Today’s laser scanning equipment can provide a complete digital image of any structure – top to bottom; slabs to columns; before, during and after construction.
The quantity of data is nearly limitless. A series of laser scans stitched together reveals everything about a building; perhaps most importantly, how closely it conforms to what was specified in the contract documents.This creates a dilemma for contractors: you want to know if you’re in tolerance, but what if you aren’t?
Knowing if the work is at the specified location is good to check and refine your work, but do you want the owner and the designer to know if every feature of the structure is exactly as intended, meeting all the tolerances, just in case it’s not?What if the scan reveals that a well-performing floor nonetheless has spots that are out of tolerance in terms of floor flatness or levelness? That walls are not perfectly plumb? Or that dimensions of stair risers and treads are slightly out of tolerance?
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