New Kit Day: a handheld LiDAR scanner for the workshop

We normally post about new cranes or diggers. This time the new kit fits in one hand.

The team put BridgePro’s new handheld LiDAR scanner through its paces in the Latrobe workshop. Five minutes of walking around produced a full 3D model of the steel extensions being fabricated, accurate enough to check straight back against the design file in our CAD software.

The verdict: the fabrication crew is keeping everything square and straight on a complex job. It is good to have the data confirm what we already knew.

Beyond quality checks, scanning during construction lets us build millimetre-accurate as-built models that record what is inside a structure, including reinforcing, conduits and embedded services, not just its finished surface. Twenty years from now, whoever needs to adapt that asset will have a proper record of what is in it.

Engineering is what sets BridgePro apart, and we will keep investing in the tools that let our engineers do their best work. See our digital engineering capability.