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Line Design Technology

THE POWER LINE EXPERTS

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Survey & Design Expertise to Move Your Project Forward

Overhead power lines are what we specialise in. We survey them and we design them, and we're not limited to that — topographic surveys, underground utilities, setting out and other site work sit alongside it. We're authorised by the CAA to fly drones, so we can survey from the air when that's the better way to do the job. Since 2010 that work has added up to a long run of successful projects. We're a small team, so you talk to the people who will actually be on site. Tell us what the job needs and we'll work out the right survey and design for it.

Our Specialist Survey Services

  • Surveyor in a hard hat sighting a total station towards an overhead line and pylon

    Swing clearance survey

    We measure sag and swing at maximum temperature and show the statutory clearances so you can meet ESQCR.

  • Survey drone with a camera flying above trees

    Aerial drone survey

    CAA-authorised drone surveys for mapping and inspection, with models ready when the air is the safer way to work.

  • Laser scanner on a tripod on a construction site, with a pylon in the background

    3D laser scanning

    Accurate scans of lines, structures, and sites, delivered as point clouds you can measure and check for clashes.

  • Surveyor in high-visibility clothing using a GNSS receiver beside an overhead line and lattice tower

    Overhead line survey

    Route plans, profiles, and schedules for UK overhead lines, on the Ordnance Survey grid so every drawing matches.

Supporting Survey and Design Services

  • Surveyor with a total station on a gravel path outside a stone manor house

    Topographic survey

    Site surveys for power line and development schemes, with maps, contours, and a terrain model your planners and designers can build on.

  • Wooden setting-out peg, mallet, and marker spray on grass

    Setting out services

    We transfer the design onto site and mark foundations, supports, and structures so construction starts in the right place.

  • Surveyor kneeling beside a reel of tracer cable in a field

    Underground utility tracing

    We locate and mark buried utilities before excavation, and report what was found so you can dig with fewer strikes and less delay.

  • Three-dimensional model of an overhead line terminal structure

    Computer aided design (CAD)

    CAD drawings for survey and overhead line projects, produced in AutoCAD and issued with a clear revision history.

  • Engineering drawing showing elevations and details of an overhead line structure

    Overhead line design

    Overhead line design for network operators and developers, covering supports, conductors, and the drawings needed to build the line.

  • Survey

    Line Design Technology Limited has an experienced team of professionals who have the necessary skills to deliver detailed and exact topographical surveys.

  • Design

    As well as conducting overhead line surveys, Line Design Technology Limited staff are also skilled in the production of engineering design solutions to your technical requirements.

  • Consultancy

    In addition to a range of design and surveying work. We can provide independent expertise to those working within the electrical industry.

Solutions For All Your Power Line Needs!

Industries

Who We Work With

From nationally significant infrastructure to developer-led schemes and renewables—we align our work to your programme and compliance needs.

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    Distribution network operators

    Our company works with many of the UK’s DNOs on a repeat basis—from nationally significant infrastructure at 132kV to smaller schemes at lower voltages.

  • Utility and civils site work

    Commercial developers

    We work directly with commercial developers on large-scale projects that need timely information for planning applications and to discharge ESQCR responsibilities.

  • Wind turbines

    Renewable energy

    Professional survey and design services for renewable infrastructure development—high-quality results with solutions tailored to programme and budget.

Clients

Customers We have Worked With

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