An Aberdeen survey business launched at the start of the year has already secured more than £200,000 in contract wins in the first month of trading.
Adaptive Surveys, which is owned by Jamie Watt, is already working with several clients and has a further 30 projects in the pipeline which could amount to an additional half a million in revenue for 2022.
Mr Watt launched the business, which specialises in dimensional point cloud surveys for the built environment, following a number of years working as a chartered surveyor in the private sector before moving to a global oil services firm where he managed the construction portfolio in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
With three full-time employees in addition to Mr Watt, the team has a combined 40+ years of experience and is currently working with local authorities, architects, civil and structural engineering firms and within the renewables sector.
The business delivers point cloud surveys, an innovative solution to gather billions of individual spatial measurements quickly and accurately using laser scanning, mobile mapping and drone surveys. Further 3D modelling can be undertaken to suit client requirements.
Mr Watt said: “We have seen a really strong start to the business as the services we offer are very specialised and we are the only survey business operating in Aberdeen who focus on the built environment in this way. We have already been involved in the regeneration of Aberdeen City Centre by providing high-resolution 3D surveys of Union Street and the surrounds before developing further modelling of various statues and balustrades. It is a privilege to be part of the legacy for the future of the city.
We’ve also been delivering mobile mapping services for wind farm developers which assists with the transport of wind turbine components and we are delighted to support Aberdeen in its transition to renewables. The technology that we have in-house offers clients a higher quality survey in a fraction of the time allowing for enhanced time and cost management.”
Adaptive’s technology can be utilised anywhere and the team is focussed on targeting additional city centre master planning further afield as well as forging ahead in the renewables sector.
The team has already been involved in a number of interesting Scottish projects including laser scanning the National Museum of Scotland, 3D modelling and laser scanning the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock, and drone LiDAR surveys for 22km of powerlines in Perthshire.
Mr Watt, who has plans to increase the team in the coming year, has already exceeded his start-up target for 2022 and has big ambitions for the business to expand into the central belt and attract new work in Africa and the Middle East.