ESL News

Delivery of NavVis VLX 2nd Generation Mobile Scanner

Engineering Surveys have recently taken delivery of a 2nd Generation NavVis VLX Mobile Scanning System and have put it to work on two current projects.

The results to date are extremely impressive both in terms of the absolute point cloud accuracy and the resolution achievable in a short observation period. The “richness” of the point cloud and lack of noise makes the output extremely easy to use for Scan to CAD or Scan to BIM applications…… More to follow.

Congratulations to Mike, now a Chartered Land Surveyor

Congratulations to Mike Au who has recently been elected as a member of the RICS.

CIC Certified BIM Manager

ESL Director Gordon Ferrier has been added to the list of CIC Certified BIM Managers.

This will assist in projects where the BIM component requires a Certified Manager. CIC are currently the certifying body in HK.

HK Polytechnic University Hydrographic Survey Camp

Paul, Jaden and Matthew recently hosted the Polytechnic University survey camp in Sai Kung on board “ESL Survey 2”. Despite the untimely Virus the camp went ahead as scheduled and was enjoyed by all.

ESL Survey 2 arrives in Hong Kong

After 18 months Design and Construction in Guangzhou “ESL Survey 2” has been delivered.

With a 40 square meter back deck, multiple sensor mounts and launch/recovery systems this vessel allows ESL to deploy a wider range of survey systems than could be accommodated on ESL Survey 1. Our first boat shall still be used for shallow water surveys while “Survey 2” shall be utilised where multiple sensor options such a Multi-Beam, UAV Photogrametry and Laser Scanning are required.

More to follow…

Stonecutters Bridge Configuration Survey

Edward and Mike carried out the SCB Tower Top GNSS configuration survey on 30th Oct 2018. It was a beautiful night with little pollution as can be seen from the photo below.