Resources

A guide to the optimum time of year to gain maximum results from a river or watercourse survey.

Our surveyors have concerns about nutrient pollution in UK rivers. As a way of contributing to the knowledge and the clean-up of nutrient pollution, water samples are taken and tested for phosphate levels at sites that our surveyors visit. These readings are for a point in time and would vary depending on several factors. The […]

How to Get Ready for the UK Water Restoration Fund: Start with a Survey

This quick read highlights the most common & costly mistakes seen during a river survey procurement journey:

Information and Growing Guide (by advice from Emorsgate Seeds) Description Oxeye daisy is a familiar and attractive grassland perennial and our largest native member of the daisy family. It has a medium tall un-branched stem topped by a solitary composite flower of white rays (petals) surrounding a yellow disc floret. Once you become familiar with […]

“Off the shelf” survey specifications should be a thing of the past, because engineers who reply on these will not receive the best value for money.

Surveyors utilise a range of surveying equipment to measure the profile of the water course at regular intervals, referred to as cross sections.

All of our drone pilots are highly qualified professionals holding their GVC and A2 CofC licences.

What is River Condition Assessment (RCA)?River Condition Assessment involves a field and desk based survey to assess the condition of a watercourse. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is expected to become mandatory in Winter 2023 and an RCA will be required if a watercourse falls within a development site boundary.What Storm Geomatics can offer you?Storm Geomatics […]

A collaboration of two expert companies explain why a Flood Risk Assessment keeps your project on track to be successful at the planning stage through good data in an exclusive webinar. What are the main considerations when undertaking a FRA? How will procuring the a survey ease your pains?  This process was explained step by step […]

We have sponsored a home work project with Get Kids into Survey. Our mission is to ensure every young person knows about surveying as a career

Research into river systems has shown how human intervention influences the biodiversity of rivers. At a time when the recovery of nature is critical in the battle to reverse climate change, river corridors provide an excellent starting point to make biodiversity gains which could spread exponentially into the floodplains and beyond. This paper looks at […]

by Mike Hopkins MCInstCES, Managing Director Our home, planet earth, is dying. It is difficult to avoid hearing this statement if you read the papers or watch television. As of May this year, 2,100 science organisations and governments in 39 countries had declared a “Climate Emergency”. There is a clock ticking, counting down the time […]