Main contractors
PAS 128 surveys before you break ground. CCTV and as-builts at handover.
BAM · Kier · Skanska · Morgan Sindall
Utility, drainage & land surveys · UK-wide Know your ground. Above, on and below it.
PAS 128 utility mapping, CCTV drainage surveys, topographical and measured building surveys, 3D laser scanning, jetting and no-dig repairs. One accredited team, mobilised from Gloucestershire to sites across the UK.
- RICS-regulated firm
- PAS 128 & MSCC5 compliant
- No-obligation quotes
Accredited & approved
Move the lens to see what's under the street. Finding it before you dig is our job.
Trusted on site by the UK's leading contractors, housebuilders and public bodies
Housebuilders
Topos for layouts, Section 104 adoption surveys and a clean, jetted system at handover.
Persimmon · Taylor Wimpey · Barratt · Redrow
Engineers & consultants
Topo, utility and point-cloud data your design can stand on.
Hydrock · Curtins · BWB Consulting
Public sector & estates
Drainage maintenance, measured surveys and careful work in historic buildings.
Gloucestershire County Council · National Trust
Services
Every survey your site needs. One team to deliver it.
Most projects need three or four specialists before work can start. We cover the lot, so you get one mobilisation, one set of RAMS, one point of contact and data that fits together first time.
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Below ground
We start where most surveys stop. Find it, map it, inspect it and fix it, before it costs you a programme.
Utility mapping
From QL-D desktop searches to QL-A trial-hole verification. Electromagnetic and radar detection, with every service, depth and position on one clear drawing.
- QL D–A
- EML & GPR
- Stat searches
CCTV drainage surveys
Coded surveys for Section 104 adoption, build-overs, handovers and defect investigation. Major defects reported on the day; the full report follows in days.
- MSCC5 / OS19x
- S104 adoption
- Build-over
Drainage repair & lining
Patch repairs and full-length CIPP liners for 70–560 mm pipes, WRc-approved with a 50-year projected life. Laterals reinstated precisely. No digging, no disruption.
- CIPP
- 70–560 mm
- 50-yr projected life
Jetting, tankering & vac-ex
Van packs to combination units. Blockages, pre-survey cleans, interceptors and septic tanks, plus vacuum excavation to dig safely around live services.
- City & Guilds operators
- Licensed waste carrier
- Vac-ex
Also below ground Ground investigation · Confined-space and culvert inspection · Desktop utility searches · Percolation test support
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On the ground
Levels and features captured once, accurately, and delivered in the format your designers already use.
Topographical surveys
Total stations and GNSS capture levels, features and boundaries, from open fields to live highways and railways. 2D or 3D, in DWG, DXF or PDF.
- 2D / 3D
- DWG · DXF · PDF
- As-built
Hydrographic
Bathymetric & river surveys
Riverbed, lake and channel surveys by an RYA-qualified team, most recently on the River Aire near Goole, giving schemes accurate underwater levels.
- Bathymetry
- Rivers & lakes
- RYA-qualified
Also on the ground As-built and adoption surveys · Engineering surveys · UAV and drone mapping · Highways and rail
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Above ground
Buildings and structures measured precisely, ready for design, refurbishment, asset management or BIM.
Measured building surveys
Floor plans, elevations and sections drawn on an accurately surveyed footprint. Every level layered and every drawing checked before it leaves us.
- Floor plans
- Elevations
- Sections
3D laser scanning & Revit
Point clouds controlled by total station and GNSS, modelled in Revit so you can walk through, slice and measure, right down to sockets and cable runs.
- Point clouds
- Revit / BIM
- Walkthroughs
Also above ground UAV and drone surveys · Structural monitoring · Dilapidation surveys · Surveys for BIM
Tunnels · culverts · theatres · live railways
If it can be measured, we'll measure it.
Why Solum
Fewer contractors. Fewer surprises. Better data.
The ground is where projects go wrong. Since 2013 we've made sure it doesn't, for tier-one contractors, national housebuilders, consultants and councils.
One mobilisation, every discipline
Utility, drainage, topographical and scanning crews under one project lead. One programme, one set of RAMS, one invoice.
Data that fits together
One team captures it all, so your topo, utilities and drainage line up on one drawing. No stitching together other people's files.
Answers in days, not weeks
Major defects are flagged on the day, often on site. Reports, marked-up drawings and costed remedials follow within days.
Specialist kit, our own fleet
Laser scanners, Leica and Trimble instruments, EML and GPR, crawler CCTV, an Elios 3 confined-space drone and Euro 6 combination units.
Qualified, accountable people
MSCC5 and OS19x-trained report writers, City & Guilds jetting operatives and CICES-qualified surveyors, in an RICS-regulated firm.
Right first time
Every drawing is checked before it's sent. You won't pay for repairs you don't need, or miss the ones you do.
