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Set out right,
built right.

Freelance setting out and site engineering for main contractors and groundworkers. Own robotic total station and GNSS RTK: one invoice covers engineer, instruments and travel. Based in Teesside, working UK-wide.

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Projects

Selected work

A sample of packages over the years, photographed on site.

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BIM / 3D Model flythrough Using 3D models to produce accurate dilapidation surveys of existing structures before works commence.

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Machine control Model to dozer 3D models created in AutoCAD Civil 3D and uploaded into the dozer to create accurate formation levels for plots, roads and landscaped areas.

Total station set up in front of a Georgian country house with setting-out pins in the ground — Lincolnshire **Heritage estate services** Working on heritage sites: surveying existing structures alongside topographical surveys, then using that information to set out new infrastructure across the estate.

Two operatives constructing a precast concrete manhole chamber in open excavation — Deep drainage **Manholes & chambers** Manhole and chamber construction: inverts, benching and cover levels set out, checked and recorded as built.

Aerial view of a row of house plot strip foundations set out on a housing site — Housing **Plot setting out** Plot setting out from foundations to finished levels across multiple housing developments.

Steel reinforcement fixed for a retaining wall alongside a live industrial building — RC structures **Reinforced concrete** Setting out and dimensional control for reinforced-concrete structures and retaining walls on live industrial sites.

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BIM / 3D As-built 3D scans 3D scans produce up-to-date as-builts, capturing a snapshot of the site to date, including as-built service positions, which is critical for health and safety.

Robotic total station on a tripod surveying a newly poured warehouse floor slab — Site engineering **Slab & as-built surveys** Robotic total station setting out and automated concrete slab surveys for the highest level of accuracy.

Dozer spreading stone sub-base between new kerb lines beside an industrial unit — Roads & externals **Road formation** Kerb lines and formation levels set out and checked as the sub-base goes in.

Freshly laid tarmac base course within new kerb lines on an external works area — Highways **Surfacing** Kerbs, levels and falls proven before blacktop: accurate setting out pays off at the finished surface.

Dozer trimming road formation to level between set kerb lines — Machine control **Dozer to design** The design surface in action: dozer trimming formation to model levels between set kerbs.

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UK-wide Your project next Send over your drawings and programme and I will come back with availability and a price.

Services

What I set out

Accurate, checkable setting out and survey work across the full civils range, delivered as clean data your team can use straight away.

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Site setting out

Substructures, RC, holding-down bolts and steelwork, housing plots, kerb lines and levels: set out from your design information to tight tolerance.

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Site engineering & QA

Dimensional control, pre-pour checks, level transfers and QA records: independent checks that keep the works true to drawing.

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Topo & as-built surveys

Measured topographical and as-built surveys, delivered as clean AutoCAD Civil 3D data that drops straight into your model.

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Earthworks & volumes

Earthworks models, cut and fill, and stockpile volumes from precise survey data: accurate quantities for accurate payment.

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Drainage & highways

Invert levels, gradients, manholes, kerb radii and road geometry set out to specification, checked and recorded as built.

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Machine control & drone survey

Design surfaces and machine-control files prepared and proven, plus drone surveys and photogrammetry for rapid site capture.

Ways to work

Two ways to book

Engaged direct, no agency in the middle. Engineer, own kit and travel on one invoice.

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Embedded engineer

A dedicated setting-out engineer on your site five days a week, for the duration of the package.

Full-time presence, one weekly invoice
Control, setting out, QA and as-builts end to end
Works to your programme and your site team

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Ad-hoc cover

Short-notice engineering cover when you need it: days, not months.

Holiday and sickness cover for your engineer
One-off setting out, topo and as-built surveys
Machine-control file setup and checks

Process

Control to as-built

A straightforward way of working that keeps the setting out accurate and the record clean.

Control

Establish or verify the site control network from your coordinates, or survey fresh control where there is none.

Set out

Structures, levels, drainage and highways marked on the ground to the design model, to tight tolerance.

Check

Independent checks and as-you-go verification catch issues before they are built in.

As-built

Accurate as-built data recorded and handed back as clean, usable CAD.

About

A setting-out engineer you can put on any site

Chris Wall Engineering Ltd is the freelance practice of Chris Wall: a BEng-qualified civil engineer on site since 2008, from national contractors to specialist groundworks. A limited company since 2013, CIS and VAT registered, and used to walking onto a live site and being productive the same day. Clear communication, tidy data, and work that stands up to checking.

+ Own robotic TS & GNSS RTK + CSCS Black (Manager) card + Temporary Works Supervisor + PL & PI insured + AutoCAD Civil 3D + Drone surveys & Pix4D

ExperienceOn site since 2008

DegreeBEng Civil Engineering

InstrumentsOwn robotic total station & GNSS

Site managementNVQ L4 Construction Site Management

CompanyLtd since 2013 · CIS & VAT registered

CoverageUK-wide, based Teesside

AvailabilityBooking work: enquire now

Get in touch

Send your drawings. Get a price.

Share your scope, drawings and programme dates and I will come back with availability and a quote: with-kit and without-kit options on every enquiry.

chris@cwengineeringltd.co.uk 07863 811888

Based Teesside · Working UK-wide · Short-notice cover available

Set out right,built right.

Selected work

What I set out

Site setting out

Site engineering & QA

Topo & as-built surveys

Earthworks & volumes

Drainage & highways

Machine control & drone survey

Two ways to book

Embedded engineer

Ad-hoc cover

Control to as-built

Control

Set out

Check

As-built

A setting-out engineer you can put on any site

Send your drawings. Get a price.

Set out right,
built right.