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[ 28 October 2026 ] Complex support delivered for bridge restoration Case Studies
[ 12 October 2026 ] What happens when an irrigation canal cannot stay out of service? Case Studies
[ 6 October 2026 ] Funding approved for DeepWind offshore testing facility Company News
[ 2 October 2026 ] James Brotherton to take over as CEO of Breedon Group Company News
[ 2 October 2026 ] £4.2 billion framework for Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Enabling Works awarded Company News

Senior Survey Manager Murat Pehlivan and his surveying team are responsible for acquiring high-precision data of both new and existing project structures.

Capturing the Dubai Metro Blue Line with Millimeter Accuracy

1 October 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

As part of the Dubai Metro Blue Line expansion, the surveying team led by Murat Pehlivan used advanced 3D laser scanning technology to capture high-accuracy data of existing metro stations and infrastructure. Using the Topcon […]

The Geospatial Survey Association has been awarded the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Institution Medal.

GSA awarded CICES Institution Medal in recognition of long-standing relationship

28 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The Geospatial Survey Association was awarded the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) Institution Medal at the CICES Annual Dinner in Bristol on Friday 25 September 2026. The medal was presented by outgoing CICES […]

Jamaica's maritime space is more than twenty times the size of its land territory, which means the country should not be understood as a small land mass surrounded by water but as a big ocean state with significant rights, responsibilities and opportunities.

A fi wi wata: Why mapping Jamaica’s ocean space is a national imperative

25 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Jamaica’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is more than twenty times its land area, yet much of that ocean space remains poorly understood. Momentum is building around a national effort to map, manage and safeguard it, […]

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The Survey Association becomes Geospatial Survey Association (GSA)

17 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

On 6 August 2026, Full and Affiliate members of the UK Land & Hydrographic Survey Association, long known as The Survey Association or TSA, voted to change the Association’s name to the Geospatial Survey Association […]

Systra will supply hydrological surveys and assessments to Anglian Water, as well as a range of environmental monitoring programmes.

Systra wins hydrological surveys and assessments contract from Anglian Water

14 September 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Systra UK has won a contract to supply hydrological surveys and assessments to Anglian Water. These services will support the water company’s capital delivery and environmental programmes and inform planning, permitting, design, and construction activities […]

Emiel Jongerius will join Fugo as Chief Financial Officer in November 2026.

Emiel Jongerius nominated as Fugro CFO

31 August 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

The Fugro NV supervisory board has named Emiel Jongerius as its nomination for appointment as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as of 16 November 2026. He will succeed Barbara Geelen, who stepped down as CFO at […]

Trimble’s X9 is offered for sale a choice of three different licencing plans.

Software licences are one thing. Hardware licences are quite another!

30 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Charles Jennings Technical & Sales Director at Jennings & Cooke. Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor, Geospatial Consultant, Remote Pilot,Technical Sales Specialist. … The surveying profession has largely accepted software subscriptions. We might not like them, but, […]

The acquisition of Galt Geotechnics will enable Fugro to establish an Australian hub for GroundIQ®.

Fugro to acquire Galt Geotechnics and establish Australian hub for GroundIQ

20 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Leading geo-data specialist Fugro is to acquire Galt Geotechnics, a company of consulting geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and environmental scientists based in Perth and Darwin, Australia. The acquisition will enable Fugro to establish an Australian […]

"We need to have the right people involved to make brave decisions on what is important and what is not."

The UK needs to change if productivity is to increase

15 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

Peter Bierton Chief Executive Officer at Mainmark. Specialist in transforming and spearheading businesses within the construction, services, and engineering industries. … The UK construction industry must cut through the bureaucratic red tape to avoid falling […]

Aerial view of the Fort Halstead site in Sevenoaks, Kent - June 2026.

One development – 16 disciplines – 14 contractors

3 July 2026 GeoCon News Comments Off

As collaborations become more frequent, and multidisciplinary teams are asked to deliver increasingly complex work, it is interesting to hear of a team from 14 different businesses, that covers 16 separate disciplines, which are all […]