MK Surveys have been appointed by Thanet District Council to provide a 3D AutoCAD model of the Grade II listed Scenic Railway at Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, Kent.

The ride was built at the park in 1919/1920 and opened in March 1920. The ride is now almost unique, as a brakeman is still required to travel with the train to control its speed, as there are no brakes on the track. It is the oldest roller coaster in the UK and one of only eight scenic railways in the world. It is also the only roller coaster to receive listed status; being Grade II listed in 2002. It currently stands without operating due to a fire which destroyed approximately 
25% of the ride in April 2008.

MK Surveys have been appointed alongside Gardiner & Theobald (Project Managers) and Campbell Reith (Consulting Engineers) who will be overseeing the restoration of the ride.

We are very pleased to announce a significant increase in our Utility Survey Capacity. This service has been developed and run by Gordon Livie our Utility Survey Manager over the last 4 years, with Gordon carrying out the majority of these surveys himself.

From 1^st September Gordon will be joined by 2 further surveyors  Jake Ripley Duggan and Michael Rowe. Jake has joined MK Surveys from a Specialist Utility Survey Company and has 5 years Utility Survey experience, whilst Michael Rowe has been promoted to Junior Surveyor after spending the last two years training alongside Gordon.

We hope that this investment in personnel will significantly reduce our turnaround time in the future, whilst maintaining the high standard of survey you would expect from MK Surveys.

MK Surveys continue to maintain their training and development programme with 10 members of staff completing the First Aid at Work course.

MK Surveys continued to survey throughout December. Even heavy snow and frozen water did not prevent a survey on the Stourbridge Canal.

MK Surveys have been commissioned by the Weetabix Food Co to carry out a detailed investigation and survey of the underground utilities and drainage at their Burton Latimer site. The site established in 1932 currently employs around 2000 people and produces over 3 billion Weetabix per year with all wheat sourced from local producers within 50 miles of the site. The award of the Utility Survey follows completion of a topographical survey of the same site in 2009.

MK Surveys in partnership with EWL recently undertook laser profiling of a 200 metre section of the Watford Fast Tunnel on the West Coast Main Line. The profiling is required as part of an agreed monitoring regime whilst third party construction works progress above the tunnel. Further visits will be required post construction along with analysis of the two data sets.

MK Surveys were commisioned by Veolia Water to undertake measured surveys of 48 Water Towers. To celebrate the completion of the works we thought we would create a further drawing showing all 48 of the Veolia Water Tower elevations. All elevations are to the same scale to give an idea of their proportions.

Following a successful tender. MK Surveys have been commissioned to carry out Topographical and Watercourse Surveys across a 400 acre Greenfield site on the outskirts of Worcester. The survey covers an area of mixed use agricultural land, 8 km of associated highways and 7 km of watercourse. The large and complex survey is being undertaken by three survey teams and managed from our Kidderminster office.

MK Surveys have achieved Link-Up qualification.  Link-up is the UK rail industry supplier qualification scheme, providing a single common registration, qualification and audit process for suppliers that is shared by the UK rail industry.