Measured surveys: reducing time and costs while increasing accuracy

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