Measured Survey of Former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, London

Project Summary

As part of the £77m regeneration project, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is converting the former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel into their new town hall and administration complex. The conversion to the new Civic Centre is central to the regeneration of Whitechapel ready for the opening of Crossrail in 2018, which will include 2500 new homes, retail premises and public spaces. The new Civic Centre is scheduled for completion in 2021.

Survey Brief

Working with architects AHMM, Terrain Surveys captured pointcloud data of the entire Grade II listed building internally and externally, enabling the production of a detailed 3D Revit survey model of the building and surrounding site. This detailed topographical survey in Revit included the underground utility services.

Key Facts

• A comprehensive survey schedule was provided and all survey work completed working around other contractors present on site
• Using 3D laser scanning allowed us to complete the work quickly, providing a highly accurate comprehensive set of data to be used within Revit for the modeling process
• Two Revit files were provided, one for the building and one for the topographical survey which included underground services
• Prior to issuing the final survey deliverables the survey was checked to our stringent QA checking procedures
• The survey was completed within the agreed timescales and to a tight budget