Heritage & Archaeology
A record that outlasts the building.
As-built surveys, measured drawings and textured models of buildings and sites, made once and good for decades. A Neo-Norman castle for the National Trust, the world's earliest railway station for the people trying to save it, a post mill that would not stop turning.
Three jobs.
Each with its brief, toolbox, notes from location and numbers. Where a figure is still to come, it says so.
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NATIONAL TRUST
Penrhyn Castle
An as-built survey of Thomas Hopper's Neo-Norman castle, every exterior facade and many of its elaborate rooms.
450ft across the hillside1820s built
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GREAT CHISHILL WINDMILL TRUST
Great Chishill Windmill
One of around eight surviving open trestle post mills, and the only one with a fantail, so it turned while we scanned it.
1819 year built~8 open trestle post mills left in the UK
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FRIENDS OF THE STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY
Locomotion One
The world's earliest purpose-built railway station, recorded inside and out so it can be bought, restored and reopened.
1826 year the station was builtII* listing, top 8% of buildings in England
Also in this sector: Dover Western Docks, Rye House.
Deliverables
What comes back.
- As-built survey
- Floor plans, elevations, sections
- Registered point cloud
- Textured mesh
- Orthographic images
- 3D Gaussian splats for interpretation
What you will want to know
01Which countries can you work in?
Almost anywhere. We travel, and we draw on a trusted network of licensed pilots and scanning specialists across the UK, Europe and further afield when a job needs local permissions or extra hands.
02How do you price a project?
There is no single rate card. Day rates, weekly rates or a fully inclusive package, whichever fits the scope and the budget in front of us. Tell us what you need and we will propose a shape.
03How do you decide which technology to use?
By understanding what you need at the end. Then we choose the mix: laser scanning for geometry you can trust, photography for surface and colour, handheld structured light for the small and the awkward. Usually more than one, often all of them.
04How long does the capture take?
Hours or days, not weeks. Short capture windows mean less disruption and consistent light and weather across the dataset. On big jobs we run several teams at once for the same reason.
05Is there anything you cannot scan?
Given time and preparation, very little. Glass, mirrors, very dark surfaces and anything that moves or flexes are harder, and there are techniques for each. Say what it is and we will tell you how.
06How long does processing and delivery take?
As long as you have. Shorter schedules mean more of us working in parallel. On Under Salt Marsh, a first-pass model was ready within hours of leaving site so coverage could be checked before the full model was built.
07What formats do you deliver?
Most recognised 2D, 3D and 4D formats: CAD drawings, BIM, registered point clouds, textured OBJ or FBX with UDIMs, digi-doubles, LED-wall environments and 3D Gaussian splats. Tell us what your pipeline wants and that is what arrives.
08Do you keep the data after delivery?
Yes, unless you ask us to destroy it, which happens and which we honour. Otherwise raw and delivered data stay in multiple copies on our secure network, so a project can be revisited years later.
09Who owns the data?
The contract decides. Absent a prior agreement, we retain the intellectual property in the captured data and you, as the commissioning client, hold the right to use it for the purpose it was made. Yours to use, ours to keep safe.
Scope a project.
Tell us what needs capturing and where. We reply within one working day with a method and a price.
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