2010 Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference

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Welcome and Welcome Back!Whether this is your first or your eighth time at our annual HDS Worldwide User Conference conference, on behalf of Leica Geosystems and Hexagon, I extend to all a very warm and hearty welcome! We are excited about sharing this week with you.

As excited as we are, we also recognize that there is hard work to be done. Today remains a time of economic challenge and strained budgets in many parts of the globe. So, we understand that you and your management may have had to expend extra effort to justify your attendance here. We appreciate your extra effort and we accept seriously our obligation to clearly benefit you and your organization via this year’s conference.

This week, you’ll once again hear many valuable “firsts” and gain fresh insights from fellow users into innovative HDS applications, market niches, field and office workflows, and marketing and business practices. You’ll hear and see how others are taking broad advantage of the new ScanStation C10, and you’ll see where we’re going with software to keep you more than competitive. The continuous progress that our customers and Leica Geosystems make together helps us not only to survive today, but in many cases to thrive.

Look around you at the conference. There is no better venue for you to forge valuable and complementary partnerships than at this very conference. I urge you to take full advantage of your extensive networking opportunities this week.

Finally, since I addressed this conference last October, I have accepted, with a great sense of pride and responsibility, the role of CEO for all of Leica Geosystems. From my new seat, I can give you further reassurance of our “industry-leader” commitment to High-Definition Surveying/3D laser scanning and of our understanding of the importance of our mutual sustained success in this exciting growth area.

I look forward to meeting you at the conference - the 8th such HDS conference. Work hard, have fun, and enjoy the 2010 conference and beautiful Northern California.

Very Best Regards,

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OverviewThe expanded 2010 conference features dozens of high-quality presentations by users and Leica experts; 10 training workshops; ongoing demos by Leica Geosystems and several complementary product and service exhibitors; direct access to key Leica Geosystems staff; Plan Contest displays; extensive networking, and more.

PresentationsApproximately 40 presentations are scheduled over two and a half days. With an emphasis on high quality content that is genuinely beneficial to attendees, the main presentation room for the conference promises to once again be almost as full for the last presentation as it will be for the first.

Each presentation is 20-25 minutes, followed by a moderated and informative 5-minute Q&A session. Most presentations are by enterprising users who openly share their experiences; Leica staff also give key product and business presentations.

Reflecting the very rapid adoption of Leica Geosystems laser scanning tools for forensics, the conference, for the first time, features a parallel “Forensic” track on Tuesday afternoon, plus an all- day, shooting reconstruction workshop Sunday, October 24th.

Networking and More Networking!HDS users can benefit significantly from networking with each other - via teaming, resource sharing, knowledge sharing, outsourcing, joint marketing, etc. This conference is the single, best venue for Leica Geosystems HDS users to network, so don’t be shy. Networking opportunities include an opening reception Sunday evening and a closing reception Wednesday afternoon, both at the Marriott; 30-minute breaks between presentation sets; 90-minute luncheons, with optional “special interest group” seating; a fun dinner/social event Monday evening; a dedicated “Networking Room”; and, nightly socializing at the Marriott.

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Introducing speakers and topics and running each Q&A session, Geoff Jacobs of Leica Geosystems will moderate the main conference room sessions. Geoff has served in various senior marketing roles with the company since 1998, including organizing this annual conference.

Geoff’s industry experience and familiarity with each presentation help attendees extract points of greatest interest and value. Geoff has also been a contributing editor on 3D scanning for Professional Surveyor magazine since 2004.

Leica Geosystems’ Tony Grissim will moderate Tuesday afternoon’s “Forensic Track”. With 15 years experience as a surveyor and with the company since 1999, Tony is currently Public Safety and Forensic Account Manager. He is also technical advisor for the A&E reality television series “Crime 360” and for the Criminal Justice Program of Fox Valley Technical College, Wisconsin.

Leica HDS Experts and Product Demo BoothThroughout the conference, you can discuss topics specific to your organization one-on-one with Leica staff at this booth, directly outside the main presentation room. Attendees can also see demos of the latest products including the Leica ScanStation C10, Leica HDS6200, Cyclone 7.1, PUBLISHER/TruView 7.1, CloudWorx-VR for 3D Studio Max, ForensicMap Pro, PointCloud CAD, and more.

New Exhibitors!This year’s exhibitors include Leica Geosystems Surveying and Engineering products, Hexagon Metrology for sub-millimeter measurements, Technodigit and their 3DReshaper software, CyArk, the nonprofit heritage preservation organization (www.cyark.org), plus exciting newcomers: Zebra Imaging (www.zebraimaging.com) whose technology converts laser scans into 3D holograms, and BlueView Technologies underwater scanners (www.blueview.com), the output of which can be processed in Cyclone.

Trade Press and Media OpportunitiesNumerous representatives from leading trade press and media will be pointed out to attendees early in the conference. These editors report on the conference and also look for interesting HDS user stories from attendees for feature articles. This type of media exposure represents an excellent marketing opportunity for attending organizations.

