Geomatics
TFT geomatics services combine our wide-ranging surveying expertise with leading measurement and imaging technology. Together, we deliver a range of services to our clients to provide a solution to any measured survey requirement. While we tailor our services to reflect our client’s needs, typical services include:
- Area reference reports (IPMS and COMP)
- Measured Building surveys
- Terrestrial laser scanning and Drone photogrammetry: Point cloud surveys
- 3D Revit modelling and Scan-to-BIM
- Topographical/Site surveys
- Utility Surveys
- Virtual Walkthroughs and Panoramic imaging
- Lease/Title Plans
- Drone surveys
When would you require geomatics support?
- Technical due diligence: creating elevation drawings for building surveyors to accurately mark defects, assigning photos to specific locations and to assist in planning applications.
- Fire regulations and building defects: creating façade or elevation drawings for exterior cladding will allow fire engineers to determine the extent of works required. These elevation plans can form an important part of planning permission, proposal and planning stages.
- Development works: topographical surveys or measured building surveys are essential when any kind of development takes place. We can help identify the layout and structure of the building and its services so that project teams can accurately plan their works.
- Rights of Light: we produce point cloud drawings and/or mass models, for our Rights of Light teams to analyse the apertures in a building and to model the impact of surrounding buildings on sunlight access.
- Building and M&E engineering: we create point cloud images and Revit models to help mechanical and electrical engineers run more accurate clash detections on plans, mitigating the risks of issues in the middle of a project.
- Agency support: TFT does not have an agency offer, but we can support agents to create area reports for acquisition or sale of properties. Likewise, we support with lease plans and title plans.
Get in touch
Meet our team
James Ingall
James is a Director who heads up the Geomatics department in London as part of the built asset team. His expertise includes Measured Building Surveys, Area Reference Reporting and Topographical Surveys. Having started his career in Remote Sensing and GIS, he has a thorough understanding of wider Geomatics disciplines. James is part of the TFT Technology and Innovations working group, and leads TFT's drone surveying division, helping to improve accessibility and imaging quality across our services.
James and his team work on a range of projects in the commercial, residential, industrial and retail sectors, utilising equipment such as high-definition LiDAR Scanners and Total Stations to ensure accuracy is at the heart of all projects. His experience of producing and analysing point clouds (and other 3D data) allows TFT to utilise and present information to clients and stakeholders in more constructive formats.
Having worked on projects throughout Europe, James also has a thorough understanding of International Property Measuring Standards and is able to guide clients on their project requirements.
The Geomatics team works alongside all key services, together with TFT client base which includes The Crown Estate, Kingston Space Property and M&G Real Estate.
Seth Love-Jones
Seth is a Bristol-based Senior Director and a member of the TFT Executive as Chief Operating Officer, with business operations responsibilities. He provides strategic surveying, construction and property services to clients in the retail, logistics, trade counter, office, leisure and technology sectors. He specialises in technical due diligence (TDD), dilapidations and programme management.
Being a chartered building surveyor with a mixed background as both a consultant building surveyor and as a client-side corporate real estate manager, Seth combines the experience to provide a unique perspective and a valuable interface with client organisations.
His most notable instructions include the programme management of fire safety risk and improvements for a wide range of clients and property types. He has also managed and delivered the TDD on many acquisitions in the UK and Europe for clients including Amazon and Screwfix. For Screwfix, over the last decade he has provided property support helping to take a fledgling business with less than 50 trade counters to a market leader with over 900 sites across the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In addition, he has other current working relationships with clients including Prologis, Wincanton, EQT Exeter, Grosvenor and more.
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