Case Studies

UAV Survey Portlethen 

We were engaged by Whyte & Mackay to create a comprehensive 3D Revit model of their Invergordon Distillery Stillhouse. The primary objective was to support…

Topographic Survey Cairds Hill 

We were instructed by EDP Renewables to carry out a topographic survey at Cairds Hill Wind Farm near Edintore in Keith. The purpose of the…

Measured Building Survey – Former Chopstix site

We were appointed by TINTO Architecture to carry out a measured building survey of the former Chopstix unit on Union Street, Aberdeen. This was part…

Laser Scanning at The Exchange

Savills instructed us to undertake a Measured Building Survey of The Exchange Buildings 1 and 2 in Aberdeen. Given the scale of the site (five…

Measured Building Survey – Taymouth Castle

We were engaged by Taymouth Castle Club to undertake a Measured Building Survey of the historic Taymouth Castle in Aberfeldy, Scotland. The client required an…

Utility Survey – Stratton

We were instructed by Goodson Associates to carry out a PAS 128 utility survey in Stratton, near Inverness. The survey covered a large site, requiring…

Utility Survey – Former John Wood House   

We were instructed by CBRE to undertake a PAS 128 compliant utility survey at the former John Wood House site in Tullos, Aberdeen. The survey…

Multi Survey Project – Jura Distillery

We were instructed by Whyte & Mackay to carry out a multi deliverable project on the Isle of Jura. The client required terrestrial laser scanning…

Multi Survey – Bogleshole Road

We were instructed by Wylieshanks Architects to conduct a measured building survey, topographic survey and a PAS 128 utility survey at the Bogleshole Road site.…

Topographic Survey – Bettyhill Wind Farm

We were engaged by The Land Consultancy to complete a topographic survey of the proposed Bettyhill Phase 2 Wind Farm located at Caithness. The purpose…

Measured Building & UAV Survey – Makro Belfast

We were instructed by Macleod + Jordan to conduct a measured building survey combined with a UAV roof survey at Makro in Dunmurry, Belfast. The…

Measured Building Survey – Union Street

We were engaged by Tinto Architecture to conduct a measured building survey of 125 Union Street, a property previously occupied by Bravissimo. The aim was…

Laser Scanning & Control Survey – Linkwood Distillery

Spey Projects engaged us to conduct laser scanning and establish -survey control at their Linkwood Distillery in Elgin. The aim of the survey was to…

3D Modelling – Invergordon Distillery  

We were engaged by Whyte & Mackay to create a comprehensive 3D Revit model of their Invergordon Distillery Stillhouse. The primary objective was to support…

GPR Survey – Montrose

We were engaged by CBRE to conduct laser scanning and a GPR survey at the Baker Hughes site in Montrose. The objective was to provide…

Laser Multi Survey Project – Union Inn

Adaptive Surveys were instructed by Scottish Canals to carry out survey work at Union Inn in Falkirk. The client required multiple deliverables so a multi…

UAV Survey – Peterhead Port Authority

Niras engaged us on behalf of the Peterhead Port Authority to conduct a full topographic survey of the quay structures and surrounding areas at NorSea…

Laser Scanning – M&S

We were commissioned by Halliday Fraser Munro to carry out a measured building survey of a retail unit within the Westhill Shopping Centre, currently occupied…

Laser Utility Survey – Macallan Distillery 

We were instructed by Spey Projects Ltd to conduct an underground utilities survey. The aim of the survey was to accurately locate and map a…

Laser Topographic Survey – M8/M9 Corridor 

Adaptive Surveys were instructed by BEAR to conduct a topographic survey along the M8/M9 corridor in West Lothian. The project covered approximately 8.3 miles of…

Laser Scanning Survey – Royal Lochnagar Distillery

Spey Projects Ltd engaged us to perform a high-precision laser scanning survey of a designated room within the Royal Lochnagar Distillery in Ballater. The primary…

UAV Survey – Kessock Bridge

We worked with BEAR to conduct a UAV visual inspection survey of various structural elements at Kessock Bridge in Inverness. The objective of the inspection…

Measured Building Survey – ARI

We were instructed by an architectural firm to conduct a measured building survey at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, focussing on two floors of the building. The…

Control & UAV Survey – Edinburgh Debenhams  

We were engaged to undertake a comprehensive control survey at the former Debenhams store on Princes Street, Edinburgh. The primary objective was to establish and…

Craigellachie Bridge

We were instructed by Stephen Taylor at the Friends of Craigellachie Bridge to conduct a General Visual Inspection (GVI) of the exterior elements of the…

Ledaig Rockface  

We were instructed by BEAR Scotland, Trunk Road Operating Company for the North West of Scotland, to conduct a survey of a rockface near Oban.…

AquaTerra FPSO Survey

We were instructed by AquaTerra to carry out an internal survey of ballast tanks within an FPSO, in the North Sea. The client required us…

Trinity Centre Survey

We were instructed by the client to carry out an internal measured building survey of the (infamous) trinity centre walkway and the ex-Debenhams unit. The…

A9 Scrabster

We were instructed by BEAR to carry out a topographic survey at Scrabster where there is a section of the A9 with a long history…

Jura Distillery partners with Adaptive Surveys to secure its digital future

We were instructed by Whyte & Mackay to create a 3D ‘digital twin’ of its Hebridean Jura Distillery. The models will allow the company to…

Topographic Survey – Fell Windfarm

We regularly work with multi-disciplined teams throughout the UK, particularly in the field of onshore renewables development. One of our regular clients who undertake geotechnical…

Topographic Survey – Kilmelford Bridge

Our client was looking to undertake a flood risk analysis and subsequent design works relating to an area within a rural village in South West…

Topographic Survey for Large-Scale Residential Development

Our client required a topographic survey of a large area of agricultural land for the master planning and subsequent detailed design of a significant mixed…

Laser Scanning Survey for Sewer Location

To aid with the design and construction of high rise commercial and retail buildings, our client required the accurate location of a large underground sewer…

Transmission & Distribution LiDAR Survey

Adaptive Surveys were contracted to survey approximately 25km of 400Kv overhead lines for a major utilities company. The resulting data was to be used to…

Elevation Survey for High Rise Tower Facades

Our client required detailed elevations drawings of an 18-storey apartment block in central Manchester. CAD drawings of each façade of the tower block were required…

Topographic Survey for Golf Course Design

Our client required a topographic survey of a large area of land for the design and construction of a golf course on the site. The…

Mobile Mapping for Wind Turbine Swept Path Analysis

Adaptive Surveys were approached by a renewable energy developer to provide topographic surveys of c.90km of roadways on the Kintyre Peninsula. The client wanted to…

Drone Surveys for Quarry Management

Adaptive Surveys undertake repeat drone surveys for a renowned quarry operator based in the North East of Scotland. The data obtained from these surveys on…

Revit Modelling for City Centre Master Planning

Our client required as-built surveys in the form of Revit models to LoD250 of the Aberdeen City Centre and environs. Topographic surveys in 3D DWG…

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