{"id":487,"date":"2016-03-02T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/news\/?p=287"},"modified":"2017-07-28T20:25:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T20:25:26","slug":"westlakes-scan-department-presents-to-emerick-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/westlakes-scan-department-presents-to-emerick-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"Westlake’s Scan Department Presents to Emerick Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Westlake’s Bob Blair (far left) talks about 3D laser scanning to Emerick Architects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Westlake Consultant’s scanning department recently visited\u00a0Emerick Architects, located in downtown Portland, for a Lunch & Learn to\u00a0present the\u00a0use and benefits of 3D\u00a0laser scanning.<\/p>\n

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Emerick Architects previewing modeled scan data during Westlake’s presentation. Lower right: scan preview of the Lloyd Center in Portland, OR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the presentation, Westlake’s Bob Blair\u00a0described\u00a0our involvement in the Lloyd Center renovation work. He mentioned it took our scan department about 3 days to scan the entire\u00a0mall and about\u00a02 weeks to model the data in the office for the initial scope of the project. The post-production work usually takes longer than the time it takes to obtain the scans, due to the intricate process of modeling and stitching together every scan.<\/p>\n

Westlake also scanned and modeled the glass canopy of downtown Portland’s Director’s Park to facilitate the recent upgrade to the beams.\u00a0R&H, a local construction company, then used the modeled scanned data to create the new steel beams with exact measurements\u00a0to replace the tired wood beams. This way, R&H didn’t need\u00a0to send their staff out to take measurements of the canopy and beams by hand – that would have been difficult and costly. Instead, they could refer back to the scans at any time from their office.<\/p>\n

Bob also went into further detail about the\u00a0advantages and convenience of obtaining scanned data of a site or building. Westlake’s scanner of choice, the FARO Focus 3D X330,\u00a0can reach up to 330 meters from the point of origin, though\u00a0only the local, required\u00a0data is modeled to save time and money. Since 3D laser scanning can require additional processing time, Westlake’s scan department always works with clients to determine if scanning will be cost effective for their project needs. Once the scanned data is registered (stitched together) and modeled, the user can “walk through” the site or building on a computer from the comfort of their office without the need to return to the actual site location.<\/p>\n

Our 12+ years of scanning experience sets us on the forefront of integrating the use of 3D laser scanning in\u00a0the A\/E\/C industry throughout the NW. Westlake’s\u00a0scan team thoroughly enjoyed the\u00a0opportunity to share our\u00a0scan project examples as well as the advantages of 3D laser scanning and how it can be applied to a variety of projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westlake Consultant’s scanning department recently visited\u00a0Emerick Architects, located in downtown Portland, for a Lunch & Learn to\u00a0present the\u00a0use and benefits of 3D\u00a0laser scanning. During the presentation, Westlake’s Bob Blair\u00a0described\u00a0our involvement in the Lloyd Center renovation work. He mentioned it took our scan department about 3 days to scan the entire\u00a0mall and about\u00a02 weeks to model […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-laser-scanning"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/westlakeconsultants.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}