Setting Out Engineering
Control establishment, alignment setting out, stakeout and dimensional QA delivered at pace with Leica TS16/GS18t and AutoCAD validation.
What is Setting Out Engineering?
Setting Out Engineering transfers design information (coordinates, levels and alignments) from drawings or models onto the ground so construction can proceed accurately. Using survey control, total stations and GNSS, Triple Survey positions foundations, gridlines, slabs, steelwork and external works within specified tolerances, preventing costly rework and clashes.
Why accuracy and survey control matter
Robust primary and secondary control anchors every subsequent measurement. Our engineers establish stable control networks and check them daily. This safeguards positional accuracy as trades progress, ensuring consistent references for stakeout, QA and as-built surveying.
How Triple Survey delivers
We mobilise rapidly, agree tolerances and hold points, then deliver stakeout with the Leica TS16 and GS18t (tilt compensation for speed around obstructions). Our remote engineers verify data in AutoCAD, issue stakeout schedules and provide QA documentation and as-built surveys for sign-off.
Sectors we support
Commercial and residential buildings, healthcare estates, education campuses, industrial facilities, public realm, highways and utilities. We routinely work in live, constrained environments with clear communication and RAMS.
What we deliver
- Primary/secondary survey control networks and benchmarks
- Gridlines, alignments, levels, offsets and hold points
- Stakeout schedules, check points and tolerances
- AutoCAD mark-ups, QA packs and as-built records
FAQs
It is the process of transferring design coordinates, levels and alignments onto site using survey control, total stations and GNSS so works are built to the correct position and tolerance.
They establish and check control, set out gridlines and offsets, verify dimensions and levels, and produce QA evidence and as-built records.
Typical salaries range from ~£30,000 to £55,000+ depending on experience, location, sector and responsibilities.
Leica TS16 total station and GS18t GNSS are our primary instruments, supported by digital levels and robust survey control.
Yes — stakeout schedules, AutoCAD mark-ups, check sheets, and photo QA to evidence compliance with design and tolerances.
We can mobilise within 24 hours UK-wide subject to access, permits and RAMS approval.
Yes. We plan segregation and sequencing, coordinate with stakeholders and maintain safe systems of work.
Yes — we can verify installed positions and levels and issue as-built drawings and schedules.
Approved drawings or models, coordinate system and benchmark details, tolerances, programme and access constraints.
Yes — we will verify and/or re-establish survey control, review previous QA, and continue with consistent records.