High definition surveying, or 3D laser scanning, can provide you with a more enhanced and versatile measured survey solution. The technique remotely captures data on site, making it particularly useful in areas that are difficult to measure and areas of highly ornate detail, which also eliminates access or health and safety issues. It enables us to provide you with a highly sophisticated, efficient and cost effective survey service for your project, to millimetre accuracy.
The benefits of using laser scanning for measured surveys include:
- It is an extremely fast method of capturing large amounts of data, which can reduce project cycle times.
- Survey data can be captured remotely to the area of interest, which can be crucial to historical or highly sensitive sites. Data can also be archived for heritage sites.
- All of the data can be captured at once, which removes the need for additional site visits to gather further information.
- It offers an extremely versatile range of final deliverables for our clients, including 2D drawings and 3D models.
- Can be used to produced excellent rectified images and visulaisations.
Once the site data has been captured, the resulting point cloud can be extracted as a final deliverable or it can be edited to produce traditional and enhanced survey information for CAD applications. This is ideal for architectural, engineering and construction clients, as well as those in archaeological and related professions. The data can also be processed as the project progresses, reducing your cost.
The final deliverable can also be published in Leica TruView format. TruView allows you, via a free plug-in, to view, edit, zoom-in, measure and mark-up rich point cloud information. It is quick and easy to use, and coordinates and measured distances can be extracted, as well as having the facility to use hyperlinks to asset information and publish TruView file sets.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why use laser scanning?
A measured building survey is an accurate representation of your building showing all the structural elements and architectural features. Floor plans are essential to give an accurate representation of the building and this is backed up with elevations and cross sections presented as a scaled survey drawings. Using our surveying equipment one of our measured building survey teams will visit the site to capture the site data and then process the information at our offices in Welwyn.
How accurate is laser scanning?
The amount of detail included in a measured building survey depends on your requirements, and may vary for the purposes of design, planning or feasibility. The structural elements including walls, columns and beams, being the most important, are shown on the floor plans, elevations and sections. All features such as doors, windows, services fittings are then added with floor levels, heights and descriptive text to give a clear representation. Survey drawings are normally delivered as CAD files and as scaled paper plans.
Can I still have conventional drawings?
A quotation can be sought by contacting us with the details of your site with as much information as you have. This can be the site address and post code with a description of the site extents, but any existing plan information you can supply is always useful. One of our experienced measured building surveyors will then provide a proposal detailing our fee, survey scope, timescales and the deliverables.
