Increase speed and accuracy of plans, elevations, profiles, volumes, and area calculations

Capture complete, highly detailed, accurate 3D geometry - detailed topographic surveys.

Laser scanning is used in architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing plants, airports, hospitals, bridges, offshore platforms, virtual reality, heritage preservation, forensics - virtually all capital projects require rigorous design review.

Civil engineering, transportation and surveying: Civil engineering and surveying companies use laser scanning technology for cost effective preliminary surveys to develop TIN meshes of roadway surfaces; safer and quicker measurement of bridge beam cambers; volume calculations of quantities of rock, soil and other material; and, where safety is a concern such as accurately measuring the surface of a highway active with traffic or scanning the underside of a bridge damaged by a truck.

Construction: This technology is a valuable tool for reduction of construction costs by eliminating 3D design errors that could cost thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of dollars in project delay costs; to determine whether designs are 100% ready for construction and eliminate design problems that could hinder the construction cycle's timely completion.

As-builts of plants & facilities: Laser scanning is used in major retrofit projects of power, process and manufacturing plants. Better as-built models allow for better design and construction planning providing major savings from reduced field change orders and in capturing and creating as-builts.

Fast, accurate as-builts for retrofit design and planning of demolition/construction sequences.

Cost-effective data capture and use of data to detect interferences and perform final design - Raw point clouds can be used for interference checking and conceptual design. 3D computer models can be generated as input for automated interference checking and detailed design.

Forensic: Laser scanning is able to model and analyse forensic information from real-world scenes. Detailed 3D data is easily modeled and exported to other specialized software for visual examining scenes to determine causes and sequence of events. Measuring points of interest using conventional methods has limitations - areas are missed or just not covered in sufficient detail, requiring personnel to return to the scene to get additional information. With laser scanning, everything in range is quickly captured in 3D as well as distant structures which can play a significant part in the total interpretation. Contouring and surface modeling make it easy to build surfaces and topography to improve scene visualization.