The real genius of the 3D scan deployment becomes apparent when you consider the man hours, and room for human error, associated in traditional manual surveys. By reducing the need for people to conduct manual surveys in person, carbon emissions are greatly reduced, by eliminating the need for repeated surveys to confirm, verify measurements and validate designs. The round-trip average journey for each engineer is estimated to be 75miles. What used to take a team of engineers all repeatedly travelling to the survey site, now requires only one trip and one scan.
These environmental benefits amount to approximately 100kgCO2e vehicle emissions saved per platform using the 3D scan technology instead of traditional manual surveying techniques. Where Telent have used this solution recently, there has been a carbon footprint saving equivalent of 190,571 miles driven by an average passenger vehicle in a year*. This means less pollution in the air and less traffic on the roads. Once the survey is completed, a 3D model is produced. By using this model, we are able to validate some of the design output rather than having to send our team of engineers to do this manually. Each time the model is accessed virtually it reduces our environmental impact and our carbon emissions savings continue to increase. With around a hundred sites covered by the new scanning technology, this amounts to significant progress in the field of environmental protection with no compromises in terms of survey accuracy.