Regional Center of Excellence

ACESFor Land and Marine Surveying

Arab Center for Engineering Studies "ACES", was established in Amman-Jordan in the year 1983, initially, as a geotechnical invistigation and materials testing engineering organization.

Today, ACES provides a complete range of specialized consulting services which include, additionally, quality control of projects, special studies, environmental studies and testing, and land and marine surveying.

ACES has carried out thousands of projects for its clients in the Middle East and elsewhere. All ACES’ projects, regardless of the size, are approached with the expertise, technology and equipment required to meet the client’s needs.

ACES has a network of fourteen sister companies in Amman, Aqaba, Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al-Ain, Doha, Muscat, Khartoum, Sana’a, Ramallah and Gaza. ACES also undertakes projects in other countries. A few examples include Azerbaijan, Syria, Kuwait, Angola, Djibouti, and Morocco.

Everything done by ACES is built around its commitment to deliver the best value for its clients in terms of responsiveness, consistency, quality and practical solutions. ACES main goal is to partner with its clients, understand and exceed their expectations.

About ACES

About ACES

ACES has considerable knowledge and experience in topographical survey, bathymetric survey, underground utilities detection, survey consultancy, settlement monitoring, earthwork volume computation, route survey and setting out survey and has conducted hundreds of successful projects in the Middle East.

To gather all the capabilities of ACES that are related to survey works under one highly professional and equipped center and be the market leaders in survey services, ACES established its Regional Center of Excellence for Land and Marine Surveying, which is located in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The focus of ACES Regional Center of Exellence For Land and Marine Surveying is to render high quality services in land and marine surveying field in UAE and Middle East region. With complete in-house facilities and state of the art equipment, specialized software and highly qualified survey engineers and surveyors, ACES is very well positioned to be a leader in the field of land and marine surveying services in the region.

ACES Regional Center of Exellence For Land and Marine Surveying

Offered Services

Offered Services

. Topographic survey. • Near shore bathymetric surveys.• Cadastral surveys. • Corridor alignments (horizontal & vertical) and profiles. • Setting out survey. • Under ground utilities surveys. • As-built survey. • Digital terrain modeling.• Establishment of control stations and bench marks. • Precise and differential leveling. • Settlement monitoring. • Earthworks volumes. • Survey consultancy and check engineering.• Hiring of survey crews.• Maps digitizing and conversion of raster to vector. • Hydrographic survey. • Bathymetric survey. • Tidal measurements. • Current measurements.• Sea water sample collection and in-situ testing.

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Available Technologies

Available Technologies

Land Surveying

Total Stations

Total Stations are survey instruments which have combined a theodolite with a distomat. The instrument can measure angles and distances simultaneously and it can determine coordinates and elevations with high accuracy. It is equipped with software that makes many survey computations. It is extremely useful in or near buildings where GPS can not operate. ACES use the latest total stations of the world number one brand Leica. All ACES total stations are calibrated by the authorized dealer periodically and are certificated.

Auto Levels

Auto levels are simple and easy to use instruments used for leveling. They are still considered the most accurate way for calculating elevations. Digital levels, which record the readings and do the computation, are in use now as well as the classical auto levels. ACES use high accuracy Leica digital levels for all kind of leveling works.

Global Positioning systems (GPS)

GPS is satellite based navigation system. The principle is getting the signals from the satellites by a receiver and converting them into coordinate and elevation data. GPS provides reliable location and time information in all weather conditions and at all times and anywhere on or near the Earth . It increases the accuracy in large scale projects and lessens the time consumed to do the survey works. The instrument can operate even kilometers far from the benchmark without compromising on the accuracy which makes it the most preferred survey technology. ACES use the Leica GPS instruments which are known for their reliability and accuracy. All GPS instruments are calibrated by the authorized dealer periodically and are certificated. ACES have the intrinsic certificates as well which are proof that the equipments are safe to use inside oilfields and plants. This document is required by the authorities in oilfield for all battery operated instruments.

