Services

3D laser scans

Fast and highly accurate colour or monochrome data capture indoors and out, measuring your site in three dimensions to provide a comprehensive Pointcloud of the land and property.

For really quick data capture, our mobile hand-held rapid laser mapping system (Zebedee) allows for fast data capture, without complex set up or lengthy data processing. It's ideal for use indoors, underground and in environments where traditional GPS solutions don't function well.

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Topographical land surveys

State-of-the-art robotic theodolites and centimetre accurate Ordnance Survey linked GPS equipment allow us to capture site data to provide accurate land surveys in a range of formats including DWG, DXF, PDF, XYZ, and RVT.

The level of detail can vary from a simple level survey with basic line work to a fully annotated plot of a complex urban scene.

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Measured building surveys

Architectural floor, roof, lease, area, legal and conveyance plans, elevations, cross sections, reflected ceiling plans, 3D wireframes, rendered CAD models, BIM models, verticality profiles and monitoring, fly throughs, precise floor slab surveys... all using the latest Bluetooth linked laser measuring equipment and software. Provided as 2D CAD drawings or 3D models in AutoCAD or Revit.

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Building Safety Act 'Golden Thread'

The Building Safety Act 2022, which came into force on 1 April 2023, was introduced to improve the design, construction, and management of higher-risk buildings following the tragic failures in building safety that led to the Grenfell Tower Fire. The overarching objective of these ground-breaking reforms is to ensure that homes across the country are safer.

Archidata can provide information that meets all ‘Golden Thread’ requirements, and we can help ensure you have the appropriate systems in place to store your information in a secure yet searchable format.

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Monitoring surveys

A monitoring survey can detect if or how far a building or structure has moved over time. The survey process involves monitoring specific markers at regular intervals, which can be daily, weekly, monthly, or even annually depending on the nature of the job.

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Verified Views

A Verified View - also known as an Accurate Visual Representation (AVR), or a Visually Verified Montage (VVM) - is essentially a type of photomontage where the surveyor records camera position and key point data within the context of the image. This information can then be used by an architect to develop 3D models and perspectives.

We can deliver a Verified View in the form of high-resolution PDF and DWG CAD files, accompanied by detailed camera information and a set of original images.

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3D site models and site sections

Full or partial 3D models from gathered survey data produced in a variety of formats to suit your needs for BIM, animations or simply for rendered visualisation purposes. Land surveys can provide digital terrain maps (DTM) with contours and almost instantaneous site sections. Data for sandboxing in Sketchup or topo surfaces in Revit, and XYZ/CSV files for import into CAD.

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Setting out

We can supply fully qualified and insured surveyors for all setting out requirements. Once a layout has been approved it is critical that this information is accurately transferred onto site.

We set out points on site as required, using the engineers' or architects design drawings and design co-ordinates. The complexity of the project determines whether we need to provide only key control points or a complete setting-out service.

We work closely with site managers to provide accurate, flexible data that can be used to set out further phases of the works when required. We are experts in doing this with our total station theodolites in conjunction with CAD.

To lessen the chances of errors we have developed our own programs to extract the points and their coordinated directly into the theodolites to avoid any potential user error.

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Boat and yacht surveying

We have been approached by a number of individuals and companies to help them get accurate data for designing and modifying various boats, power and sail.

These boats invariably are old to have the records on CAD and increasingly this CAD method seems to be the way in which people prefer to work.

It was decided that in order to gather sufficient data to make a 3D model together with suitable plans and elevations, that we should carry out a high density colour 3D laser Scan with our Faro X330 both inside and outside the boat itself to capture every nook and cranny.

Our director has an MCA Class IV Master of Yachts qualification and can skipper ships up to 3000 gross tons so is easily equipped to combine the two disciplines.