Entries by H. Tate Jones

BIM: Breakfast of Champions

Whenever my travel and work schedules allow, I try to attend the BIM Breakfasts at Georgia Tech. Held once a month on the Georgia Tech campus, the breakfast brings together some of the best and brightest minds in the Atlanta area. The February event featured speaker James Barrett, the national director of integrated building solutions […]

Autodesk University 2012: watching an industry grow up!

Attending and exhibiting at shows like Hexagon, Spar, and Autodesk University is always fascinating because you get to interact with clients all over the country and see what’s new in the industry. This was our first time exhibiting at Autodesk University, but having been to three conferences in Las Vegas in one year, I was […]

Where we are now…and where we’re going.

As 2012 winds down and we get ready to head to Las Vegas for the Autodesk University conference, I look back at the strides that have been made in the 3D world and all of the associated hardware and software in our industry. Not only is there new technology being used and accepted, but the […]

3D Laser Scanning: The New Industry Standard

When we first started laser scanning back in 2005, we replaced some of our total station surveying equipment with scanning technology. As much as anything, this was a great way for us to learn how to use the technology and understand its capabilities and limitations. Early on, much of the work we did involved transportation […]

Scan to BIM: The evolution of scanning technology

The truth is, scanning is the only cost-effective way to collect the existing world. You simply can’t go into a cathedral, petroleum refinery, or metropolitan multi-use entertainment facility and measure with rulers and expect to get the accuracy you need to confidently design renovations. Laser scanning is the only way to do it. Up until […]