Connect with Industry VIPs You will have an opportunity to meet and network with many VIP’s, including industry pioneers such as Ben Kacyra, founder of Cyra Technologies (acquired by Leica Geosystems in 2001) and CyArk. Form valuable connections with principals, managing directors, technical experts, and executives from many of today’s most successful and innovative HDS users.

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Special EventsLuncheon Keynote: Scanning Mount Rushmore’s Presidents3D laser scanning of the internationally famous Mount Rushmore monument in the spring of 2010 via CyArk and the US National Parks Service may be the most publicized High-Definition Surveying project ever done. We’re delighted to have the project’s two primary managers, Elizabeth Lee of CyArk and Douglas Pritchard of Scotland’s Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualization (CDDV), as our 2010 keynote luncheon speakers. They will describe this ambitious undertaking, show the latest project results, and discuss plans for additional projects worldwide.

Elizabeth Lee is Director of Projects and Development for CyArk, a California-based non-profit focused on digitally preserving and providing open internet access to important heritage sites. CyArk has already used HDS to digitally preserve over 30 such sites including Pompeii, Tikal, Ancient Thebes, Chichen Itza, and Babylon.

Originally trained as an archaeologist, Elizabeth has also provided strategic development for the CyArk 500. Prior to joining CyArk, Ms. Lee founded the UC Berkeley/CyArk Visualization Lab and served as instructor for the UC Berkeley/CyArk Internship Program.

Douglas is Director of CDDV and Head of Visualization at the Glasgow School of Art. The newly created CDDV advances the use of digital technologies, in particular terrestrial laser scanners, to accurately record heritage structures and urban environments. CDDV grew from the Scottish 10, a 5-year project to digitally document Scotland’s 5 UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites and 5 international heritage sites, including the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Douglas’ other work includes the detailed Urban Model for Glasgow and documentation of Schonbrunn Palace, Rosslyn Chapel and Stirling Castle. An architect from the University of Manitoba, Canada, he is also a member of the CyArk Foundation and the Academy of Urbanism. He has captivated previous HDS User Conference attendees with compelling HDS-based visualizations of heritage and urban structures.

Provide Direct Input on HDS Product and Service Enhancements

Customers are strongly encouraged to share their ideas for improving HDS products and services in two ways: during the conference with Leica staff plus at the popular, moderated “HDS Product Input” session Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 5:00 pm in the main conference room. This HDS customer-only, closed-door session enables you to suggest product recommendations alongside fellow users and key Leica Geosystems staff.

Fun, Memorable Dinner/Social EventMonday evening’s fun dinner/social event is your single, best place to network. This is an annual “don’t miss” with a secret location that heightens the anticipation. The event is also our way to say “Thank you!” to many HDS customers and partners.

2010 HDS Plan ContestFor the third consecutive year, we are pleased to run the “HDS Plan Contest”. Electronic and hard copies of drawings submitted for the contest are on display throughout the conference. Winners are announced at the end of the conference in three categories: Plant, Civil/Survey, Buildings/Heritage. See how creative your counterparts’ plans are and whether or not your plans will be one of the 2010 winners!

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8:30 am Documenting fire and explosion scenes with Leica ScanStation technology for cause and origin analysis Dr. John DeHaan, Fire-EX Forensics, CA, uSA

Fire-Ex Forensics, Inc. is a private consultancy that offers services to police, fire and

prosecuting agencies, to public defenders, and to private attorneys and insurers for fire or explosion-related cases. Since 1982, Dr. DeHaan has authored 5 editions of Kirk’s Fire Investigation, the most widely used textbook for the scientific investigation of fire and explosion events. That and its companion text, Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction (co-authored with Dr. David Icove in 2004), are frequently cited as authoritative sources for the discipline. Fire-Ex outsources scanning services to service providers. This presentation will show the results of using ScanStations to capture the features and dimensions of fire- and explosion scenes for criminal or civil litigation. Two cases will be described: one was an accidental home fire and explosion documented by Precision Simulations Inc., the other a controlled test of a vehicle explosion. The latter case used a ScanStation C10 and TruView.

9:00 am Starting a new survey business based on Leica HDS scanning gabriel Callari, A.b.i. group, belgium

A.B.I. Group is a 4-person survey company, started by Gabriel Callari and a partner at the end of 2007, just before the global economy

crashed in 2008. Although neither partner had a background in scanning, they started the company based on scanning as a way to differentiate their company. Starting out by buying a demo HDS3000 scanner, the company has boot-strapped its way forward, adding a ScanStation C10 in 2009. The company also partnered with others and used CloudWorx and 3DReshaper extensively to help forge their growth. This presentation will detail how HDS has benefited their business, including helping gain more business for their traditional surveying services.

