control network installation

Accurate Surveying Yorkshire, operating nationwide

Accurate Survey Control Networks Across the UK

Based in Yorkshire, Operating Nationwide

A reliable control network is the foundation of every successful engineering and construction project. Without accurate survey control points, setting out, machine control, laser scanning and as-built surveys can all be compromised.

Tri-Tech provides professional control network installation services across Yorkshire and the wider UK, delivering robust and precise site control systems that ensure your project is built accurately from day one.

Whether you are starting a new development, infrastructure scheme or major earthworks project, our team establishes dependable survey control that supports every stage of construction.

Control Network Installation
Control Network Installation

What Is a Control Network?

A control network is a series of accurately positioned reference points established across a site. These points provide the coordinate framework used for:
  • Setting out works
  • Machine control calibration
  • Laser scanning registration
  • Topographical and as-built surveys
Control networks ensure that all survey and construction activities are working from the same consistent coordinate system.

Why Control Network Installation Is Essential

Professional control installation helps to:
  • Maintain accuracy across large or complex sites
  • Prevent dimensional errors and costly rework
  • Ensure consistent positioning for all contractors
  • Support GPS and machine guidance systems
  • Provide long-term reference throughout the project lifecycle

Getting site control wrong can affect the entire scheme – which is why expert installation is critical.

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Our Control Network Services

Tri-Tech delivers control solutions tailored to your project requirements, including:

Primary & Secondary Site Control

We establish robust primary control points and extend secondary control across working areas to support daily construction activities.

GPS & GNSS Control Networks

Using high-accuracy GNSS systems, we install coordinate control suitable for large-scale infrastructure and earthworks projects.

Total Station Control & Traversing

For projects requiring tighter tolerances, we use total station traverses and closed-loop networks to achieve maximum precision.

Machine Control Site Calibration

Control networks are essential for machine guidance. We ensure your site calibration is correct and fully aligned with design coordinates.

Monitoring & Control Verification

We can re-check and verify control throughout the project to ensure stability and ongoing accuracy as works progress.

Control Network Installation for Key Sectors

Tri-Tech provides professional control network installation across a wide range of industries and project environments. Our survey control solutions are tailored to meet the technical demands of each sector, ensuring accuracy, consistency and long-term reliability. This sector experience ensures we can deliver the right control solution for your project – regardless of size, complexity or environment. We regularly install control networks for:

Supporting highways, bridges, drainage schemes and large-scale infrastructure where precise site control is critical.

SLAM scanners are mobile, allowing surveyors to walk through a space while capturing continuous 3D data.

Ideal for:

  • Confined or intricate interior spaces
  • Industrial facilities
  • Areas with obstructed access

Providing robust site control for plot setting out, roads, utilities and phased housing developments.

High-accuracy control for rail corridors, stations, depots and transport infrastructure projects.

Specialist control networks for runway paving, slipform operations and high-tolerance airport construction.

Control frameworks for large earthmoving projects, enabling machine control calibration and accurate cut/fill operations.

Survey control for pipelines, substations, service installations and PAS 128 utility coordination.

Infrastrcuture Laser Scanning

Environmental & Energy

Environmental & Energy

Public Sector

Public Sector

Defence & Justice

Defence & Justice

Rural & Agriculture

Rural & Agriculture

Architecture & Project Management

Architecture & Project Management

Commercial

Commercial

Heritage

Heritage

Bathymetric & Hydrographic

Bathymetric & Hydrographic

Industrial

Industrial

Housing

Housing

Demolition and Remediation

Demolition and Remediation

General Construction

General Construction

Infrastructure, Roads and Highways

Infrastructure, Roads and Highways
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Applications of Survey Control Networks

Control networks are required across a wide range of sectors, including:
  • Civil engineering and highways
  • Residential and commercial developments
  • Rail and infrastructure schemes
  • Airport and paving projects
  • Earthworks and bulk excavation
  • 3D machine control and digital construction

Wherever accurate positioning is required, control networks provide the essential foundation.

Deliverables & Documentation

We provide clear and professional outputs including:
  • Control point schedules
  • Coordinate reports
  • Site control drawings
  • Calibration documentation
  • Integration with CAD and machine control systems

All control is delivered in line with project specifications and industry best practice.

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Benefits of a Professionally Installed Control Network

Commissioning Tri-Tech ensures:
  • Reliable and repeatable site accuracy
  • Reduced risk of setting out errors
  • Improved coordination across contractors
  • Strong foundation for digital construction workflows
  • Confidence that your site is aligned correctly from the outset

 

Why Choose Tri-Tech for control network installation
We provide control networks that your entire project team can rely on.

experience

Experienced engineering surveyors and control specialists

High-accuracy

High-accuracy GNSS and total station equipment

expertise

Expertise in coordinate systems and calibration

support

Support for setting out, machine control and scanning

UK-wide coverage

UK-wide coverage with Yorkshire roots

professional

Clear reporting and professional deliverables

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What we do
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Land and Engineering Surveyors

Tri Tech Topographical 5

topographical surveys

Tri-Tech work for a variety of different clients on different projects, and we pride ourselves on delivering accurate, efficient, cost effective surveys ensuring our clients receive the best possible product.

Utility Mapping 5

utility mapping

Using the latest equipment, we can provide the location of underground services in either 2D or 3D. We use state of the art Ground Penetrating Radar and Electromagnetic Location to assist your project when service avoidance may be a potential issue on site.

Monitoring 3

monitoring

Is there any movement? That is the question that is asked before and during any monitoring scheme.  That is the reason we undertake monitoring, to check for movement.

3D Laser Scanning Tri-Tech Surveys

laser scanning

For mass collection of accurate survey data then nothing beats scanning.  Using 3D laser Scanners the surveyors can capture millions of points per second with the creation of a PointCloud. 

Volumetric Analysis Tri-Tech Surveys

volumetric analysis

We specialise in the analysis of a scheme’s volumetrics at any point in time.  Be it Tender, Prestart, Monthly, Weekly, or Final.

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Bathymetric surveys

By using the latest surveying technology, we have been able to survey watercourses safely and efficiently.

Setting Out and Site Engineering

setting out & site engineering

Bread and butter work for us!  Having a strong relationship with many civil engineering companies we have a very strong team of Site Engineers and Engineering Surveyors working for us. 

3D Machine Control Tri-Tech Surveys

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At Tri-Tech we have vast experience in this field.  Be it a large highway scheme or a private property we can advise on what accuracies are required from your control network depending on what work you are carrying out and the tolerances you are carrying this work out to.

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uav mapping & aerial surveys

Large areas of ground can be covered capturing the most unbelievable detail which would just be unable to be recorded with traditional methods.  Our clients have really seen the benefit of what UAV surveys bring to the table.

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measured building surveys

Tri-Tech work for a variety of different clients on different projects, and we pride ourselves on delivering accurate, efficient, cost effective surveys ensuring our clients receive the best possible product.

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3d machine control

Machine control systems have been around for years now and Tri-tech have been utilising these systems from the very start.  We realised the benefits of these systems early on when working with earthworks contractors.

Equipment Hire 3

survey equipment hire

Being a leader in the Surveying and Engineering sector we have a fleet of modern survey equipment at our disposal which is second to none.  We carry the latest GNSS Base Stations, GNSS Rovers, Robotic Total Stations, Laser Scanners, Digital Levels, and Dual Grade Lasers.

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BIM Model Creation

BIM (Building Information Modelling) model creation in surveying refers to the process of using specialised software to create a 3D digital model of a building or infrastructure project that includes information about the project’s design, construction, and maintenance.

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