As separate entities, drones and laser scanners in 3D have both been around for some time now.

Every construction project requires the input of survey data in the preliminary phases to ensure that the envisaged structures will fit in the required space, that they will be accessible and generally that the site is suitable for the proposed construction.

Building design projects for new constructions, renovations or even maintenance will have a strict time frame and probably even more stringent budget constraints. In this age of ever-evolving technology, it makes sense to computerise as many aspects of the project as possible.

LiDAR services can be used for many commercial applications like surveying complex and vegetated sites, which can then be modelled and analysed. The measure of these drone services gets stretched sometimes when an unusual project is presented.

Sometimes, how things are designed and how they are built is quite different. Knowing about and understanding the differences between the design of the object and the physical object is extremely useful in the future of the design process.