9:30 am “pcE” or “point cloud Engine” is Cyclone’s new software foundation: what is it and why is it good for users? Preview of Cyclone 7.2 Dr. Rick bukowski, leica

Behind the scenes, Leica Geosystems software developers have been working hard and long to develop and implement a new architecture foundation that will have significant benefits to users. Some of the benefits of pcE have already started to show up in certain HDS software products, making point cloud management and processing easier and faster. Dr. Rick Bukowski, one of the pioneer developers of the company’s point cloud software, will describe what this new foundation is, why it is needed to support today’s scanning practices and ever expanding end-user applications, point out where it has already been implemented, and demonstrate, for the first time in public, exciting new features planned for the next Cyclone release.

10:30 am How a contractor and fabricator applies HDS, including two C10’s, for design and installation of metal roofing and wall systems Ken Smerz, Kovach Construction, Az

Kovach Inc is a metal panel fabricator and contractor based in the Southwestern United States. In 2006 the company acquired their first scanner, Leica ScanStation, to support their internal needs to conduct as-built surveys of building substrates. Accurate substrate geometry is needed for designing, fabricating and installing specialty panels that must be attached to the substrate. HDS provided significant labor savings versus previous manual as-built methods; more importantly, it allowed Kovach to reduce field fabrication from ~40% to less than 1% and dropped field rework to zero for more than 50 projects! Based on this success, the company has upgraded to a ScanStation C10 and added a services business (Precision 3D Scanning) with a second C10 to support these types of as-built service applications. Ken Smerz, a construction industry veteran who intimately understands the benefits of the technology from a contractor perspective, will describe their approach and projected cost savings details for contractors.

11:00 am Adding HDS capabilities from scratch via ScanStation C10 (two) to an inspection, repair and maintenance services business for offshore rigs and vessels; 1st C10 customer! Kristian Ceballos, Albatross Services, Norway

Established in 2004, Albatross Services provides services with a small, high-quality full time staff supplemented by contractors. Key to the company’s addition of HDS to support various design, fabrication and construction projects was their hiring of Kristian Cabellos. His prior experience included stints at two very large HDS service providers. Although his primary expertise was in CAD modeling (AutoCAD, Inventor, and 3D Studio Max) and had only been slightly involved in processing scan data for one company, his familiarity with the technology was enough for Albatross to invest in the very first ScanStation C10 to be delivered to a customer in 2009. Kristian was responsible for all aspects of its implementation. Among the projects that he will discuss is a novel approach at designing a modification to an oil rig catwalk that saved their client >$1 million and produced a contractor bonus for a 10-day early delivery. The company recently added a second ScanStation C10.

11:30 am Today’s benefits and commercial opportunities for laser scanning in optimizing commercial forestry production Enda Keane, treeMetrics ltd, ireland

Enda Kean is a forester with additional expertise in 3D computer graphics via a career

stint developing terrain models from aerial lidar data for golf courses such as St. Andrews. Along the way, he observed that the use of aerial lidar for forestry applications did not address the important aspect of capturing tree trunk geometry, which he knew to be critical to optimizing commercial wood production from forests. In 2005, he founded TreeMetrics. The company applies terrestrial laser scanning plus specially developed software to significantly improve on traditional methods of measuring and estimating tree trunks/forest geometry. The big benefit of this improved approach is harvest optimization, including maximizing “green” carbon credits. Enda has worked with various HDS service providers and others to prove out these new methodologies and to open an exciting, new door of HDS opportunity. His presentation will detail the problem and the latest iteration of TreeMetrics’ solutions.

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1:30 pm Humberside Police’s experience with a ScanStation2 and C10 for forensic investigations, including road crash scenes John Rusted, Humberside Police, England

The Humberside Police Dept acquired a ScanStation 2 in 2009, followed by a

ScanStation C10 in 2010 for forensic investigations, primarily for serious roadway incidents. The department’s John Rusted will describe the practical aspects of their implementation, including field and office procedures, with case study examples compared to previous methods used for such incidents. He will also compare the two scanners from a police agency perspective. John’s background is of particular interest. He trained as a highway surveyor in 1975 and first applied total stations for survey incident investigation and reconstruction in 1997. So, it’s no surprise that he has driven the adoption of scanning for these same types of scenes. The Humberside Police are also part of a national UK Highways Agency investigation into the widespread adoption of the technology for such incidents.

2:00 pm “HDS Goes Mobile” - A user’s experience applying HDS6000’s for mobile scanning and providing systems integration, assembly, and test services for mobile scanning service organizations Alan barrow, AbA Surveying, England

One convenient option for HDS users who are considering adding mobile scanning capability to their organization is to use their existing Leica phase-based scanner(s) for it. HDS “power user” ABA Surveying is one company that has done so – in spades. Working with QPS (Netherlands) in 2009, they integrated three HDS6000’s into a single mobile scanning system capable of addressing survey-grade applications. Managing Director Alan Barrow will describe their current system, its applications, ABA’s marketing and project approaches, and a new service of supporting others to develop, integrate and test such capabilities.

