Surveying at the Speed of Light

Problem: 70-year-old building in thriving downtown area is a prime candidate for re-development, but existing documentation is obsolete, incomplete, or non-existent. How can current, accurate, and comprehensive building data needed for development scenarios be acquired?

Solution: 3DSurveying.
 

Problem: Aging school is in need of renovation, but classes are held virtually round the clock. How to capture vital as-built information without interfering with daily school activities?

Solution: 3D Surveying.
 

Problem: Developer needs to understand sun shading, sight lines, relational mass and other aesthetic considerations associated with new development. How to quickly and inexpensively generate data and transform that data into a useful model for analysis?

Solution:3D Surveying.

Herald Examiner Building

3D Laser Scanning carried out a controlled laser scan survey providing complete architectural as-builts of Julia Morgan’s Herald Examiner built for the Hearst’s Los Angeles headquarters of his publishing empire – in the process of an exciting rehabilitation to breathe new life into this beautiful building.

The survey has provided a reliable and extremely accurate foundation for the construction, design and management team to be able to analyze this complicated structure and develop the designs. It has also enabled a necessary historic architectural record of a unique LA landmark to the requirements of local and national standards.

Los Angeles Community College District

3D Laser Scanning is providing vital as built data critical to underpin the massive adaptive reuse program. Very little data exists to facilitate analysis the current condition of buildings and their setting on the campus.

In a time measured in days, 3D Laser Scanning is able to carry out site surveys of the complex campus structure using their HD laser scanners, to collect the complicated spatial information of the existing buildings.

The survey scan data is used by students at the E7 Architectural Studio to generate 2D Architectural base data and 3D Rendered CAD Models – the tools for the Design and Construction Teams.

The data is also being used to build the next generation of 3D Building Information Management Systems (BIMs) to store and manage information more effectively and enable long-term facilities lifecycle management.

Plaza de Cultura y Arte: Olvera Street Historic Core

3D Laser Scanning provided highly accurate and detailed plans sections and elevations of three of the oldest buildings in Los Angeles that comprise the historic Plaza de Cultura y Arte complex at Olvera Street, Downtown LA.

The high-definition (HDS) laser scanner generated a complete set of reliable and extremely accurate as-builts for the construction, design and management team to be able to both analyze these complex structures and develop a conservation and design strategy. It also enabled a necessary historic architectural record of a unique LA landmark to the requirements of local and national standards.

The Roosevelt Building

The beautiful, historic, 1923 Curlett and Beelman Roosevelt Building, is being transformed by developers trying to keep pace with spiraling demand to live and work in Downtown Los Angeles – new life is being breathed into this great building designed as an office building – being revitalized as loft apartments.

3D Laser Scanning provides the architectural data critical to make this happen.

Cutting edge HD laser scan technology enable precise as-builts of the whole building can be generated in days for the design and construction team. In addition, the raw point cloud data makes possible exciting 3D models and accurate virtual scenarios for the planners and marketers.

The Tuscan Village, Sherman Oaks, CA

3D Laser Scanning is using the HD laser scanner to gather geo-information of existing buildings and the surrounding area slated for major and exciting development with a potential to stimulate and grow the local community.

A powerful 3D model of the project site is generated into which the architect's proposed design is precisely located. The result: an interactive virtual site model for the new development capable of providing precise analytical information such as sun shading, lines of site, relational massing, and more.

Now it is possible to present the impact to city managers, planners and to the local community where fears and anxieties of local home owners can be confidently alleviated. The same data will be used by the design and construction team as a critical tool to make the project a built reality.