Top Government Defense Contractor Case Study

Scope: This project was conducted in Moorestown, New Jersey. The project consisted of scanning a facility plant room which contained boilers, chillers, and other equipment connected with numerous large and small pipe runs. The project goals were to capture an “as-built” LD3 model of the facility room and to create accurate 3D models as well as 2D planned views of the room. The rooms dimensions were approximately 80 sq meters (8 x 10).

The plan required a three person scan team. The scanned data was processed and modeled at InteliSum, then returned back to the team at Lockheed Martin for presentation the next day.

On January 7, 2009 ISI scan team leader Aaron Burrell arrived at the facility where the scanning would be conducted. The other members of the scan team included John Brown and Josh Taylor of CH2M Hill strategic partner, who acted as subcontractors, and Louie Bush of Entrix, strategic partner who acted as on site customer service. The team prepared the room for scanning with a site walkthrough and by setting up targets in the environment. Two scans were completed that evening and sent via internet to InteliSum headquarters in Salt Lake City.

The team returned at 7:45 the next morning and completed the scanning before noon. By 2:45 all of the data was registered by ISI and returned to the scan team.

By 7:00 AM the next morning the two teams had collaborated on how to use the models in a presentation meeting to Lockheed Martin, the post processing was done, and all of the desired 3D modeling in the environment was completed. At 11:00, the data was included in a presentation to the client.

From preparation to presentation, the entire process took less than 48 hours. The time breakdowns were as follows:
• Preparing the site - 3 hours.
• Scanning – 6 hours
• Registration – 2 hours
• Planning/Collaboration – 1 hour
• Post Processing and 3D Modeling – 11 hours

A project with this level of detail is projected to take up to 12 months without LD3 Data.

Kirk.

Press Releases

This week ISI released some company news to the press.

Here are some places you can read them.

InteliSum Promises Solutions to Engineers and Oil and Gas Representatives with New Software Release

and

High Tech Bridge Replacement Technology Receives National Award

Happy readings,
Kirk.

Press Release: ISI technology enlisted to assist UTA project

January 5, 2008 – Salt Lake City based company, InteliSum Inc. is working with Engineering firm, Wilbur Smith Associates, on an elaborate light rail project for the Utah Transit Authority (UTA). As UTA continues to develop their light rail TRAX lines, it has begun the design process for the new light rail line that will join the existing lines with a route to the Salt Lake Airport. Furthermore, UTA is planning on laying 70 miles of track in the next seven years, making it one of the largest and most ambitious light rail projects in the country. One of the challenges with this project is that downtown Salt Lake City already has several TRAX lines, so the new design must connect to the existing system.

To accomplish this, Wilbur Smith used InteliSum’s technology, called Life Dimensional 3D, or LD3, which fuses LiDAR data points to digital images at capture, making a model that is instantly visually and dimensionally accurate.

Time and money were also critical factors to the project. The cost needed to meet a strict budget, and the scanning and CAD processes had to be completed in less than seven days. Both requirements were successfully fulfilled.

First, two specific sections were captured with an LD3 enhanced scanner, called the InteliCamera. The first section was to capture the section of the power lines referred to as the “spider web”, because of the crisscrossing of the wires from several lines. The scans captured the lines as well as the connectors. Here, it was crucial that the lines were captured accurately, as much of the new design work will be in the connections of the new line’s wires. LD3 is the most practical way for this wire data to be captured as it gathers data to the nearest sub-millimeter.

The second section is where new track will be placed and will require the site to be developed. The designs for the new line will be placed within the LD3 environment to test clashes with the existing environment and to propose “what-if” scenarios. Using the intelligent LD3 Model, Wilbur Smith Associates, as well as UTA, will use the desktop surveying tools to take accurate measurements from the model for direct integration with their CAD programs, as the designs are validated against the environment.

InteliSum’s LD3 combines 3D LiDAR information, GPS/GCS location, and digital imagery into an instant intelligent 3D model at capture. This technology has already found applications in several large industries, including the rail industry AEC market, and the Oil and Gas industries. InteliSum also has working relationships with industry experts that are constantly using LD3 to create solutions for industries, such as the rail industry. http://www.intelisum.com

Wilbur Smith Associates is a full-service transportation and infrastructure consulting firm providing a unique blend of planning, design, toll, economic and construction-related services to clients around the world. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. http://www.wilbursmith.com