[ 01 · Surveys ]
What you receive
Every survey ends in the same registered point cloud. What changes is what we draw from it, and how often we come back.
- [ Cloud ]E57 and LAZ, every point labelled
- [ Drawings ]Plans, sections, elevations, DWG + PDF
- [ Movement ]Deviation maps against plumb and against your last survey
[ 01 · Record ]
Record survey
€3,800from, parish church
The whole building, inside and out, as one registered cloud, with the drawings an architect needs to start from. A cathedral choir starts at €14,000. If the building is ever damaged, this is the record you rebuild from.
- On site
- 1 to 2 days for a parish church, about 4 for a cathedral choir
- Delivered
- 10 working days after the last station
- You receive
- Cloud, floor plan at 1.5 m, two long and four cross sections, all elevations
[ Plan at 1.5 m · sample choir ]
[ 02 · Monitor ]
Movement monitoring
€2,200a visit
We come back every 6 or 12 months, set up on the same control points and scan again. You get a map of what has moved since the last visit, with contours, and a one-page note on whether anything needs doing.
- On site
- 1 day
- Delivered
- 5 working days
- You receive
- Change map between visits, contours every 5 mm, a table of the points that moved most
[ Change against plumb, contours every 15 mm ]
[ 03 · Before works ]
Before-works survey
€5,600from
Roof spaces and timber frames included, with a section every metre, so the architect can draw the repair before the scaffold goes up. We scan the roof frame truss by truss.
- On site
- 2 to 3 days, with safe access to the roof spaces
- Delivered
- 10 working days
- You receive
- Sections every 1 m, the roof frame drawn member by member, rafter and tie-beam sizes
[ Section through the roof frame, bay 2 ]
[ Classified cloud ]
Every point is labelled
Pier, wall, vault web, rib, flyer, pinnacle, roof, roof frame. Hover a layer to see it alone.Tap a layer to see it alone.
Files
| Format | What it holds | Opens in |
|---|---|---|
| E57 | The registered cloud with intensity, an open format developed by ASTM International | Most point-cloud and BIM software |
| LAZ (LAS 1.4) | The same cloud, compressed, with each point's class; LAS is the open format of the ASPRS | GIS and lidar tools |
| DWG + PDF | Plans, sections and elevations, dimensioned, with a north point and a scale bar | CAD, or any PDF reader |
| TIFF | Orthoimages of each elevation at 2 mm a pixel, true to scale | Any image editor |
| PDF note | Two to six pages: what we measured, what moved, what we suggest | Anything |
[ West elevation, straight on ]