British land surveying traces its roots back more than a thousand years to a king in desperate need of funds to pay for defending the empire against Viking invasion. In 1086, William the Conqueror commissioned a survey of the entire country to assess the extent of the land and resources in England at the time, so that he could tax them properly. The information collected over a years’ time was recorded by hand in two huge books – the Domesday books.

Berntsen International, a leading manufacturer of infrastructure marking products, announces that its InfraMarker RFID App now supports Near Field Communication (NFC) and is available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Surveying is continually leveraging new technologies to do the job faster and even more precisely. Through it all, Berntsen is right beside surveyors, providing trusted, innovative products – including our Rothbucher line. These products are designed to streamline surveyor’s work by ensuring that all measuring points represent clear, permanent, and unmistakable records – for boundaries, monitoring, construction, mining, roads, rail lines and more.

The amount of utility installation and improvement set to occur across the U.S. over the next several years will result in an enormous increase in excavation activity. That means a boom for local economies – and a boom in the number of excavation damages, according to the latest Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT Report) from the Common Ground Alliance (CGA).