Standard general arrangement drawings, and piping and instrumentation diagrams, serve a purpose, but they are not ideal records for as-built project documentation. 3D reality capture offers a better, ...

The term “reality capture” refers to technologies used to capture the physical world and transforming it into digital data. It’s typically used to document existing conditions, create accurate 3D ...

When most construction project managers think about using reality capture on the jobsite, productivity and costs are top of mind. From a productivity perspective, a recent survey conducted by the ...

Almost six years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the world’s most recognized structures, was damaged by fire. Five years later, the iconic structure was rebuilt with precision—guided by ...

PCL teams have logged 3 million+ 360 walks, 10,000 drone flights and 45 million images across 2,000 projects on the ...

Trimble Reality Capture platform is designed to “enable more effective collaboration and the secure sharing of massive reality capture datasets captured with 3D laser scanning, mobile mapping and ...

Imagine attempting to construct and maintain a new, massive solar installation using only on-the-ground resources. The time, effort and guesswork required for each step – from scoping out potential ...

In the latest major consolidation move in the busy construction technology sector, DroneDeploy, a cloud platform that allows contractors and other customers to manage the data generated by their ...

Industries like manufacturing and mining have already automated significant portions of their operations, particularly for repetitive tasks. However, the concrete construction sector has lagged for ...

Reality capture uses laser scanning hardware to record the as-built conditions of any environment in a series of scans. These scans, once stitched together, create a holistic picture of structures, ...

A reality capture tool that offers 3D visualization of a construction site is gaining traction with contractors on large projects, helped by key integrations with Procore and Autodesk. Just a few ...