Mini Poll Results
March 2013 (35 Votes)
All indications available to the Secretariat are that the economy, at least relating to the survey industry, has improved over the last 12 months.
1. Do you agree with this premise?
Yes: 80%
No: 20%
2. Have you increased your fees in 2012?
Yes: 31%
No: 69%
3. Do you intend to increase your fees in 2013?
Yes: 54%
No: 46%
December 2012 (25 Votes)
Has the mobile phone coverage and connection noticeably improved since starting to use this technology?
Yes: 28%
No: 72%
Has the mobile phone coverage and connection noticeably worsened since starting to use this technology?
Yes: 24%
No: 76%
Is the mobile phone coverage that you get accurately represented by that shown on the phone company mapping?
Yes: 12%
No: 36%
Don't Know: 52%
Do you regularly have connection issues to the data download service?
Yes: 68%
No: 32%
Do you regularly have issues of continuity of data download?
Yes: 58%
No: 42%
What do you principally use your network RTK GPS for:
Control Establishment: 76%
Detailing: 24%
Do you think that Network RTK data connection is good enough for detailing purposes? (Note: This is not a question about the accuracy of the system)
Yes: 36%
No: 64%
Overall do you think that purchasing a Network RTK system is good value for money?
Yes: 56%
No: 4%
Marginal: 40%
September 2012 (71 Votes)
1. How many vehicles are used within the business?
1: 8.5%
2-4: 25.4%
5-10: 29.6%
10+: 36.5%
2. Are these owned by the business or privately?
Business: 80.3%
Private: 19.7%
3. Would you value a bespoke/flexible TSA motor scheme for your vehicles?
Yes: 73.2%
No: 26.8%
Feb/March 2012 (45 Votes)
Recent QISS and the increase in Job vacancies appear to show an improvement in confidence in the industry. Further evidence of this should show in anticipated capital investment growth in the coming year. Can you therefore please indicate your anticipated capital expenditure as a percentage of your turnover for the period 2011 and 2012?
2011
0%: 2%
1-3%: 28%
4-6%: 36%
7-9%: 16%
Above 10%: 18%
2012
0%: 2%
1-3%: 11%
4-6%: 34%
7-9%: 25%
Above 10%: 28%
November 2011 (72 Votes)
TSA has been working with MHP Communications since 2007. Since January 2010, MHP has provided TSA with a Monthly Monitoring Report which is always sent out with the TSA Update. As Council prepares the 2012 Budget, we would like you to answer three quick questions:
Do you read the Monthly Monitoring Report?
Yes: 74%
No: 26%
Do you find it useful?
Yes: 63%
No: 37%
Do you want it to continue?
Yes: 67%
No: 33%
May/June 2011 (66 Votes)
It has been suggested that the Job Opportunities section on the TSA website, currently free to all members, could be opened up to non members for a fee. Do you think this is a good idea?
Yes: 70%
No: 30%
March 2011 (45 votes)
Which Social Media tools do you currently use for your business:
Linkedin:
Yes: 60%
No: 40%
Twitter:
Yes: 22%
No: 78%
Facebook:
Yes: 25%
No: 75%
Blogs:
Yes: 16%
No: 84%
Which Social Media tools would you be interested in learning more about:
Linkedin:
Yes: 52%
No: 48%
Twitter:
Yes: 40%
No: 60%
Facebook:
Yes: 33%
No: 67%
Blogs:
Yes: 44%
No: 56%
February 2011 (81 votes)
Are you aware of a general increase in the theft of survey equipment in the UK during the last 12 months?
Yes: 80%
No: 20%
Have you had any survey equipment stolen in the UK during the last 12 months?
Yes: 16%
No: 84%
August 2010 (73 votes)
Do you agree that a postcode search should be introduced on the TSA website?
Yes: 84%
No: 16%
May 2010 (59 votes)
Do you think that TSA should charge for attendance at seminars?
1. No - they should be free: 66%
2. Yes - around £50: 32%
3. Yes - around £100: 2%
March 2010 Poll (39 Votes)
1. Do you have in place a D & O’s insurance policy?
Yes: 29%
No: 71%
2. Would you like TSA to develop a suitable one for members?
Yes: 64%
No: 36%
February 2010 Poll (41 Votes)
1. Do you think the CCD scheme should be compulsory?
Yes: 35%
No: 65%
2. If CCD is not compulsory, should the companies that join in be recognised in some way?
Yes: 73%
No: 27%
September 2009 Poll (57 votes)
When describing your job, do you personally claim to be a:
Surveyor: 91%
Geomatician: 0%
Geospatial Engineer: 4%
Other (Land Surveyor, Measurement Surveyor, Engineering Surveyor): 5%
When generally promoting your company, which descriptive term do you use?
Surveyors: 88%
Geomaticians: 0%
Geospatial Engineers: 5%
Other (Land Surveyors, Measurement Surveyor, Engineering Surveyor): 7%
What would you like to be known as?
