OVERVIEW
In
2010 Mark Dore and Dale Minney purchased the business from Neville
Brayley, who operated the business since purchasing it from Donald R.
Hayes in 1984. Mr Hayes had been practising in the Hamilton area
since the early 1950’s.
About Brayley and Hayes
Brayley & Hayes'
main source of work is in the area of cadastral surveying. This
includes subdivisions and other boundary definition surveys. In
undertaking land subdivisions, whether 2 lot rural subdivisions, unit
developments or large multi-lot estates, the company liaises with
owners, legal advisers, planners, engineers and officers from Land
Registry as appropriate. The company undertook the subdivision for
the Princes Heights subdivision on Harrington Road in Warrnambool and
are the surveyors for the subdivision to the rear of Gateway Plaza,
and also the Lakes Edge Development in Hamilton. The company is also
engaged on a regular basis by the Office of Surveyor General to
undertake surveys of Crown Land for the issue of Crown Grants. These
surveys have ranged in size from small Road Proclamations to the large
pine plantation surveys (covering 1000's of hectares) for the
Victorian Plantations Corporation and other private plantation
developers. The company enjoys excellent working relationships with
the Authorities and people it deals with.
In recent years
the company has carried out Feature, Level and Building surveys of
sites such as the Hamilton, Portland, Heywood and Edenhope Hospitals.
These surveys were used for feasibility studies and design work for
subsequent redevelopment. Brayley & Hayes has also undertaken Feature
& Level Surveys of both the Junior and Senior Campuses of the Hamilton
& Alexandra College. This data has been used for the re-development
and subsequently updated to ensure it remains current. We also
completed the route survey from Coleraine to Casterton for Wannon
Water, to allow design and construction of the recent water supply
pipeline. Route surveys for local municipalities e.g. Southern
Grampians Shire Council, of road reserves for road and intersection
re-design are frequently undertaken by the company. The data can be
presented in both hard copy and digital format for uploading onto the
consulting engineer's or architect's software.
Brayley & Hayes did
all investigative survey work for Hamilton's water supply (the 1200
million litre Hayes Reservoir completed in 1993), for Wannon Region
Water Corporation. This project spanned ten years, and involved the
levelling of sites in the Grampians and five other plains storage
sites. Rigorous A.H.D. & A.M.G. control surveys were performed for
these sites. We also undertook the engineering control of the
construction of the reservoir, including earthworks volume surveys and
continue to do accurate monitoring of settlement of the bank. The
reservoir was named in honour of the company’s founder, Mr. Don Hayes.
The company is a
leader in the field of using GPS equipment for use in cadastral
surveys.
The company has as
clients the Shires of Glenelg, Moyne, Southern Grampians and West
Wimmera, local water authorities, the Office of Building and both
major and minor engineering companies.
Brayley & Hayes
currently use SPEAR for electronic lodgement of documents to
municipalities and the Land Titles Office.
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