References

Starting point

Fingrid Oy needed accurate and reliable baseline data from its substation area as a basis for future expansion and modification projects. Outdated materials were to be replaced with comprehensive and modern digital base material that would ensure high dimensional accuracy during the design phase and reduce project risks.

Implementation and state-of-the-art equipment

The area was scanned using a RIEGL VZ-400i laser scanner mounted on an ATV. The method enabled fast movement and uninterrupted data collection in a demanding substation environment while taking safety requirements into account.

Deliverables

• A 3D point cloud produced by terrestrial laser scanning, showing the substation structures and terrain features in detail
• Personal user credentials for the RiPano service, making the data easy to use
• Browser-based access to the data for the entire design team

Cost efficiency and smoother workflows with RiPano

The completed three-dimensional point cloud was uploaded to Atlastica's cloud-based RiPano application, making the design team's work easier and saving resources:

Result

Starting point

The baseline data for the yard and road areas of Kemijoki Oy's Kitinen hydropower plants was not up to date for design purposes. Accurate and high-quality baseline data was needed as a basis for the yard and road programme and maintenance.

Implementation and equipment

The areas were scanned using a RIEGL VZ-400i laser scanner mounted on an ATV. In addition, extensive drone imagery was produced from the sites to support the design process.

Comprehensive deliverables for design

Kemijoki Oy received an exceptionally comprehensive and accurate digital data package, which included:

• A detailed point cloud of the yard and road areas based on terrestrial laser scanning.
• High-quality aerial images created from drone imagery.
• A point cloud processed from drone data for selected sub-areas.

Cost efficiency and savings with RiPano

The completed 3D data was uploaded to Atlastica's easy-to-use RiPano service, bringing significant financial and time-saving benefits to the project:

Result

Starting point

Located in the Tuira district of Oulu, the former office building of the Merijal confectionery factory is a valuable building completed around the turn of the 20th century and protected under the sr-20 designation. Before renovation, the site had suffered an attempted arson attack, which required exceptionally accurate documentation of the structures.

Challenge

Exposed log walls and the historic tiled stove are almost impossible to measure reliably by hand. For the design process, it was essential to determine the exact width of each log for possible repair or replacement work.

Solution

Atlastica carried out 3D laser scanning at the site, capturing the room, the lines of the logs and the shapes of the historic tiled stove as a complete digital point cloud without damaging the structures.

Benefit

Starting point

On the pedestrian street of Rovaniemi, at Koskikatu 20, the wall of a building was long decorated by the massive bronze relief Aurora Borealis, designed by architect Alvar Aalto and created by sculptor Heikki Häiväoja.

The artwork depicts the northern lights and, in its lower section, a salmon leaping from foaming water.

Challenge

This valuable cultural heritage object had to be removed from the wall in 2010 for safety reasons, as its heavy fixings had loosened and posed a risk of falling. The artwork was absent from the streetscape for as long as 15 years.

When the return of the artwork, weighing hundreds of kilograms, was being planned, it became clear that the design of robust and hidden rear fixings required flawless, millimetre-level baseline data on the geometry and shapes of the back of the bronze artwork. Designing new and durable fixings was not possible without reliable digital data.

Solution

Atlastica carried out accurate 3D laser scanning of the site. The massive bronze relief, lowered to the ground, was scanned from all sides, and its complex surfaces were captured as a millimetre-level digital point cloud.

Benefit