Which surveying services does Monument Geomatics offer?

Monument Geomatics offers six core land and building surveying services: topographical surveys, measured building surveys, laser scanning, underground utility surveys, engineering surveys, and small inland hydrography. The Gloucestershire-based firm works for both private and public sector clients, and scales its service from a single garden survey up to large-scale topographical mapping. Use this guide to match your project to the right service before you request a callback.

The core services and what each is for

The company describes its work as spanning land development projects, highways design, recreating structural plans, and asset management. Its stated specialisms include remote sensing, terrestrial laser scanning, geodesy and GPS, 3D visualisation, high-precision deformation monitoring, small inland hydrography, and large-scale topographical mapping.

How to choose the right service

Start from the deliverable you need rather than the technique:

• You need a site plan for design or planning work → topographical survey.
• You need drawings of an existing building (floorplans, elevations, or to recreate structural plans) → measured building survey.
• You need a 3D model, or to monitor movement of a structure over time → laser scanning, which the company also uses for high-precision deformation monitoring.
• You are about to dig or design around buried services → underground utility survey.
• Your project is engineering or infrastructure-led → engineering survey.
• Your site includes a pond, stream, or small watercourse → small inland hydrography.

If your project spans several of these, the company states it provides a bespoke service to meet all requirements, so it is reasonable to describe the full scope in one enquiry rather than splitting it.

Coverage and practical fit

Monument Geomatics is located at the edge of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, positioned for the M5, M4, and M50. It serves Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire, as well as Wales and the South West, and states it serves both local and national markets. The team's combined industry experience is stated as over 50 years.

For a project outside that core area, the "national markets" wording suggests enquiries are still worth making, but confirm travel and mobilisation in your first contact.

Example: matching a project to services

A parish council replacing a play area might need a topographical survey of the ground, an underground utility survey to find services before excavation, and — if an existing building is affected — a measured building survey. A developer restoring a listed facade might lead with laser scanning for a 3D record plus measured building survey elevations. In both cases, the same single enquiry can cover the combined scope.

How to get started

The site's main call to action is a "Request a Call Back" form, alongside contact details and a projects page showing recent work (including a pump track at Forest of Dean Cycle Centre, Monmouth Golf Club, Royal Crescent in Bath, and a highway junction design in Brighton). Before the call, prepare:

1. The site address and approximate size.
2. The deliverable you need (site plan, floorplans, 3D model, utility record).
3. Your deadline and any budget ceiling — the company states it aims for optimum solutions to budget and schedule, so stating constraints early helps.
4. Whether the site has known access restrictions or buried services.

The published material does not list prices, so treat cost as something to confirm directly rather than assume from the website.