JPP celebrated Christmas Jumper Day at Northampton and Milton Keynes on Friday. We raised £47 for Save the Children.
Tim Brennan, Director of JPP Surveying, lead training yesterday. Full of interesting facts including this one. Did you know ….
On 18 April 1936 a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby to begin the retriangulation of Great Britain. That trig pillar is still standing 80 years on, along with thousands more around the country.
The trig pillar is quintessentially British, and even made it onto Bill Bryson’s list of favourite British items in his 2015 book The Road to Little Dribbling. But while many people know they’re something to do with OS, they’re often not sure quite how.
The Cold Ashby pillar was the start of a state-of-the-art triangulation network built to re-map Britain, dreamt up by Brigadier Martin Hotine. Some 6,500 were built and OS surveying teams spent 26 years gathering measurements across Britain to create a highly accurate map of the country.
Thanks to www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk for the words and image.
Our Christmas Stocking Appeal box is filling up nicely here at JPP HQ! There’s still time to donate – just pop in to any of our offices.
Congratulations to Vicky at JPP Geotechnical & Environmental who has earned a Distinction in her Masters (MSc MCSM) from Camborne School of Mines. Well done Vicky!
Would you like to work for the SME Northants ‘Employer of the Year’? 😀
JPP Surveying (Milton Keynes) are looking for a
Full Time Land and Building Surveyor and a
Full Time Trainee Surveyor.
Please get in touch with Ben Arnsby to join our outstanding team!
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