SERVICES: HIGH DEFINITION SCANNING (HDS)

Advantages of High Definition Laser Scanning

High-Definition Scanning not only offers many benefits to the measurement professional, but to the recipients and users of accurate spatial datasets. Civil engineers, plant designers, CAD professionals, architects, contractors, and owner/operators can all reap the cost and added-value benefits that HDS provides.

Cost Saving Benefits

HDS systems can provide significant cost savings in many ways:

• Lower cost as-built & topographic surveys.
• Reduction or elimination of costly “return visits” to the site.
• More accurate, complete as-builts for retrofit design projects translate into better retrofit designs. These translate, in turn, into (1) less construction rework due to interferences and fit-up problems and (2) the ability to factory-fabricate instead of field-fabricate.
• Reduced facility downtime due to (1) fast, unobtrusive scene capture and/or (2) minimal field fit-up, field fabrication, and field rework thanks to accurate as-builts.

Added Value Benefits

In addition to direct cost savings, HDS systems offer important “added value” benefits:

• Faster results.
• Shorter project cycle times.
• Better quality results.
• Less ambiguity – more complete.
• Higher level-of-detail.
• Safer data capture.
• Unobtrusive data capture.
• Point clouds can be conveniently used and reviewed by others for more efficient management of projects.

Common Applications

• Structural – Bridges, Piles, Bents
• Architectural – Preservation and Replication
• Facilities – Retrofitting and Remodeling
• Mechanical – Piping, HVAC
• Electrical – Ducts, Conduit, Panels
• Civil – Pavement Elevations, Median Details
• Industrial – Plants, Quarries, Mines
• Forensics – Crime and Accident Investigation
• Government and Military
• Monitoring and Inspections
• Cross-sections and Profiles
• 3-D Modeling and Visualization
• Topographical Surveys
• Motion Picture, TV and Advertising
• Interior Design