Tag Archives: 3D laser surveys

3D Laser Scanning for Renovation of Healthcare Facilities

As a facility, hospitals and other healthcare buildings present a unique situation. They have the aesthetic needs of a hotel or retail store, but the engineering requirements of an industrial or mechanical facility. These competing needs make space allocation difficult for design, construction, and operations and when renovations are due, accurate as-built information is absolutely [...]

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ICSC RECon Packed with Optimism

Las Vegas hosted the annual ICSC RECon Conference last week – the largest retail real estate convention in the world. This year had more than 35,000 attendees and a record number of individual companies. Most attendees were packed with meetings and the tradeshow floor was bustling with activity.    The retail industry has definitely picked [...]

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Rapid As-Builts for the Retail Industry

In the real estate market, timing is everything.   Those who have better and faster information win. This is what inspired LandAir Surveying to develop Laser Measuring to BIM technology to quickly document existing as-built conditions.    Many retail projects begin with an existing space needing a build out for a new tenant. Field measurements [...]

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Going to SPAR International?

We are getting ready for the SPAR Point Group’s 10th annual conference “End to End 3D: Capture, Process, Deliver” in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15-18. This is the main event of the year for people in the 3D laser scanning business. For starters, every manufacturer and software developer in the 3D laser scanning world is [...]

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How 3D laser scanning keeps us safe…

All of the hype over 3D laser scanning often glosses over another critical advantage it has over traditional land surveying: safety. When asked to go out and procure data, we land surveyors must go where the data is and some of these places can be very dangerous. With 3D laser scanning, data can be collected [...]

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Five reasons to consider laser scanning in 2013…

I hope you are off to a wonderful New Year! In the theme of the New Year, I continue to be amazed at all of the new applications for laser scanning that our clients are coming up with or projects they inquire about measuring. Hopefully this blog will inspire you to think of opportunities to [...]

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Advances in 3D data capture are changing faster than ever. How can we help you in 2013?

First, let me say Happy New Year to all of our clients who have supported us for the past 25 years. We appreciate you and are honored that you choose LandAir Surveying to team with you on many interesting projects across America. Over the past seven years of traveling down the road of 3D data [...]

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3D laser scanning revolutionizes construction site accident investigation and evidence collection

In early October 2012, several construction workers were killed or injured when the Miami Dade College parking garage collapsed like a pancake, trapping a then-unknown number of workers inside (See http://tinyurl.com/9956xae). Some survived, but some did not. Post-accident site investigation Since this tragic loss of life, injury, and property damage, lawyers have no doubt already [...]

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The Future of Laser Scanning: 5 predictions for design and construction

In a few weeks, I am speaking at a conference about the future of laser scanning in the design and construction world. The audience will be members of a top international construction firm that is very progressive in its use of BIM and 3D laser scanning, so it got me thinking about some of the [...]

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Young innovators push 3D design and high speed data capture to new heights

When we were asked to bring our booth and support the 2nd Annual Revit Technology Conference in Stone Mountain, Georgia, last week, I didn’t know what to expect. But I’m glad we went because we saw the future – and it’s very bright. For BIM managers and designers, this conference was a look through the [...]

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