In 2022, the US Geological Survey (USGS) required lidar data and derivative products over a 1,500-square-mile area in central Minnesota. Through its Geospatial Products and Services Contract (GPSC4) our team was awarded a task order to provide QL1 lidar and hydro-flattening breaklines over this area, and the challenge was clear.
On May 22, 2019, an EF-3 tornado hit Jefferson City, MO. Within a few hours, several geospatial entities within the state established a data acquisition plan. Because of the emergency nature of this project, it was essential to provide data as quickly as possible to assist first responders in relief and recovery activities.
Our team was retained by the South Carolina Department of Transportation, District 5 to perform emergency 3D laser scanning surveys on a ¾ mile segment of Interstate 95 running northerly from the I-95/I-20 Interchange.
Bowman provided 3-D laser scanning, planning and zoning expertise, landscape architecture, survey, site civil engineering, structural engineering and comprehensive construction administration/observation services.
Our laser scanning team was deployed to the project site to begin the meticulous work of measuring the gutted building, inside and out, with accuracy within”. The crew was working while the building was in the middle of demolition, and the project involved four phases of scanning to work around the other contractors.
Our 3D laser scanning team used the latest in laser scanning technology to document every facet of the ornate interior, and used the data to compile a unified point cloud. The point cloud captures the surfaces of the room in three dimensional space.
Our team was hired by U.S. Silica, a nationwide sand and aggregate company, to conduct volume analysis on stockpiles as a third-party inventory verification. We have performed volume analysis scans every quarter since 2014 in various states, including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, North Dakota, and Montana.
Our team completed two simultaneous projects under the same work authorization for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT): 1) The US 75 Project in Allen was completed for the purpose of a bridge replacement and proposed changes to the highway main lanes leading up to the bridge, and 2) The SL-12 Project in Dallas for a proposed tunnel.
Our team completed the schematic design survey for approximately two miles of FM 428 and County Road 55/Glendenning Parkway, from 1,000 ft west of Dallas Parkway to 1,000 ft east of SH 289 (Preston Road), for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Kings Creek Wind Farm was a hard bid, multi-phase aerial and ALTA survey for an approximate 50,000 acre wind farm. The scope consisted of a manned aircraft aerial survey to collect ortho imagery and an on-the-ground boundary survey to produce ALTA surveys for all project parcels.