Just another day in the office

Sometimes the historical survey you are provided with doesn’t have entirely accurate information. For example, ‘as-built’ information of features built  or demolished since the survey was originally completed may be missing [like a huge gabion* retaining wall].

Also, the survey may not have enough information on some of the existing buildings in the area, that you might want to reflect on a new project design, like matching existing roof pitches.  

So, as a result of these exact issues, we were on site a few weeks ago measuring roof pitches and gabion walls. Nice to get out and about, although getting rained on kind of dampened the spirits a bit. 

On a positive note this does mean that we can now finish off modelling the existing site info accurately in full 3D on our software, ready for a fresh design to spring to life. Watch this space for updates of a new project in a conservation area. We’re super-excited about this one.  

Just another day in the [outside] office.

*A gabion is a wire cage filled with rocks to create a free-standing wall. Sometimes used as an effective retaining wall and often seen in civil engineering works, such as motorway embankments. You can see a feature gabion wall project we worked on here.