Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021

28 | Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021 already seeing through the further advancement of HS2”. As far as the future of this firm is concerned, Utility Mapping UK is aiming to become a global leader in the delivery of expert subsurface spatial and digital engineering solutions. It is always finding new ways to be creative as well as structured and on-target. Damien concludes, “Our mission will be achieved through the creation of digital data collection platforms and how we interact and share our data solutions with our clients”. Contact: Damian Taylor Company: Utility Mapping UK Web Address: www.u-map.co.uk Utility Mapping UK is taking the sector by storm as a fast-growing business ready to support all types of clients in their different projects. Survey Director, Damian Taylor talks to us about Utility Mapping’s services and what it hopes to achieve following the firm’s most recent success at the UK Enterprise Awards 2021. Utility Mapping UK surveys take place all over, for all kinds of reasons. No matter what the plan is, it’s always the aim to cause the least disruption to the ground and surroundings. By creating an innovative digital representation of the underground surfaces, Utility Mapping UK provides intelligent subsurface utility detection and survey services that allow projects to be carried out with the least disruption to its surroundings. “The accuracy and clarity of the underground utility information obtained from site is key,” says Damian Taylor, Survey Director at Utility Mapping. “If the located utilities are inaccurate and unclear then the survey drawings and subsequent designs will be flawed, resulting in cost increases and delays in construction, and risk to the safety of the public and site personnel should utilities be damaged. Our company name and brand are associated with an expert team of subsurface utility surveyors collating reliable and accurate spatial data from site, as well as providing clarity and understanding of the subsurface through our drawings, reports, and data deliverables”. Stretching from London across the UK, they offer their services to a wide variety of clients through the civil, design, environmental, geotechnical, utilities, infrastructure, and facilities management sectors. No task is too large, or too small, as they offer their services, personnel, equipment and solutions to numerous clients across several sectors and locations. Utility was founded in 2018 with the vision of being a leading provider of underground utility locating, survey and date solutions to both private and public sectors. It was born to provide quality, smart Utility Mapping UK information alongside data management solutions for all kinds of infrastructure projects. To flourish, every business needs reliable and specialist staff members who all bring something to the table. Damian continues, “Utility Mapping Most Innovative Mapping Survey Services 2021 UK comprises a professional team of experienced Utility Mapping UK technicians, surveyors, GIS specialists, CAD operators, data engineers and project managers. To ensure our team stays ahead of the game, we consistently invest in training and the upskilling of our teams as well as equipping them with the best available equipment to undertake their daily survey activities. Key values we look for and encourage in our team members are respect, passion, innovation, trust, balance, teamwork and customer focused”. Damien says, “As we start to emerge out of a pandemic, which has seen an unprecedented impact on the UK economy, the government have set out the ‘Build Back Better’ strategy plan, with a significant investment of £600 billion into new infrastructure schemes and public sector funding over the next five years. Some of which we are Jul21497