot.

How do you measure earthworks volumes?

We survey the site as it stands, compare it to design or to the last visit, and issue a report with the method written down. Aerial capture covers the ground; GNSS or scan fill in where the tolerance needs it. The number is one a QS can defend.

What files do you issue?

DWG / DXF, LandXML, LAS / LAZ point clouds, GeoTIFF orthomosaics, CSV coordinates and PDF reports. Machine-control packages for Trimble, Leica and Topcon. Scan-to-BIM models in Revit or IFC where specified. You also get a secure online workspace: 2D and 3D in the browser, with distance, area and volume tools, limited to your job. No extra software to install. If your engineer wants something else, ask — we would rather issue it once.

How quickly can you get to site?

We are based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, on the A14 / M1 corridor. East Midlands sites are often the next working day. Further afield is planned, not refused. Quotes are turned around the same day wherever the brief is clear.

Do we need to stop the site?

Usually not. We work around plant, agree a survey window, and keep out of the critical path. If we need a short exclusion for a take-off or a scan, we say so in the method.

Are you CAA approved?

Yes. Where we fly, UAV operations are under a UK Civil Aviation Authority operational authorisation (PDRA01-22922). We issue RAMS and fly to the site rules, not around them.

What do you need for a quote?

A site location, a rough area, the job (earthworks, setting out, machine-control model, as-built, scan to BIM or monitoring) and a drawing if you have one. A phone call is enough to start.

Next step

Need numbers the site can work from?

Send a drawing or a postcode. We quote the same day wherever we can.

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