Our story.
Measured surveys by Architects
All of our trained surveyors have graduate or post-graduate degrees in Architecture and have a comprehensive understanding of construction.
As one of London’s leading premium architectural practices, we deliver some of the finest projects in the world for the most demanding and discerning clients.
During one of our weekly office meetings, every project reported an issue with their survey. These often only come to light months after the survey, by when they can result in frustrating setbacks. It was a lightbulb moment: why don’t we do them ourselves?! And so, with expertise honed over 40 years, we decided to establish our own in-house surveying arm, and LA Surveys was born.
Our clients are now able to rely on our expertise to survey their buildings quickly and accurately and with an insight that only Architects can offer.
Why?
Expertise.
LA Surveys was born out of Lees Associates, our market-leading architectural practice. Recognising a gap in the market, we took the opportunity to further apply the expertise we had honed over forty years and establish our surveying arm in early 2020.
Understanding.
We are unique as Architects that carry-out full measured building surveys in-house, and as a standalone service. More importantly, all of our surveyors have at least a post-graduate qualification in Architecture, so they have an unrivalled understanding of the buildings they survey.
The problem.
Traditionally, as Architects, we procured measured surveys from third-party surveyors, including having them build an as-existing BIM model from the survey data. But we often found this to be unreliable, not least because we were removed from the process.
The solution.
It is crucial to have a full understanding of a project’s requirements to be able to correctly interpret the raw survey data in order to provide a completely reliable survey that is tailored to the project’s needs. As Architects, we are uniquely qualified to do that.
Technology.
Using the latest point-cloud scanning technology we can accurately survey any building with incredible accuracy and translate it into a detailed BIM model and/or traditional 2D CAD drawings.
Results.
Since we established LA Surveys, the positive feedback from our industry colleagues has been extremely encouraging and has pushed us to scale our offering into a standalone offering, alongside our Lees Associates brand.
So who are we?
We are a progressive team of market-leading Architects who have consistently embraced innovation and development and now offer in-house measured surveying.
All of our trained surveyors have graduate or post-graduate degrees in Architecture and have a comprehensive understanding of construction.
As Architects as well as Surveyors, our knowledge and passion for architecture gives our clients the confidence and reassurance that the survey information from which their project will be developed has been recorded, translated and collated by trusted experts.
Whether or not we are the appointed Architect for a project, and therefore the ultimate beneficiary of a survey, we have a highly-tuned understanding of exactly what it will need to show. We are sensitive not only to the quality of the survey data but also to its fitness for purpose, especially when it comes to listed buildings.
Better still, if we are appointed as Architect for the project, the same team who will deliver the project will both do the survey and build the BIM model, giving them an immediate and unmatched knowledge of the property. And, in this case, we will refund the cost of building the BIM model – we know all too well how much time and work a good survey can save later on in a project.