Frequently Asked Questions

Good Question! Simply put, the term ‘advanced’ can incorporate: 

• the use of instruments, equipment, techniques or technology that are able to produced high accuracy results  
• the use of instruments, equipment, techniques or technology to produce data or deliverables in shorter time spans than traditional methods 

• the use of the latest and leading technological advancements to expand the meaning of the term surveying. For example, our Underground Survey portfolio. 

Our Team is equipped with instruments from as simple as an automatic level, to as advanced as our LiDAR drone. 

Historically, we have produced laser scan point clouds with accuracies as great as 3mm, and sometimes better in smaller areas! 

Yes, we sure can! Our Team is equipped with fine Draughtsmen that can produce both design models and as-built models, irregardless of the mode of data capture. 

Without being too technical on what surveyors define as accuracy, our drones produce results consistent with its internal GPS accuracy +/- 5m. When we apply our ground control techniques, we can be as accurate as +/- 0.05m. Do that if the area of interest is localized (less than 10A), the ground is hard and the camera is of high quality, mm accuracy is possible. Hope that helps! 

LiDAR is very powerful and will indeed yield incredible results. The benefit of pairing this unit with a drone, improves overall control of the quality of the results. The answer to your question is tricky as drones – LiDAR or not – typically should not be used in areas that are densely forested, in or around powerlines nor under windy conditions. Reason being, it’s a hazard not only to the equipment but to other airspace traffic, and those affected by the potential crashes that may occur as a result. 

However, the challenge of data capture of forested areas can be massaged through appropriate flight height, in addition to proper assessment of the scope. So, yes!  

It’s all dependent on the scope at hand really. One scan can take 10-30mins, but what if the project requires 100 scans? All in all, scope is really important. 

It’s magic! It’s essentially a combination of Physics and scientists’ brilliant minds. Our Underground Equipment takes the average metal detector and puts it into overdrive. The equipment emits subsurface signals and provides returns. These returns are interpreted to allow us to determine both the material and its depth, and dependent on which variation of the equipment we use, we can even interpret directional flow (i.e., in pipelines etc).