Refineries & chemical plants
captured properly.
Pipe racks, process units, and tank farms captured for turnaround and retrofit planning.
Why this building type gets scanned
Brownfield process work is the classic case for reality capture. We scan units, pipe racks, and tank farms so tie-in points, spool fabrication, and turnaround scaffolding are planned against what is actually installed.
- Isometrics drift from the field after decades of small changes.
- Turnaround scope creep starts with a tie-in that does not fit.
- Hot work permits and hazardous-area rules make repeated measurement trips slow.
- Prefabrication only pays off when the field dimensions are verified.
How a typical project runs
We walk the site or review drawings and photos, agree the areas and density, and set control. Field work is scheduled around your operations — nights, weekends, or planned outage windows where required. After registration and QA, the deliverable set is produced and reviewed with your team so the files are usable on day one. The full workflow is on our process page.
The deliverable set follows from the questions above. That is scanning the unit while it runs, a record of what is actually installed rather than what was drawn, and the point cloud itself for the fabricator checking a spool.
- Process units and structures
- Pipe racks and tie-in points
- Tank farms and bunds
- Heat exchanger and pump rows
- Flare and utility systems
- Access, scaffolding, and laydown
- Registered point cloud
- Tie-in and clash review model
- 2D layout and section drawings
- Aerial site map and volumes
Where process capture comes up
Brownfield process work concentrates along the older industrial corridors, where isometrics have drifted from the field through decades of small changes and a tie-in that does not fit is the most expensive way to find out.
On the New York side it takes in process unit capture in Niagara Falls and brownfield existing conditions in Tonawanda. The New Jersey side of the service area adds chemical plant documentation in Elizabeth, pipe rack and tie-in scanning in Newark, process unit capture in Perth Amboy, and brownfield existing conditions in Toms River.
Make the invisible
measurable.
Tell us what is inside, outside, and on the line. We will help you scope the capture and the handoff — in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.
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