Petrol Station Forecourt Surveys for Tesco

A combined Topographical & Underground Utility Survey was carried out of each station, which varied between 0.2ha and 0.3ha in area. Whilst the general format of each station was similar, there were subtle differences to each. Not all had car washes, for instance, and the number of pumps and parking spaces also varied. The size and location of the underground fuel tanks also varied from site to site.

Each station required one full day of survey to complete to capture the survey data required. Whilst each was a relatively small area, there was a lot of topographical detail to survey and a lot of underground utilities and features to detect. The additional challenge for our team, was that the stations had to be kept fully operational for customers to use, and this was managed by having an assistant on site who installed and moved barriers and cones around the sites to facilitate the safety of our staff, and the customers using the petrol station.