2:30 pm Revamping field and office methodology to get the highest overall efficiency from a ScanStation C10 Robert gardiner, gardiner Consulting, uSA

The new Leica ScanStation C10 has not only proven to be a dramatic advance in laser

scanning technology, it has also significantly changed field and office approaches to executing High-Definition Surveying projects. Pioneering HDS user and expert consultant Robert Gardiner will describe how he gets the most out of ScanStation C10 in the field and how he uses its capabilities to also reduce office times by 25-33% for creating client deliverables for a variety of applications. Although Robert has been a power user for many years, he had always rented his scanners – until the C10 came along. He finally bought his first scanner, a ScanStation C10, in December 2009. Why? “It was a no brainer”, says Robert.

3:30 pm The benefits of applying HDS for archaeological studies of the Roman Forum Krupali uplekar, university of Notre Dame, iN, uSA

Krupali Uplekar, an architect and university professor, specializes in historical preservation and the documentation of world heritage sites.

In the summer of 2010, she led a team along with their Leica ScanStation to Rome to combine High-Definition Surveying

with ultra-high resolution gigapan imaging technology for a large portion of the famous Roman Forum. The team captured an area with 15 important monuments. Analyzing the data with colleagues who specialize in archaeology and computer graphics, she will report on their approaches to use the data to test old theories about the relative positioning of certain monuments to each other in the forum. She will also discuss innovative approaches of applying the results to promote and enhance tourism.

4:00 pm Uses of TruView in the nuclear industry: from marketing, to engineering, construction, and operations and maintenance lona Kelly, AREVA, VA, uSA

AREVA is a power HDS user, focused exclusively on the nuclear power industry. Starting with two (2) HDS2500’s in 2002, the company upgraded over time to HDS4500 phase-based scanners in 2005/2006 and today owns two HDS6100’s plus a full suite of Cyclone and CloudWorx software. AREVA and their clients make extensive use of TruView in each stage of the plant’s lifecycle. Metrology Services Supervisor Lona Kelly will describe TruView’s many uses on a summer 2010 project to revive a partially built plant – including helping AREVA win the scanning services portion of the project - and other interesting and compelling uses.

TUESDAY8:30 am Applying HDS as comprehensive QA during construction on a major hospital project for risk mitigation and in-progress BIM updates Samir Emdanat, VDC Consulting/ghafari Assoc and Digby Christian, Sutter Hospital, uSA

Ghafari Associates is a leading, full-service A&E with offices in the US, Middle East, and India, serving diverse clients across a variety of markets. Their consulting expertise in BIM, Integrated Project Delivery, and lean business practices apply directly to the construction project that is the subject of this presentation. Ghafari’s innovative ways led them to be an early adopter of HDS, acquiring two (2) HDS2500’s in 2002. Over time, these migrated to HDS3000’s; in 2007, Ghafari added an HDS6000 phase-based scanner to their tool kit. They also have a full suite of Cyclone and CloudWorx software.

Sutter Health, Ghafari’s owner/operator client for this project, is a not-for-profit network of doctors and hospitals in Northern California with over 30 locations. This eye-opening presentation will describe the comprehensive use of HDS as a QA tool for risk mitigation throughout the construction of a new $320 million, 6-floor, 230,000 ft2 hospital. With the project about 50% complete, HDS has been used to QA concrete and MEP assembly and construction versus 3D design and fabrication models. The process has already caught a potentially costly problem that has more than justified its implementation. Attendees will hear compelling consultant and owner/operator perspectives where project accountability and rewards are shared by all partners.

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s 9:00 am Adding HDS to an architecture-based firm’s as-built services business that previously relied on manual and total station methods John Russo, AiA, Architectural Resource Consultants, CA, uSA

Founded in 1997, ARC is a <10-person, architecture firm that provides as-built services (their core business), BIM modeling, CAD drafting, spatial data management, and 3D visualization and rendering services to architects, engineers, contractors and owner/operators. The company was an early adopter and remains a power user of Leica total stations and FieldPro software for as-builts. After initially outsourcing HDS for complex as-builts, ARC acquired an HDS6000 in 2008 and quickly became very skilled at using it; ARC was one of only six organizations recently awarded an IDIQ scanning contract by GSA. John Russo, president/CEO, will describe opportunities and challenges they face as a building surveyor, how and for what types of projects they use HDS versus FieldPro, how his firm applies HDS to BIM projects, how they use TruView for marketing, and the benefits of having an architect’s understanding of buildings for providing as-built services.

