Terrestrial laser scanning
A tripod-mounted scanner set up in position after position through a space, registered together into one point cloud of the whole interior.
- What it costs
- Quoted per scope
- Who performs it
- A partner firm we select, manage and stand behind. One point of contact, one invoice, and it's marked as partner scope before you sign anything.
- Also called
- laser scanning · 3D scanning · point cloud · scan a building · existing conditions scan · Leica RTC360 · FARO
Where it earns its keep
Use it for these.
If your problem is “i need dimensional detail of a building that already exists,” this is the answer.
- Existing buildings before renovation or fit-out
- MEP coordination in congested ceilings
- Feeding a model rather than a photograph
- Spaces where dimensional detail is the whole point
Don't use it for this
Weekly progress — it's slower and more expensive than it needs to be for that.
We put this on every service page because the fastest way to waste your money is to buy the impressive tool instead of the correct one. If the row above describes your job, say so on the call and we'll point you at the right one — including when it's cheaper than this.
Find the right one by problem →What you receive
And what it opens in.
- Registered point cloud
- Panoramic imagery from each position
- Existing-condition record
Deliverables
Formats
E57 · RCP · LAS · PTS
Open formats, delivered to a shared project folder anyone on the job can open. No accounts to create, no per-seat charge, and if you leave, the record leaves with you.
Where we run it
Markets this shows up on most.
Aviation & transportation
Long programs, staged handovers and heavy reporting obligations. Airspace here is genuinely complex and it is planned for, not discovered on the day.
How we run it hereOil & gas
Tank farms, pipe racks, flare stacks and terminals — drone visual passes instead of scaffold and rope access, scan-based existing conditions for brownfield tie-ins, and turnaround documentation while everything is open.
How we run it here
The other nine.
All services →Drone mapping & aerial photogrammetry
Large exterior areas and whole-site coverage
Included in the base visit360° interior capture
Frequent interior documentation at volume
Included in the base visitUAV LiDAR
Sites where vegetation defeats photogrammetry
Quoted by siteMobile & handheld scanning
Large floor areas where speed matters more than detail
Quoted per scopeThermal imaging
Building envelope and air-barrier review
$500 · $250 added to a scheduled visitFixed cameras & scheduled capture
Long programs where a missed week matters
Quoted by duration
Tell us the job. We'll tell you if this is the right tool for it.
Send a schedule or a site address. You get back which phases, which instruments, which windows, and what each visit produces. Free, and yours to keep.
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