Tank farms & storage tanks
captured properly.
Storage tank laser scanning, tank roof drone mapping, bunds, and connecting pipe.
Why this building type gets scanned
Tanks are measured from two directions at once: a storage tank laser scan from the ground for shells, nozzles, and connecting pipe, and tank roof drone mapping from above for roof plate condition and geometry you should not walk on. Both land in the same coordinate system.
- Tank deformation scan data supports inspection, settlement review, and repair planning.
- Nozzle and tie-in locations drive fabrication for every connecting line.
- Bunds, firewalls, and access roads belong in the same site model as the tanks.
- Aerial capture keeps crews off degraded roof plate and out of the bund during survey.
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 means shell and nozzle capture from the ground, roof plate mapping from the air, and the registered dataset for the inspection engineer.
- Tank shells, nozzles, and manways
- Tank roofs and appurtenances
- Bunds, dikes, and containment
- Connecting pipe and pipe racks
- Pump rows and valve stations
- Access roads and laydown
- Registered point cloud
- Tank geometry and deformation report
- Roof orthomosaic and surface model
- Piping tie-in drawings
Where tank work comes up
Tank terminals sit on the waterfront and along the pipeline corridors. Shells and connecting pipe are captured from the ground, roof plate from the air, and both land in the same coordinate system.
On the New York side it takes in storage tank laser scanning in Niagara Falls and tank roof drone mapping in Tonawanda. The New Jersey side of the service area adds connecting pipe capture in Bayonne, terminal site mapping in Camden, storage tank laser scanning in Woodbridge, tank roof drone mapping in Elizabeth, and bund and containment surveys in Perth Amboy. In Connecticut that covers terminal site mapping in New London and storage tank laser scanning in West Haven.
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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