9:30 am A Servant of Two Masters: Scanning Nottingham’s caves and dungeons for heritage documentation and tourism Dr. David Walker, trent & Peak Archaeology, England

Robin Hood was reportedly held in a dungeon that is one of the area’s 500 man-made sandstone caves. These caves have played an important role in the city’s history, so for years Trent & Peak Archaeology, a 16-person firm associated with Nottingham University, had proposed to English Heritage (responsible for documenting and maintaining England’s heritage sites) to survey the caves. Each year, they were told “no” because traditional survey results would lie in archive with no active use. Then Trent & Peak did a trial survey with HDS and showed 3D fly-throughs to English Heritage and to the Greater Nottingham Partnership and East Midlands Development Agency. Bingo! The agencies saw the fly-throughs and web possibilities as a means to increase tourism, while English Heritage saw the rich data sets as part of a GIS tool for better maintaining and managing the caves. The ambitious, 2-yr project was enthusiastically funded. Project Manager and archaeologist Dr. David Walker will describe how they use an HDS6100 for cave surveying, their deliverables and how they create them, and remaining project challenges.

10:30 am How a small service company landed and executed their first major HDS plant project - almost half-way around the world; project results and lessons learned Siro Kim, WiPCo, Korea

WIPCO provides laser scanning services and also serves as a dealer for Leica Geosystems HDS in Korea. WIPCO started laser scanning in 1999 with a Cyrax 2400 and CGP software and today owns several HDS scanners. From a service standpoint, the company’s primary focus has been heritage applications. Like many service providers, they were interested in expanding into other applications, including plant. In this presentation Siro Kim will describe how they used their HDS User Conference contacts to help win and execute a 6-month project at the Skikda refinery in Algeria. The project covered 5 units with a footprint >50,000 square meters. Deliverables included TruViews and PDMS models. Siro will also discuss client feedback on what was also the client’s first HDS project.

11:00 am An A&E client’s perspective on using HDS and TruView on our first BIM project: a waste water treatment plant upgrade tina Murphy, HNtb, iN, uSA

HNTB is a large Architecture, Engineering and Construction company with >70 offices in the US. HNTB outsources laser scanning services and owns Cyclone and CloudWorx software for internal use. The Indianapolis office undertook its first BIM project in 2009: an EPA compliance driven, $70 million upgrade to a water treatment plant originally built in the 1940’s. The design/build project required an accurate BIM model of the existing plant. Rather than create a BIM model based on existing plans, HNTB chose to create the BIM model via 3D laser scanning and 3D AutoCAD files. To help accomplish this, HNTB retained the scanning and consulting services of Meridian Associates, a leading HDS service provider in the US. In actuality, HNTB wound up creating their BIM with the aid of TruView plus the CAD drawings. Project Engineer Tina Murphy will describe the project execution, their learnings from applying HDS and TruView on their first BIM project, and the role that their scanning service provider provided for the project.

11:30 am Cyclone 7.1 and other new software guy Cutting, leica, CA

In this annually popular session, Guy Cutting, Sr. Application Engineer, will demonstrate newly released Cyclone 7.1 features that

can significantly reduce office hours spent processing point cloud data. These features include new automatic registration capabilities and a new “Local Seek” mode for faster navigation of large, complex data sets and better visualization of selected areas. He will also demonstrate Cyclone PUBLISHER 7.1’s new capability to publish CAD models for inclusion in TruView, plus other valuable Cyclone features and other software.

1:30 pm (General track) The new application of HDS for environmental monitoring and assessment of savannah vegetation and soil structures - future “carbon credits” and more Robert Washington-Allen, texas A&M university, tX, uSA

Environmental monitoring and assessment has come front and center as a topic of global interest. Initiatives include reducing carbon emissions, accounting carbon credits and REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). Traditional methods of vegetation and habitat assessment literally rely on monitoring test sample and control plots with ruler, protractor and straw, and plumb bob and string. Professor Washington-Allen will describe exciting research in South Africa and Texas using High-Definition Surveying as a valuable new tool for these increasingly important assessments.

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1:30 (Forensic Track) ScanStation validation in the post-NAS report crime laboratory environment Mike Haag, Albuquerque PD, NM, uSA

The Metropolitan Forensic Science Center (MFSC) is home to the Albuquerque Police

Department (APD) Crime Lab. The lab is regionally recognized as an outstanding lab and certified by the American Society of Crime Lab Directors/Laboratory Accrediting Board (ASCLD/LAB). Mike Haag is a Supervising Forensic Scientist for APD. As a member of the Major Crime Scene Team, he has used the department’s Leica ScanStation since 2005 on dozens of cases for shooting reconstruction. He has testified in court several times using Cyclone software as a reference to educate the jury. Mr. Haag will present on methodologies developed by APD to validate the accuracy of their ScanStation (since upgraded to ScanStation 2) for use in court.

