From laser scanning systems
to site intelligence

“Accuracy, but lightness and ultimately speed, is what makes NavVis MLX incredibly interesting for us. When we look at the point cloud, we can see the results.
We've worked a lot with other handheld devices so far, and our experiences haven't always been positive. And when I look at these small measurements that we've taken here and see how stable the data is, even just on the display without having done any post-processing, it's amazing how the geometries fit. That shows us that we have a device that comes very, very close to us in terms of surveying technology.”

"One of the first benefits is that we’re able to do big projects faster. With mobile mapping, we can travel to a site and spend one or two days instead of four or five — and that’s helping us with one issue in the industry that everyone knows about: lack of resources. Everyone’s trying to hire laser scanning professionals, and there’s a lack of people. So, we look at tools like this as efficiency gainers. We’re able to do more with what we have by buying a new tool rather than hiring another person."

"For us, 3D mapping with NavVis VLX means reduced project risks and increased confidence in planning decisions, resulting in more robust designs and less friction during project deliveries."

"For boundary and topography, it really is an excellent option. Our crews are able to spend more time on boundary and less time on topo. We can collect all of the topo information with NavVis VLX and then survey it from the office, that's an amazing advantage to us. We are able to survey larger amounts of information quickly."

"We like the NavVis IVION Add-in for Autodesk Revit. We found that we can save a lot of time when we do modeling from point cloud to BIM - we have estimated about a 10% time-saving in this process. The modeler has a clear view of what's in the building and how to model each element, taking decisions that would normally require a lot of time to translate from the field worker to the office worker. Usually, we would take a lot of pictures and hand over the information manually. But with the plug-in, we have a fully automatic way of telling what's in each room and giving a 360 photo overview - and that's a big benefit."

“We've gone through different methodologies over the years and as the technology has grown. Now, with NavVis VLX, we can race through different floor plates, sizes of buildings, and complexities without really worrying too much. NavVis VLX will handle most circumstances. So we've had a lot of success with that, and we've quickly ramped up. We now have 4 NavVis VLX in operation every day, 5 hours a day. Those scanners run and produce around 1 to 1.5 million square feet of as-built capture per week. ”