As many of our followers, clients and colleagues already know, in early 2020 Lees Associates expanded our service offering to include measured surveys.
By surveying all of our projects in-house, we can offer incredible value to our clients, reducing time and costs at the front end of projects. But we don’t only survey our own projects; we offer it as a standalone service too.
We utilise the latest technology to scan buildings in 3D with an incredible degree of accuracy. From these scans we can build a detailed BIM model, from which a full suite of 2D drawings can be generated.
How does it work?
Each scan we take measures the x,y and z coordinates, as well as colour, of thousands of millimetre points across all of the surfaces of the area being scanned. When viewed in a digital 3D environment, these points can resemble a “cloud” of data, hence the term “Point Cloud” to describe this method of scanning.
A typical external point cloud