3D scanning in
West Loop (Chicago), IL.

3D laser scanning in West Loop (Chicago), IL

The core job is adaptive reuse of heavy masonry meatpacking lofts and former refrigerated warehouses: measuring thick brick walls, heavy timber and concrete frames, vestigial ammonia and glycol piping, and rooftop structure before new additions go on. Active cold-storage and food-production buildings still operate in the district, so some scans are of live refrigeration plants with temperature and sanitation protocols. Dense construction and Metra and CTA rail corridors constrain staging and drone use.

Whatever the building, the deliverable decides the scope: the point cloud on its own for your own modelers, plans and sections cut from the scan for a permit or facilities set, or a clash-ready BIM model when several trades have to coordinate in the same space. Roofs, yards, and site topography are captured by a measured drone survey in the same mobilization when the project needs both.

West Loop (Chicago) sits inside our Illinois service area, so mobilization is short and a return visit for a phase-two capture does not mean rebuilding the whole job. Most work here is scheduled within days rather than weeks, including nights and weekends for occupied buildings.