Surveyor: 77%
Geomatician: 4%
Geospatial Engineer: 10%
Other (Land Surveyor, Measurement Surveyor, Engineering Surveyor): 9%
June/July 2009 Poll (69 Votes)
1. Has your bank contacted you recently, without solicitation, offering assistance?
Yes: 20%
No: 80%
2. How willing has your bank been to lend money to your business through the current difficult trading conditions?
More willing: 0%
Same as before: 74%
Less willing: 26%
May 2009 Poll (70 Votes)
The approximate percentages and types of work undertaken by TSA member companies:
Aerial Survey & Photography
0-20% - 98%
61-80% - 2%
Aerial LIDAR
0-20% - 98%
21-40% - 2%
Boundary Disputes
0-20% - 97%
21-40% - 3%
Building Surveying
0-20% - 35%
21-40% - 46%
41-60 - 15%
61-80% - 2%
81-100% - 2%
Engineering Surveying
0-20% - 69%
21-40% - 26%
41-60% - 5%
GIS / Utility Mapping
0-20% - 91%
21-40% - 9%
Hydrographic Surveying
0-20% - 92%
21-40% - 4%
61-80% - 2%
81-100% - 2%
Laser Scanning (terrestrial)
0-20% - 82%
21-40% - 14%
41-60% - 2%
81-100% - 2%
Railway Surveying
0-20% - 85%
21-40% - 8%
41-60% - 2%
61-80% - 2%
81-100% - 3%
General Topographic Surveying
0-20% - 20%
21-40% - 26%
41-60% - 39%
61-80% - 12%
81-100% - 3%
Underground Services
0-20% - 71%
21-40% - 25%
81-100% - 4%
March 2009 Poll (65 Votes)
1. Does your company actively market its services and products?
Yes: 88%
No: 12%
2. If yes, please indicate which method you think provides the best results:
Mailshots: 7%
Email Circulars: 2%
Website: 18%
Personal Contact: 73%
3. Where do you find your contacts?
Databases: 60%
Journals: 15%
National/Local Press: 13%
Business Link: 12%
4. What is your estimated spend on marketing per annum?
Nothing: 2%
Less than £3,000: 40%
£3,000 - £5,000: 12%
£5,000 - £10,000: 18%
More than £10,000: 30%
September 2008 Poll (70 Votes)
1. Do you think
the introduction of the CCD scheme is a good idea?
Yes: 74%
No: 26%
2. Do you currently undertake external management training?
Yes: 39%
No: 61%
3. Would you attend a TSA subsidised and run management training course?
Yes: 70%
No: 30%
4. Are you able to source external funding for business training?
Yes: 31%
No: 69%
5. Do you think TSA should only run survey related training courses?
Yes: 41%
No: 59%
6. Please select one subject you would like to see covered in business training:
Sales & Marketing: 19%
Succession Planning: 11%
Communication Skills: 18%
Appraisals and interviews: 5%
Team Building: 2%
Surviving in a difficult business climate: 29%
Accountants for the non accountant: 16%
June 2008 Poll (55 Votes)
1. How do you perceive the current trading conditions for your business compared with one year ago?
Worse: 55%
Same: 33%
Better: 12%
2. How do you forecast trading conditions for your business will change over the next six months compared with today?
Worse: 36%
Same: 47%
Better: 17%
March 2008 Poll (55 votes)
1. Are you aware that any survey firm can elect to be regulated by RICS?
Yes: 38%
No: 62%
2. Is your firm already regulated or in the process of getting regulated?
Yes: 31%
No: 69%
3. Do you think that being "Regulated by RICS" would help your business?
Yes: 60%
No: 40%
September 2007 Poll (33 votes)
1. Do you think that the communications now are:
Worse: 0%
The same: 30%
Better: 70%
2. Do you think that the general administration is now:
Worse: 3%
The same: 33%
Better: 64%
3. Do you think that getting in contact is:
Harder: 0%
The same: 39%
Easier: 61%
4. The new Secretariat has now been responsible for organising three members' meetings since July 2006. Do you think that the organisation of these meetings has been:
Worse: 0%
The same: 52%
Better: 48%
5. Last year the new Secretariat introduced a system of online polling. Do you think this system of involving the members is:
Worse: 0%
The same: 0%
Better: 100%
6. A number of initiatives are carried out each year by TSA, do you think your awareness and involvement with these initiatives is:
Worse: 0%
The same: 36%
Better: 64%
June 2007 Poll (56 Votes)
1. Do members think it would be useful to have a small covert GPS, GSM/GPRS and RF tracking device fitted to equipment, with mapping software to view their assets in real time?
Yes: 95%
No: 5%
2. The cost of these tracking devices range between £300-£500 plus a small monthly subscription fee of aprox £7.50. Would members be prepared to pay these costs per instrument, for such sophisticated methods of tracking high value instruments?
Yes: 37%
No: 63%
3. Instead of the above costs, would members prefer a 3-5 yr lease hire scheme for tracking their instruments? The monthly payments would then be minimal.
Yes: 78%
No: 22%
4. Finally, would members like an independent asset register for all survey equipment? Or would members prefer to use the manufacturers?
Independent: 29%
Manufacturers: 71%
March 2007 Poll (41 Votes)
Does your company:
1. Actively mention the benefits of using a TSA member company: 12%
2. Use the TSA logo on all customer communications: 34%
3. Both of the above: 32%
4: Neither: 22%
February 2007 Poll (43 Votes)
If materials and equipment were made available, would you be willing to visit your local educational establishments?
Yes: 74%
No: 26%
January 2007 Poll (51 Votes)
If the Thames Water Baseline was opened up:
Would you use it: 18%
Rely on manufacturers to provide the service: 82%