Survey Procurement in the face of Covid-19 disruption

If you have not considered it before, now is the time to look at Mobile Mapping. This is a survey grade, rapid data capture method; fast and safe whilst observing social distancing and contact tracing guidelines.

It causes no traffic disruption and often with no Traffic Management. This data is then digitised in the office, currently being done via home working in isolation, complying with current guidelines. This is backed up with the recent publication by RICS which can be read here: https://www.rics.org/uk/news-insight/latest-news/coronavirus-and-rics-events/resilient-response-in-the-face-of-covid-19/

The benefits include: –

• Workaround social distancing solution for covid-19
• One person in the vehicle driving while the system automaitcally collects data
• Infrastructure usage is currently down by upto 80%. This makes it even more viable on highways to collect data, faster and safer.
• Accuracy is 20mm with no ground control, with survey control this can come down to 10mm 
• De-risks your project – Fast and safe method of data capture – Isolated home working for data processing

During these unprecedented times, Severn partnership ensures all client permissions with strict adherence to C19 rules including C19 RAMS. As infrastructure specialists most of the approvals come from Local Councils & National Government whose objective is to keep infrastructure open in these critical times.

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