Non-Intrusive Scanning Technology for Construction Assessment.
Non-Intrusive Scanning Technology for Construction
Assessment.
(445 K)
Cheok, G. S.; Stone, W. C.
Automation and Robotics in Construction, 16th
IAARC/IFAC/IEEE International Symposium. ISARC'99.
Proceedings. September 22-24, 1999, Madrid, Spain,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain,
Balaguer, C., Editor(s), 645-650 pp, 1999.
Keywords:
construction; 3-D models; construction automation;
cut-and-fill calculation; lasers; metrology; terrain
modeling
Abstract:
Work at the National Institute of Standards and
Technology on laser radar imaging of a construction site
is described. The objective of the research is to make
measurements required in a construction project quicker
and cheaper than current practice and to do so without
impacting existing operations. This can be done by
developing techniques for real-time assessment and
documentation in terms of 3D as-built models of the
construction process. Once developed, this technology
may be used for other applications such as as-is
condition of a hazardous environment where human
intervention would be impossible.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899