Surveying

Survey Division

INCO-LAB Survey Division is fully equipped, both to assist in the work carried out by the geotechnical crews, and to work independently for Clients to carry out various range of survey services such as topographic survey, engineering survey, measured building survey, utilities survey and survey project management.

Working with associate companies in Kuwait and in the Gulf region, INCO-LAB Survey Division can offer Clients expertise in GPS satellite positioning, hydrographic and bathymetric survey, aerial surveying and survey training.

INCO-LAB Survey Division has approved its performance during the last five years in the field of commercial development, oil and gas industry, route profiling, offshore construction and preservation of historic buildings.

Utilizing the latest advances in survey technology and the specialist skills of experienced staff, INCO-LAB Survey Division offers clients an integrated range of professional survey activities.

Range of Survey Services

Topographic Surveying

INCO-LAB puts into the field experienced survey teams equipped with Total Stations and data loggers, to capture detail of sites for processing through CAD to produce maps and plans at scales ranging from 1/200 to 1/2500.

Engineering Surveying

The Senior Surveyors with INCO-LAB have many years experience in Kuwait possessing the skills necessary to carry out surveying in the construction industries. Staff employed have worked in Heavy Civil Construction, Oilfield Construction and Offshore Construction, and are familiar with the techniques and instrumentation used in each discipline.

Measured Building Surveying

INCO-LAB has completed the survey of a number of historic mosques in Kuwait, which involved topographic surveys at 1/200 scale, complemented by precise measurement of the interiors of each mosque, produced at scales of 1/25 and 1/50.

Utilities Surveys

The Firm has available the men and equipment necessary to survey the routes of underground utilities. Using specialized tracing equipment capable of detecting buried services up to 4.5 m depth from the surface of the ground, coupled with Total Stations and data loggers for recording the positions of these, accurate and complete plans of utilities networks can be produced quickly and cost-effectively.

Stock Piles Quantity Survey

Our survey teams are capable to measure the quantity of stock piles, no matter the complication of the stacking arrangements, for the purpose of the stock control.

Survey Project Management

The Senior Staff of INCO-LAB Survey Department are experienced in the management of Land and Engineering Survey projects. This wealth of experience can be harnessed for Clients to manage the survey-related aspects of larger projects.

GPS Satellite Positioning

INCO-LAB has Association Agreements with professional firms in the Gulf region and Europe which allow the deployment of sets of Satellite Positioning equipment into Kuwait to rapidly meet demands from Clients for accurate positioning in remote locations. In many cases, the production of topographic maps using GPS equipment can be a very rapid means of mapping large areas of open country.

Hydrographic and Bathymetric Survey

Shoreline and onshore areas projects are increasing in Kuwait. INCO-LAB responds to this demand by cooperating with firms based in Kuwait, and with specialist companies in Europe and the Gulf area, to provide to Clients services related to bathymetric and hydrographic surveying. When carried out in conjunction with sampling and testing in our laboratories, pooling the expertise and resources of the firms involved, INCO-LAB is capable of delivering to clients answers to many environmental questions.

Aerial Surveys

Working in association with aerial photography firms in U.K. and the Far East, INCO-LAB Survey Department produces mapping of complex or extensive sites using photogrammetric methods, whether the results are required to be conventional line mapping or orthophoto imagery.

Survey Training

The Firm’s Associates in U.K. assist INCO-LAB in providing training in Land or Engineering Surveying, leading to the award of internationally recognized Survey qualifications.

Survey Equipment

GPS

Echo Sounder

Geotronics Geodimeter model 422Lr Total Station with Long range traversing equipment

Geotronics Geodimeter model 506 B Total Stations with data loggers

Leica Na2 precise

Radiodetection underground services locator

Trimble 4600 S single – frequency GPS units

Leica 200/300 series dual – frequency GPS units

Applications packages: AutoCAD - SDRMap - Star*Net - WAVE - SKI GPS processing

INCO-LAB is a professional organizational member of the following international organizations: