Tag Archives: BIM

Laser Technology Makes Traditional Field Measuring of As-Builts Obsolete

by on April 17, 2013 in Landair Surveying News

Ask architects what they dislike most about their jobs and many will agree that taking field measurements ranks pretty high.    Measuring as-built conditions takes architects out of the office and away from the work they enjoy most and what makes them money. And many times, traditional measuring methods are inaccurate and time consuming – [...]

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Hotel and Casino Markets Bring Big Opportunities for 3D Laser Surveys

by on March 5, 2013 in Landair Surveying News

It looks like 2013 will be a banner year for the hospitality industry. In 2012, U.S. hoteliers collectively sold more than 1.1 billion rooms. Las Vegas welcomed a record 40 million visitors last year and nationwide commercial gambling revenues surpassed the $35.6 billion mark in 2011, up from $34.6 billion in 2010. A recent study [...]

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BIM: Breakfast of Champions

by on February 20, 2013 in Landair Surveying News

Whenever my travel and work schedules allow, I try to attend the BIM Breakfasts at Georgia Tech. Held once a month on the Georgia Tech campus, the breakfast brings together some of the best and brightest minds in the Atlanta area. The February event featured speaker James Barrett, the national director of integrated building solutions [...]

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Where we are now…and where we’re going.

by on November 27, 2012 in Landair Surveying News

As 2012 winds down and we get ready to head to Las Vegas for the Autodesk University conference, I look back at the strides that have been made in the 3D world and all of the associated hardware and software in our industry. Not only is there new technology being used and accepted, but the [...]

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

by on August 14, 2012 in Landair Surveying News

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

by on July 18, 2012 in Landair Surveying News

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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Scan to BIM: The evolution of scanning technology

by on May 8, 2012 in Landair Surveying News

The truth is, scanning is the only cost-effective way to collect the existing world. You simply can’t go into a cathedral, petroleum refinery, or metropolitan multi-use entertainment facility and measure with rulers and expect to get the accuracy you need to confidently design renovations. Laser scanning is the only way to do it. Up until [...]

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