During construction in the auditorium of the new high school, Meridian’s Brian Boehmer scanned the steel for the balcony to obtain a 3D model of the as-constructed beams in impressive detail. Currently, the school is having precast concrete generated for the balcony which requires verification that the precast concrete will fit the beams as they were installed. The LiDAR scans generate precise, three-dimensional information about the shape of an object or surface in a short time.
The point cloud (shown) is used to create a 3D model of the extracted beams in AutoCAD Civil3D that the architect can use for verifying whether the concrete will fit.