Geomatics engineer.
I measure buildings, land and coastlines, and build small tools to make that work simpler and safer.
After over a decade measuring buildings, land and coastlines, I'm still learning something on every job. This is where I share what I know, the tools I build and what I'm learning along the way.
Most of my work is turning places into measurements that other people can trust and build on.
I capture buildings and sites with static and SLAM laser scanners, mostly Leica kit. The result is a registered, georeferenced point cloud that the whole team can measure from.
I turn point clouds into floor plans, elevations and sections in AutoCAD, and check the drawings back against the cloud.
I plan and fly survey missions and process them into orthomosaics, terrain models and 3D models. I have also captured thermal imagery for others to interpret. UK CAA drone certificates; Spanish AESA in progress.
Total station and GNSS for topographic surveys, setting out plots and boreholes, and monitoring movement in historic buildings.
AutoCAD and Civil 3D for drawings, surfaces and profiles. QGIS for land and boundary plans; I used ArcGIS in earlier jobs.
Codelists, templates and procedures that keep field and office data consistent. I'm now learning Python to automate the repetitive parts.
A few examples among many, to show what this kind of work looks like.
The cliffs of north Norfolk lose ground every year, and the district council needs repeatable measurements to plan for it. With a drone we captured 1,500 m of cliff in 36 minutes of flight, instead of most of a day on foot, and nobody had to work near the edge. The project was commended at the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence 2019.
I wrote the business case for the drone, the software and the training, then introduced drone surveying in the group and ran it day to day until I left: planning, risk assessments, flying, processing and delivery. I learned as much about procedures as about flying.
Schools and other public buildings scanned from end to end with static and SLAM scanners, then drawn as floor plans, elevations and sections. SLAM is quick along corridors; static stations give the precision on facades. Combining both is often the answer.
For more than eight years I surveyed Norfolk County Council's landfill sites: tracking boreholes and pipework, and calculating volumes between campaigns. Repeat work like this teaches you to keep control points, codes and methods consistent.
Most of my field work has been in the East of England, but jobs took me across the country. Before that I worked around Andalusia and Gibraltar.
Free tools I'm building. They are in testing, so please check the results before using them in professional work.
Upload a CSV of coordinates and get cumulative distances, total climb and descent, and a short summary of the route.
Short, plain explanations for students and colleagues.
Over a decade working in the UK, and before that in Spain. In short:
A two-year course in surveying operations and urban planning projects in Cádiz, where I learned the basics of measuring.
A small surveying equipment distributor in Marbella. I worked as a site surveyor on building and civil works across Andalusia and Gibraltar, including a bridge in Benamejí (Córdoba), and ran demonstrations and supported customers with their instruments.
Bachelor's in Geomatics and Surveying Engineering. My final project mapped wind energy potential from satellite data.
Night-time highway surveys and daytime urban GIS surveys across London, with my own total station and GNSS kit, including road signage data for Transport for London.
From Assistant Land Surveyor to Senior Land Surveyor in Norwich. I introduced drones to the group, scanned whole buildings and surveyed for councils and public bodies. Since 2025 I have also been an APC counsellor for RICS, helping candidates through their professional assessment.
Studying a Master's in Artificial Intelligence and learning to build the tools I used to wish I had.
Working on something involving reality capture, geospatial data or survey workflows? I'd be glad to hear about it.
A contact form is coming soon. For now, LinkedIn is the easiest way to reach me.