Ghafari has maximized the investment in scanning technology on a series of projects for major automotive manufacturers. Ghafari was engaged to provide laser scanning services for multiple brownfield BIM projects, leveraging scan data to ascertain the accuracy of existing plant conditions and as a spatial benchmark for integrating 3D BIM throughout the planning, design and construction lifecycle. As-built point cloud information was used during the design of new systems for visualization, demolition drawings, program planning, cost estimating, and clash / conflict detection and resolution.

Ghafari has completed 3D laser scanning on over 8 million sq. ft. of existing automotive facilities, including plants, offices, and laboratories. Scope of work has included building systems, process equipment, underground tunnels, and exterior building surfaces such as walls, truck docks, roofs, and access roads. Overall scans of large plant areas have been completed, as well as targeted scans of critical areas used to improve coordination of new systems routing with existing systems that remain.

Ghafari was also engaged by major automotive manufacturers to assist in developing rapid and functional methods for managing their 3D Digital Factory data, including point clouds, TruViews, as well as native and model data sets for process equipment. Through these projects, Ghafari pioneered the use of hybrid models, combining point cloud data with selectively modeled subsystem data.
 

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