2:00 pm (General Track) Fast track to success with HDS at a shipyard; from owning a scanner to providing full TruView portal services in 3 months Harry berg, West Contractors, Norway

Founded in 1981, Westcon owns and operates two shipyards on Norway’s west coast (the main one dates back to 1963) and two design centers (Norway and Poland). With over 200 staff and hundreds of contractors, the yards can service up to three rigs and 3-4 ships at a time. The company had used HDS service providers for projects, before investing in a Leica HDS6100 at the start of 2010. A key benefit of HDS has been using it to attract clients and keep them happy by shortening scheduled yard repair times for rigs. Westcon does this via heavy prefabrication, made possible by accurate HDS as-built information. Yard rental rates for rigs typically run >$100,000/day, so shaving days off yard time delivers significant cost savings for clients and puts rigs back into revenue-generating service sooner. Sr. Engineer Harry Berg drove the adoption of scanning at Westcon and manages the office side of HDS; he will describe how the yard deploys HDS in the field and office to allow more prefabrication, including one project where the client expected a 30-day turnaround, but Westcon was able to quote and deliver a 10-day turnaround. He will also describe how they achieved a fast start with HDS, hiring a surveyor and getting a full TruView portal up and running (for internal and client use) within 3 months of getting their first scanner and their Cyclone and CloudWorx software suite.

2:00 pm (Forensic Track) Selecting and implementing 3D laser scanning within a police homicide unit Sgt. Mike Miller, Cincinnati PD, oH, uSA

The City of Cincinnati Police Department employs >1,000 sworn law enforcement

officers and >250 non-sworn employees who cover a 79 square mile area. Within the Investigations Bureau the Homicide Unit investigates homicides, all violent or suspicious deaths, fire deaths, police shootings, police use of force resulting in hospitalization, prisoner deaths while in custody, potentially fatal assaults, felony patient abuse and neglect cases, kidnappings and abductions. After a detailed analysis of various 3D laser scanning systems the Department recently (June 2010) took delivery of a ScanStation C10 and associated Cyclone software. Sgt. Mike Miller will describe the steps he took as part of his due diligence in selecting a vendor for their specific needs and the organizational growth planned for successful implementation.

2:30 pm (General Track) Using HDS for erosion assessments and monitoring of heritage sites and structures, including Ireland’s famous “Giants Causeway” John Meneely, Queens university, N. ireland

An HDS scanner owner since 2003, Queens University has recently sharply increased the number of funded research and documentation projects in which they have deployed their workhorse HDS3000 scanner. This has been driven by geologist John Meneely. He has achieved this via cutting edge use of the technology (combining with technologies like infrared digital imagery) for accurately monitoring erosion effects on heritage sites and structures, novel deliverables (including holograms), plus proactive conference participation. John will describe several such projects including its use on the geologically unique Giants Causeway, a World Heritage Site on Northern Ireland’s spectacular Antrim Coast.

2:30 pm (Forensic Track) Geometric Accuracy Determination at Forensic Scenes and Traceability to Standards Robert thompson, office for law Enforcement Standards (olES), Forensic Science Programs, NiSt, MD, uSA

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) OLES manages programs relevant to Law Enforcement and First Responders. An overview of OLES will be presented with a focus on Forensic Science Programs. The emerging use of High Definition Laser Scanning Systems to document crime scenes, shooting incident reconstruction, and vehicle accident investigations also require validated measurements for accuracy in the analysis, results, and potential court presentation. Measurement devices such as the “Twin Target Rod System” are used in scanned scenes to qualify the accuracy of measurements in the point cloud. This presentation will discuss options at the manufacturing level to the scene that would introduce “traceability” to this or other devices used in crime scene scanning.

3:30 pm (General Track) The uses of HDS in making feature films: a production company insider’s perspective on benefits, deliverables and workflows Craig Crane; Motion Associates, England

Terrestrial laser scanning has long been used in the making of feature films, with scanning of movie sets, buildings, and various objects often being provided by service providers with a background in surveying. Scanning deliverables for feature films differ from those of traditional surveying; deliverables also vary depending on the specific application being addressed by scanning. Attendees will get a rare, insider’s perspective on scanning from the other side of the camera by entertainment industry veteran Craig Crane. Craig started out in 1989 literally making puppets, including stints with Jim Henson (Sesame Street) and Nickelodeon Television. He later transitioned into motion capture for a computer graphics effects studio and recently embraced the use of High-Definition Surveying for film projects, where he has quickly become a highly efficient expert. Craig will describe each of the applications of HDS in movie making, their corresponding deliverables and how to create them, and share other unique insights into this fascinating market.

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s 3:30 pm (Forensic Track) Laser Scanning in the Courtroom: Getting Your Output Admitted into Trial Craig Fries, Precision Simulations, inc., CA, uSA

Craig Fries is a pioneer in the use of 3D laser scanning for forensics. He was the first expert

to successfully have data from Leica laser scanning admitted into court (1999). Since then his company has created >700 animations and specializes in accurate computer generated 3-D animations, graphics and reconstructions and analysis for presenting compelling case facts in trials and settlement conferences. His experience includes testifying at deposition, 352/402 hearings and at trial. Craig will describe actual cases where Leica 3D laser scanning was used to create accurate analyses and animations for the purpose of grabbing and keeping jurors’ attention at trial. Insights into advanced methodologies and demonstrations of case data will be provided. Due to confidential content, this presentation will be for employees of law enforcement agencies only.

