The BridgeFab team will come to your job site and 3D scan the area to streamline documentation, planning and modelling of the process. We use surveying equipment that allows us to measure the site, and using drafting software, virtualise 3D space to create the specifications in 3D modelling and detailing software.
3D laser scanning provides surveying of a site by fully capturing the measurements of the job site.
Scanning a job site provides specific details and plans for complex job sites, and the data allows for production of precise 2D and 3D to-scale drawings and digital models.
3D software for more accurate, more efficient fabrication and erection.
Using 3D scanners, we can overlay a photo of the existing site with a 3D image of the proposed structure. This software and technology allow us to better draft and fabricate your project in a timely fashion.
The main benefit of seeing what your boutique steel will look like overlayed on a photo is that our team can always make sure everything they are doing is accurate – down to the how many rivets are required.
Advantages of 3D scanning
Our team uses 3D scanning software and lasers, which are powerful, accurate, and quick to document a job site for a new building or extension to an existing building. The cameras we use are able to capture the largest and smallest spaces of the job site.
3D scanning also allows for virtual walkthroughs of the site and for the site to be correctly measured digitally – this reduces site visits, travel time and sign-off times.
- Capture and receive data quickly
- Accurate measuring for large and small spaces
- Unmatchable accuracy and precision
- Reduction of structural steel design risks
- Produces precise navigable 3D models
- Can design built drawings of the project
- Improvement in both architectural and engineering decision-making
- Ability to convert 3D scans into modelling software
- Improves workflows (less visits to the job site)
What does this mean for large construction projects?
Traditionally, a draftsperson or site engineer would be required to take manual measurements to draw-up a design layout which would then be used to determine required materials.
As any project manager would understand too well, these measurements and plans are open to human error often causing issues within the supply chain.
Contemporary steel industry innovators are now able to use advanced scanning and digital imaging technology to take a 3D snapshot of the site. This information is used by a draftsperson who then creates a complete digital representation of the worksite.
The data and information are fed to the new machinery, which cuts and processes a precise amount of material ready for transportation back to the site.
Traditionally, a small mistake in measurement could potentially cause a range of issues:
- Extending completion dates
- Blowing budgets
- Over or underestimating required materials
With new technology and machinery, human error is completely removed from the equation.
Contact BridgeFab for structural steel projects
At BridgeFab we can take care of the structural steel process from start to finish – so contact us today or call on (07) 3373 8777.