Industry Insights

Locating public and private underground utilities is vital to the safety of any job requiring excavation and could be the difference between finishing a construction or renovation project on time and on budget, or suffering the huge cost overruns and downtime of damage caused by a utility strike.

Markings like these are everywhere, especially around new construction. What do these flags and spray-painted markings mean? If you are wondering the answer to these questions, then you’re in the right place.

The NavVis VLX is a mobile mapping system designed for 3D laser scanning, providing accurate as-built documentation of buildings and construction sites. Built for architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) applications, it produces accurate point clouds, digital twins, scan-to-BIM models and CAD 2D drawings.

A Day In The Life: How Project Managers Learn To Scan Concrete With GPR Project Managers use Ground Penetrating Radar to scan concrete slab to locate post-tension features like electrical conduit, rebar, and other structural reinforcements.

During the Bears vs. Patriots Monday Night Football game at Gillette Stadium that aired on October 24, 2022, a 45-second virtual reality video campaign promoted the Gillette Exfoliating Bar Razor.

Structural engineers, architects, and concrete restoration companies in Florida have a very big job in front of them. The engineers and architects have to certify the structural integrity of every high-rise condominium building in the state by providing “Milestone Inspections” that must be completed by Dec. of 2024

From hurricanes and tropical storms to earthquakes and tornadoes, natural disasters cause extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. The effects are immediate. Buildings and sites can be full of potential safety hazards – buildings shift, structural integrity is compromised, pipes are damaged, and concrete conce

Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring, and interpreting photographic images.

If you’re in the architecture, design, real estate, or construction engineering industries, you may have seen the recent update from NIBS (The National Institute of Building Sciences) regarding their ongoing initiative to create a nationwide standard for BIM models in architecture and design.

Field verification of an existing building is an incredibly time-consuming process with huge potential for inaccuracies. By using a 3D laser scanner, you can capture precise as-built data, including all details of the layout and materials, and take it back to your office for evaluation.

LiDAR, short for light detection and ranging, is a remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances to a target. A LiDAR sensor sends out beams of laser light in all directions and then measures how long it takes for them tore turn back to the sensor.

Under groundwater leaks are a major concern in the commercial/industrial plumbing and construction industries. Not only are they huge budget busters, hidden leak scan jeopardize commercial and municipal infrastructure in unanticipated ways.

Building information modeling (BIM) is an intelligent software modeling process that engineers, contractors, and architects can use to collaborate on a building’s design, construction, and operation. It’s more than just a model. It’s a process of collecting and managing data throughout a building’s entire life cycle.

Some architects consider the documentation of existing conditions to be an added expense. However, many have come to realize that accurate as-built documentation ultimately saves them time and money. Eliminating one change order related to unknown existing conditions can more than pay for the cost of the survey.

$177.5 billion per year and two full workdays every week are lost to fixing mistakes in the construction industry. How much could you save?

The default for construction-grade 3D laser scanning is intensity or greyscale. This refers to the coloring of the point cloud inside of software such as Revit, Recap, and TruViews. Data can be viewed in RGB, intensity, or greyscale.

In Los Angeles, California, the problem of old, worn down, leaky cast iron and plastic pipes cause staggering amounts of water loss: an average of between 16 million and 36 million gallons every day. These 100-year-old pipes are in desperate need of refurbishing and replacement. With millions of gallons lost each day,

3D laser scanning is a construction, engineering, and architectural tool often used to document the existing conditions (as-builts) of any structure. 3D laser scanners use LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to measure and record precise locations and distances, ultimately producing a point cloud file.

Field Notes on Subsurface Investigation Methodology: Savvy (noun): having or showing perception, comprehension, or shrewdness especially in practical matters, practical know-how [Merriam-Webster Dictionary]

One of the reasons we at GPRS say “What’s underneath matters” is because throughout the U.S., over 2.5 trillion gallons of water are lost to pipe defects annually.

In The Time It Takes For You To Read This Sentence, 3 Million Gallons Of Water Will Be Lost To Leaks: Routine Water Loss Surveys Could Save You Millions Of Gallons And Thousands Of Dollars

The U.S. Department of Labor and The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have opened an investigation and announced that OSHA will be implementing “Enhanced Enforcement” measures in the wake of what they refer to as an “alarming rise in trench-related fatalities” in 2022. 

GPRS’ TruePoint 3D Laser Scanning Helps Mixed Reality Masters, The Famous Group, Make Magic For Sports Fans

What mysteries might a Rhode Island home that predates the American Revolution reveal to Ground Penetrating Radar? We found out when GPRS’ Eric Fish and Crystal Gardener were featured on the CW’s Mysteries Decoded series.