Industries Using 3D Laser Scanning

Reality capture has become part of how a lot of industries work. Getting measured data back in hours rather than weeks changes what a team can decide, and when. Here is where we see it used and what it changes.

Construction and engineering

A job site is a hectic place and drawings go stale fast. Scanning captures existing conditions, drives layout from the model, verifies what was built against what was designed, and leaves an as-built record at handover.

Archaeological and historical preservation

A measured record of a building that cannot be replaced. We have scanned landmarks that will outlast the scan, and the data is the only version that is true on the day it was taken.

Forensics and public safety

Portability is the deciding factor. A scene gets documented completely and measurably, in minutes, so the road reopens sooner and the measurements hold up later.

Medical facilities

We have scanned hospitals and clinics across the country. Accurate existing conditions matter more in a building that cannot be shut down for a survey.

Aviation and marine

Aircraft and vessels are harder to measure than buildings with square corners. Scanning captures curved surfaces in seconds, which is close to impossible by hand.

Power, plant and industrial

Short outage windows, restricted access and drawings that never matched. Scanning addresses all three at once.

Not on the list?

The technology does not care what the building is for. Tell us what you need measured and what the data has to feed.

Efficiency

Every question about the building gets answered from data instead of a site visit. The saving compounds across every trade that touches the project.

Reduced risk

Measurements taken from a scanner are measurements nobody took from a ladder, a lift or a live roadway.

Time and money

Clashes found in a model cost a redraw. Clashes found on site cost a change order. Scanning moves the discovery earlier.

Precision

Millions of measured points rather than a handful of dimensions and a lot of assumptions between them.

Ahead of schedule with Baker Concrete

One of the largest concrete contractors in the country. We sent a training expert to help integrate layout technology into their workflow.

Scanning the Pittock Mansion

A historic landmark captured in full, producing a permanent measured record of a building that cannot be rebuilt.

The World Peace Bell

One of the more difficult objects we have scanned, and a good illustration of what reality capture handles that hand measurement cannot.

3D laser scanners in forensic science

From closing old cases to working current ones, how scan data became a reliable investigative tool.

We cover the entire nation

Our crews travel to all 50 states. Equipment ships anywhere, and rentals arrive calibrated and complete.

If you would rather have the data than the instrument, we scan it and hand over the deliverable in the format your team works in. If scanning is becoming part of how you work, we will tell you that instead.

Leica BLK360 G2

Compact and quick. Interiors, architectural work and anywhere tight. A full dome scan in under three minutes.

Leica BLK2GO

Handheld. You walk the route and it captures as you go, which suits corridors, stairwells and large floor plates.

Leica RTC500

The practical all-rounder for site-wide capture at range, with registration handled in the field.