Laser Scanning Introduction

Difficult and Hazardous Access

Surveying Industrial Sites

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Scanning Manchester College

Modelling Manchester College

Scanning and Modelling a Tunnel

3D LASER SCANNING

3D laser scanning is the most versatile, accurate and fastest method to collect data in the field today. Capable of scanning vast areas remotely and accurately at distances of up to 300m, it provides a highly adaptable and affordable solution to all surveying and modelling situations and allows us to provide more detailed products than using conventional methods.

These scanning solutions have an application list only limited by imagination, and lends itself well to both large and small scale jobs. We can scan and model buildings, vehicles, chemical plants, railways, film sets, groundworks, archaeological sites, heritage sites, crime scenes, mounds for measurement and volumetric calculations, and far too many additional areas to list here. If you would like to discuss how scanning can be useful and applied to your situation, then do not hesitate to contact us.

The remote nature of this approach has many clear benefits. It is an ideal solution if access can be a safety problem or awkward, often negating the need for raised platforms or additional safety rails. It also represents a perfect approach in fields where site shutdown or disruption can be a difficult and costly procedure. Roads and rail networks are increasingly busy and this fast, remote approach minimises any interruption to normal operations.

The Leica Scanstation 2 is capable of surveying a staggering 50,000 points per second at down to 1mm intervals, clearly indicating the smallest of differences across surfaces. The target recognition and traverse procedures reduce any inbuilt error in the station setups to an absolute minimum, and the intelligent software used to tie the data together from these setups quickly and easily works out any remaining errors and removes them from the combined data.

The point cloud (see above) which shows an immense amount of detail (it can be supplied to you very soon after the survey in its raw form), is passed into the dedicated processing and modelling software packages. This is where the true magic occurs turning this vast quantity of information into the format you require. It is excellent at producing highly detailed and rendered models such as you can see on these pages, and fully scaled and rectified photographs, but is equally capable of producing 2D linework of the type you have been used to for years. However, we feel that once you have seen and used the products we deliver, you will appreciate how much more useful and cost saving this full 3D scanned data can be to your organisation.

If you have never seen the benefit of using full 3D models and scanning in your operations, then now is the time to get on board. This high quality data can help streamline your processes, respond to client queries faster, improve the quality of your deliverables, and so much more. Phone, email or write to us and we will discuss the benefits of what we do, and how we can help your organisation.