4:00 (General Track) Workflow insights: from HDS point clouds to a full, 3D intelligent building model in Revit for a theatre renovation project; lessons learned Dietrich Evans, 3D laser imaging, Az, uSA

When HDS power user and one-person consultant Dietrich Evans undertook his first BIM project, he dove into the deep end. The New Orleans theatre project involved very complex and ornate geometry that needed to be modeled for Revit. Plus, the client’s requirements were not clear regarding how to handle non-orthogonal and non-planar as-built geometry from a deliverable standpoint. In this presentation, Dietrich will describe workflows for converting HDS6000 phase-based data into BIM models for this challenging architectural structure and learnings from a client expectation standpoint regarding deliverables. Dietrich will also describe why he has switched to the ScanStation C10 as his scanner of choice for these and other projects.

4:00 pm (Forensic Track) Chicago PD’s experience using 3D laser scanning for police-involved shootings Herbert Keeler, Police Forensic investigator, Chicago Police Dept, il, uSA

Chicago PD’s Detective Division is responsible for the investigation of felonies, selected misdemeanors, missing persons, and unidentified, deceased persons; processing of juvenile offenders and care of juveniles in need of protective services; response to, and investigation of bomb and arson incidents; and, collection and processing of forensic evidence. Deployment of their ScanStation 2 in March 2009 took place shortly after completing on-site training. Since then, they have deployed the technology on >40 police-involved shootings and many high-profile homicide cases. Officer Keeler’s presentation will explore the value of laser scanning to these sensitive investigations with an emphasis on analysis of bullet trajectories and creation of self-contained Leica TruView data sets for investigators and prosecutors. Due to confidential content, this presentation will be for employees of law enforcement agencies only.

4:30 pm (General Track) Leica Geosystems HDS product and service updates: new ScanStation C10 firmware; new online training offerings; other updates. Presenter TBD, Leica Geosystems

8:30 am Managing the transition of adding HDS capabilities - including C10 and Cyclone - to a 50-person survey firm in Holland; scaling up a hand-made zoo model; ship modifications Sander Schroder, Coenradie, the Netherlands

Founded in 1990, Coenradie is today a 50-person surveying and mapping company with three locations in The Netherlands. Based on a desire to address the growing 3D trend and to benefit from potential cost savings from laser scanning, the company added HDS capability in 2010. They did it two ways: hiring a manager, Sander Shroder, with extensive HDS experience and investing in a new ScanStation C10 as a next generation scanner platform and associated Cyclone software. Managing through some initial next-generation scanner issues, the company has successfully deployed the technology on a wide variety of projects. This presentation will describe a very unusual one – 1:87 scale-up of a zoo model for delivery in Autodesk’s Civil 3D software, plus others including ship modifications, and an architectural redevelopment project.

9:00 am Insights into the application, benefits and commercial opportunity for HDS on high-end yacht modifications Kim Moreton, 2M Research and Survey, England

Some organizations, like surveying companies, get into High-Definition Surveying as an

extension of their toolkit for various applications, including new applications/markets where they may not have prior experience. Others get into HDS with a deep understanding of a particular end-use application and see HDS as the perfect solution to meet the application’s requirements. This latter case describes this presenter, Kim Moreton. Based on Kim’s experience as a Project Manager for a ship and yacht builder, Kim understands the specific, demanding requirements of high-end yacht hull modifications - and the value and benefits that HDS can provide for this application. His new company provides engineering surveying for marine construction, focusing on this new market. Kim will describe in-depth the new application, how it has been done historically, its economics, and how HDS is applied with his expertise to offer yacht owners significant cost savings.

9:30 am Use and benefits of the ScanStation C10 for Caltrans projects, including project control and QA for mobile scanning Kevin Akin, Caltrans, CA, uSA

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has been a long time user of Leica Geosystems HDS time-of-flight scanners and point cloud processing software for bridge, roadway and other transportation-related surveys. The agency acquired a ScanStation C10 in 2010 using it as an everyday tool, supplementing their existing fleet of three (3) ScanStation 2’s. Kevin Akin, based in Caltrans Sacramento headquarters, will provide comparative metrics for transportation surveys using ScanStation C10 versus ScanStation 2 and how its ease of use, portability and speed have helped make it the tool of choice for many more projects. Kevin will also describe how ScanStation C10 has been used to supplement and control mobile scanning trials.

