| It is no
secret that Ireland has shown strong growth in the
last few years and one of the major contributing
factors for this growth has been the construction
industry. A large portion can be attributed to the
substantial number of major civil engineering projects
that has taken place through Irish government and
European Union funding.
Some
of the structures that form part of these construction
projects are large and due to the nature, size,
shape and position are impossible to survey using
conventional methods.
One such structure which
was laser scanned by Coastway is the large mushroom
shaped water tower being constructed adjacent
to the M50 motorway. This structure is very tall
and the shape prohibits an as built survey being
carried out using conventional methods.
Another prestigious and
well known project laser scanned by Coastway was
the Dublin Port Tunnel. The purpose of the exercise
was to produce numerous cross sections for the
purpose of comparison with an AutoCAD structure
gauge. The results showed some areas where modification
to light fittings, traffic control and speaker
systems were required. This survey included the
collection of some 10 billion survey points a
task itself impossible using standard survey methods.
The third example we have
included is a recently completed bridge on the
M7 motorway running west from Dublin to Limerick.
The image we have included is rendered and has
vehicles added for the purpose of presentation.
It is important to bear in mind that the bridge
itself is a physically surveyed entity from which
accurate measurements can be taken. |
