We
have extensive experience of using both terrestrial
and airborne lidar to provide solutions to the
powerline industry (and in fact any corridor
mapping project).
In combination with Leica TruView, the scan
data can be shared over the internet. You can
see point clouds on screen just as if you were
standing right where the laser scanner captured
the scan data. Very useful for basic measurements
and markups - Truview will allow users to share
data throughout your design or asset management
team - across multiple offices.
We are also working on identifying areas of
rust on the tower and so the laser data could
be used to provide a condition report.
Applications
of the technology include:
- Surveying
of cateneries for soft (vegetation) and hard
(buildings etc) clearance (vegetation management)
and infringement surveys.
- Danger
tree analysis.
- Thermal
uprating of transmission lines.
- Re-engineering
- creating engineering drawings of existing
towers, where plans have been lost.
- Tower
verticality and deformation reporting.
- Conductor
and/or insulator replacement.
- Asset
management - for GIS input.
- 3D
modelling of the towers and catenaries and
all surrounding environments. Ideal for visualisation
and presentation to the public or clients.
- Topographic
mapping of the pipeline corridor - for new
build and re-alignments.
- Sub-
stations for downlead infringements, safety
planning of clearances between plant.
- Data
loads directly in to PLS-CADD - and is applicable
to transmission and distribution powerline
networks.
- Emergency
access planning.
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Laser
scanning provides very high accuracy, reduces costs
and 'de-risks' your work.
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Click
the image (left) for enlarged view. Here, we measure
bolt to bolt measurements and identify the edge
of the tower leg and the tower heel. |
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Laser
Scanning can provide very high levels of detail.
Literally every nut and bolt!. |
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This
point cloud has been classified (or layered). This
information was imported into PLS CADD for analysis
of possible infringements. |
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Analysis
of tower geometry / distortion for stress calculations
and monitoring work. |
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