Available Technologies

Avai lable Technologies

MARINE SURVEYING

Echo Sounders

Echo sounders are used to determine the depth of water or the elevation of the sea bed for marine works. Echo sounder sends sound waves down to the bottom and calculates the depth by the duration that the sound travels in the water. Echo sounder and GPS are used together to produce bathymetric maps. ACES prefer Atlas echo sounders which are the leaders in this field. ACES have successfully completed many bathymetric surveys in the region.

UNDERGROUND DETECTION

GPR

Ground penetrating radar is used to locate all types of utilities metallic or non metallic and obtain their depths down to a depth of 10 meters. It provides a section of the ground on its color screen identifying the utilities clearly. ACES utilize Radio Detection UK GPR’s.

Radio Detectors

Underground detectors are used for detecting buried metallic utilities. It provides depth of the utility also. This service provides the necessary information for the client to protect the existing utilities during their works. ACES utilize Radio Detection UK instruments.

Available Technologies

Avai lable Technologies

Sub-bottom Profiling

GeoPulse Profiler System -Industry standard sub-bottom profiling system for shallow geophysics. 2-12 Khz frequency range and selectable with front panel dial.

Magneto meter

Cesium Magnetometer Geometrics G-881 Determine the presence of metal objects on the sea floor.

Tide Gauge

Valport 740- Self Recording Automatic.

Boat

Double Engine126 X 2 HP, 26 feet long boat.

SPECIALISED SOFTWARE

Software is an extremely important part of a professional survey company. The computations that have to be very accurate and the drawings that have to reflect the survey results precisely are all done by software. ACES use a wide range of software which are essential and serve to different purposes. ACES staff has been trained in using the software and all are competent. ACES are able to deliver the end result of its studies in any format the client requires. Some of the software being used by ACES is listed below:

. AutoCAD. . MicroStation. . SoftDesk. . Surfer.

. Leica Geo Office. . Leica SkiPro. . SDR Map. . Navipac.

Available Software

KEY PERSONNEL

Meet ACES Land & Marine Specialists

Manager of ACES Regional Center of Excellence for Land & Marine Surveying

Selected Projects

Pipeline Route Survey VECO ENGINEERING 2006

Topographic & Bathymetric Survey MAUNSELL CONSULTANCY 2006

Topographic& Bathymetric Survey KEO INTERNATIONAL 2007

Topographic& Bathymetric Survey ALGECO 2007

Bathymetric Survey PB INTERNATIONAL 2007

Topographical Survey & Est. of Control Points IDROESSE 2008

Topographical Survey TAKREER 2008

Pipeline Route Survey DOLPHIN ENERGY 2008

ADCO Replacement of NGL Pipeline Network Project

Reem Island Plot-2 Development

Corniche Mixed Use Development

Jabel Al Dhanna Airfield Runway Extension Project

Coconut Island

Development of South Shamkha, Abu Dhabi

TAKREER Ruwais Refinery Expansion Project

DOLPHIN ENERGY Taweela to Fujairah Pipeline Project

Selected ProjectsProject Name Project Type Cl ient Year

Selected ProjectsPlant Survey & U/G Detection Bechtel 2008

Plant Survey & U/G Detection Petrofac 2009

Route Survey & Bathymetric Survey Technip 2009

Topographical Survey & U/G Detection ZADCO 2010

Topographical Survey & U/G Detection Hyundai 2010

Topographical & Bathymetric Survey Samsung 2010

Settlement Survey Takreer 2011

Pipeline Route Survey WGI 2008ADCO 1.8 MMBPD Oil Field Development Project

Takreer Ruwais Refinery Expansion Project

Asab Full Field Development Project

Inter Refineries Pipelines Project II

Satah Full Field Development (Zirku Island)

Habshan 5 Utilities & Offsites Project

Fertil 2 Expansion Project

Takreer ADRD & RRD Settlement Survey

Project Name Project Type Cl ient Year

ACES Regional Center of ExcellenceFor Land and Marine Surveying