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Whether you’re a self-employed engineer or the buyer at a major construction company, it’s a common question: is it better to buy or hire? We discussed the particular advantages of the 130% capital allowance for buying survey equipment in a previous blog, but as a company that has been hiring out equipment all over the South East since 1997, we feel it would be remiss not to mention some of the great advantages to hiring. It will always be a personal choice depending on a range of factors but ultimately it usually boils down to three variables: cost, how much...

We’re delighted to announce a new partnership between Surveytech and GeoSLAM to bring their incredible range of scanners to our customers.   GeoSLAM is a truly innovative company with a mission to digitalise 3D data capture, make it faster, easier, and make it possible to scan places that would have been impossible to scan before. Based out of Nottingham, they’ve been pushing the envelope of what’s possible ever since they first developed the technology with CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.   Wham, Bam, Thank You SLAM   It’s the same technology that’s powering the automated vehicle revolution...

  Styled like a ray gun from a 70s Sci-fi, the V-Loc3 Cam Sonde locator is genuinely packed with futuristic technology.    We’re delighted to announce that we are now dealers for Vivax Metrotech, a company that is at the forefront of innovation in utility detection and investigation. When we first saw their robust inspection cameras that are packed with industry-leading features, we knew our customers would love them, so it’s great that we can announce this collaboration.   Who is Vivax Metrotech? Located in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley, Vivax-Metrotech Corporation designs and manufactures buried...

  There has never been a better time to buy Survey Equipment!   On 3rd March, the UK government brought in new temporary tax relief on qualifying capital asset investments.   Does the capital allowance include surveying equipment? You bet it does.   Rishi Sunak heard that Geomax is so good at improving productivity that he felt it was important to allow construction companies, surveyors and archaeologists to work more efficiently to help the country recover from covid.   Or something like that: “the measure is designed to stimulate business investment. It does so by increasing the incentive to invest...

For a bit of professional development (and general interest) I took a Certificate of Higher Education module in Archaeology at Birkbeck College in the winter months leading up to Christmas last year. The course was great, with a wide range of topics and lively seminars run by our tutor, Dr Stuart Brooke - I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is interested in getting a practical grounding in Archaeology. We had a choice on final essays, and I did mine on aerial imagery and how it can be used by archaeologists. If you'd like to see a practical demonstration of...