Stephen Friel

A specialist multidisciplinary surveying and design consultancy with over 30 years experience, our vision is to be the natural choice in shaping the built environment. We deliver accurate strategic guidance and surveying solutions to inform the positive development of our communities. Our large and ever-growing team of people, based in our London HQ and regional offices in Manchester, Belfast, Bristol and Dublin, provide consultancy on the following (but not limited to), areas of expertise: • Rights of Light (Private Legal Matters) • Daylight + Sunlight for Planning • Daylight + Solar Design • Neighbourly Matters + Party Wall • Wind Analysis (Wind Microclimate) • Building Consultancy We work on some of the most iconic and prestigious developments, in major cities throughout the UK, Ireland and overseas, alongside leading architects, planning consultants, legal experts and developers. We are regularly instructed to liaise with Local Authorities on matters of Daylight, Sunlight and Overshadowing amenity, and frequently asked to provide expert witness evidence. Recent landmark cases we have had major involvement with, include: The Whitechapel Inquiry , Buckle Street, and Cantium Retail Park. We are co-founders of VU.CITY: a highly accurate, fully interactive 3D digital twin of our cities that helps people create, refine, share and understand the journey of development, visually and articulately, to make better design and planning decisions, faster. GIA Surveyors have developed a bespoke plug-in app, that's fully compatible with the VU.CITY smart city platform, that’s changing the way the industry assesses, Daylight, Sunlight and Rights of Light. Individually and collaboratively, we’re assisting in future proofing the built environment.