- Founded in Gloucestershire
- 2013
- Years' industry experience
- 30+
- PAS 128 quality levels
- QL D–A
- Major drainage defects reported
- Same day
Projects
From Grade I landmarks to live railways.
A few recent jobs. Every one of them started with a phone call. Follow our latest work on LinkedIn
Newport · South Wales
Newport Transporter Bridge
CCTV, utility and topographical surveys to the visitor centre, highway and car parks, plus laser scanning of the bridge's two west bank towers up to the fourth landing.
- Laser scanning
- Utilities
- CCTV
- Topo
Bristol
Bristol Hippodrome
Laser scanning inside Frank Matcham's 1912 theatre, capturing the auditorium and front-of-house in full 3D.
- Laser scanning
- Measured survey
Penzance · Cornwall
Penzance railway station
A complete point cloud of the station, ready for design teams to measure, model and plan from.
- 3D laser scanning
- Rail
Bath · Somerset
Bath Spa station
Night-shift laser scanning on the platforms of Brunel's 1840 station.
- Laser scanning
- Night working
Devon & beyond
Culvert investigations
Crawlers, floats, array GPR, EML, laser scanning, total stations and GNSS on a collapsed Devon culvert, and our Elios 3 LiDAR drone mapping a 10 m wall collapse.
- Confined space
- Elios 3 LiDAR
- CCTV
How it works
From first call to final drawing.
A survey traverse runs station to station. So does every job we take on: no guesswork in between.
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STN 01
Tell us about the site
A postcode, a red-line plan or a drawing is enough to start. We'll ask what the data is for, so we scope it right.
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STN 02
Get a clear quote
The right survey specification or PAS 128 quality level, a programme and a price. No padding, no surprises.
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STN 03
We survey
An accredited crew arrives with the right kit and approved RAMS. Anything urgent is flagged on the day.
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STN 04
You build with confidence
Drawings, reports and models in the formats your team already uses: DWG, DXF, PDF, Revit or point cloud.
What lands in your inbox
The team
Talk to the people who do the work.
Solum was founded in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, in 2013. Today our crews and fleet work the length of the country, led by a management team with decades of combined surveying and construction experience, and a straight answer when you need one.
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Steve Holbrook
Director
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Mark Passmore
Associate Director, Utility Surveys
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Steve Drew MCInstCES
Associate Director, Topographical & Measured Building Surveys
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Heather Giddens
Finance Director
What we stand for
- Respect
- Contribution
- Integrity
- Professionalism
- High performance
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FAQs
Questions we get asked on site.
Can't see yours? Call the office on 01454 413592 and talk to a surveyor.
Which PAS 128 quality level do I need?
Most sites start with QL-D (a desktop search of utility records) plus QL-B (a detection survey using electromagnetic locators and ground-penetrating radar). Together they give you the most useful picture quickly. QL-C adds a site reconnaissance of surface features, and QL-A confirms selected services by exposing them, usually on congested sites or where an asset owner requires it. Not sure? Tell us what you're planning and we'll recommend the right level.
Do you work outside the South West?
Yes. We're based in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and work on sites right across the UK, from Cornwall to Yorkshire.
How quickly will I get my CCTV drainage report?
Major defects are reported the same day, often on site, so a repair and re-survey can happen straight away. The full report, with marked-up drawings, coded footage and costed remedials, follows electronically within a couple of days.
Can you clean, survey and repair drains in one go?
Yes. We recommend jetting lines before a CCTV survey so defects aren't hidden under debris. Where defects are found, our no-dig patch and CIPP lining systems repair pipes from 70 to 560 mm without excavation.
What formats do you deliver in?
Whatever your team works in: DWG and DXF for CAD, PDF and paper for site, 2D or 3D, registered point clouds and Revit models for BIM.
Are you accredited?
We're an RICS-regulated firm and CICES members, with Constructionline Gold, CHAS Premium Plus, SafeContractor and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation. Our report writers are trained to MSCC5 and OS19x, our jetting operatives hold City & Guilds certificates, and we're a licensed waste carrier (CBDU239180).
Do you offer vacuum excavation?
Yes, for small trenches around congested services. Our combination units break up the ground with high-pressure water and vacuum the spoil away, so no blade goes near live services. Larger areas can be arranged through trusted partners.
Do you survey buildings as well as land?
Yes. We produce measured building surveys and 3D laser scans of everything from schools and offices to theatres and railway stations, and can model them in Revit for BIM.
Get a quote
Tell us about your site.
Send a postcode and a few details and we'll come back with a clear, competitive quote. Prefer to talk it through? Call the office.
01454 413592- info@solumsurveying.com
- The Old Stables, Pines Courtyard, Stone, Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL13 9LE
Also: Cyber Essentials Plus · Licensed waste carrier CBDU239180
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