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

2010 Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference 11

Topics & Speakers

10:30 am Fitting mobile scanning with other tools, including static HDS, into an infrastructure survey project; processing mobile scan data in Cyclone Eric Andelin, bohannon Huston inc., tX, uSA

50-yr old BHI first got into laser scanning in 2000, taking advantage of the technology primarily for transportation surveys and expanding over time into other applications such as heritage projects and architectural as-builts for BIM. Based on their strengths in roadway surveys, the company was a natural to add mobile scanning to their service offerings. BHI outsources services from other organizations that own mobile scanning systems and processes mobile scan data into deliverables with Cyclone software and other tools. Mobile scanning expert, Eric Andelin, will describe how mobile scanning fits into their service offering, how and why BHI uses static scanning on mobile scanning projects, and how they process very large mobile scan data sets in Cyclone.

11:00 am The use and benefits of HDS for a fabricator/designer and installer of glass walls tim Egan, Carvist Corporation, CA, uSA

Founded in 1981, The Carvist Organization is a 25-person glass and glazing contractor

that acquired a ScanStation 2 and associated Cyclone and CloudWorx software in 2009. Project Manager Tim Egan will describe a glass contractor’s perspectives on why they use HDS on every job for substrate as-builts, replacing their previous manual methods. Comparative project metrics will be provided. Tim Egan will also explain how they use their High-Definition Survey capabilities to access new clients and differentiate themselves from other glaziers.

11:30 am Using HDS to assess Haiti Earthquake effects on various types of structures Dr. Shakhzod takhirov, university of California berkeley, uSA

Dr. Shakhzod Takhirov first presented at the Leica Geosystems HDS Worldwide User Conference in 2007. That presentation showed how UC Berkeley’s Earthquake Engineering Laboratory used their HDS2500 scanners to accurately capture before-and-after geometry of a wood-frame building typical for San Francisco that had been shaken on an earthquake simulation test table. In the summer of 2010 and under very challenging conditions, Dr. Takhirov and his team took their test lab learnings and their new ScanStation 2 scanner to Haiti, the site of a devastating 7.0 earthquake in January 2010. Dr. Takhirov will show results of their scanning efforts. The project was done for the purpose of helping to systematically classify the extent of damage to various types of structures impacted by the earthquake and helping to determine whether or not the structures could be saved.

1:30 pm Scanning and modeling of Florence’s famous Palazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace) “quadratura”: virtually unrolling illusionist frescoes on vaulted ceilings Prof giovanni Pancani and graziella Del Duca, university Firenze (Florence), italy

The illusionist ceiling painting technique “quadratura”, introduced in the 17th century by Baroque artists, gives visitors a deep sense of 3D for surfaces that may only be slightly curved. Efforts to accurately reconstruct frescoes on these surfaces are especially

challenging due to the unique geometric aspects. In this presentation, attendees will learn of a new HDS-based method developed by Giovanni Pancani and Graziella Del Duca of Italy’s University of Firenze for unrolling these frescoes such that life-size, 2D stencils can be made for accurate reconstructions.

2:00 pm The use and benefit of High-Definition Surveying for supporting the construction of an irregular, yet critical foundation for a new neutrino detector building for the NOvA project Kevin lind, Adolfson & Peterson Constructors, MN, uSA

This presentation is one of two on the same overall project: construction of the NOvA Far Detector Facility, an international lab that will house the world’s most advanced neutrino experiment. Adolfson & Petersen (A-P), an $800 million/yr construction company with 9 offices, is General Contractor for the $40 million building that houses the experiment. Construction included blasting a hole approximately 50’ deep x 300’ L x 60’ W. A thick concrete collar ringing the inside of the hole had to be poured and securely attached to the hole wall with 40’ precisely located tensioning rod anchors. Kevin Lind, A-P’s Virtual Construction Manager, recommended HDS to help accurately locate the rods and provide as-built data of the rock walls for designing and installing the collar. A-P rented a ScanStation 2 on two occasions for rock wall as-builts in mid-winter 2009/2010 and processed the data in Cyclone. Kevin Lind will describe their workflows, results, and project benefits of HDS.

2:30 pm Building the NOvA project detector sensor assembly: the use of an inverted HDS6100 and Cyclone for real-time, 1mm-precision QA of the assembly of the detector array Horst Friedsam, Fermi National Accelerator laboratory, il, uSA

This presentation is the second of two on the use of HDS for construction and fabrication of the NOvA lab in Minnesota. Horst Friedsam, Group Leader of Fermi Lab’s survey and alignment department, will describe how HDS is used in a novel way to provide rapid QA feedback with 1mm precision during the assembly of large arrays of oil-filled, plastic detection tubes. 31 “vertical slices” containing detection tube arrays, each 15m x 15m x 2.5m wide, will be glued together. Scanning after the installation of each slice will be done using an inverted, remotely controlled HDS6100 with four (4) permanently mounted targets on lab walls. Data processing to extract surface deviations using Cyclone and other tools will deliver QA results within one hour of their placement.

WEDNESDAY

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