5th Annual Conference on 3D LASER SCANNING • MOBILE SURVEY • LIDAR • DIMENSIONAL CONTROL • ASSET MANAGEMENT • BIM/CAD/GIS INTEGRATION
    
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- Validate new 3D technologies to enable global project execution, limit construction growth, compress schedules and improve safety
- Learn from real project case studies – benchmark your organization
- See the newest 3D laser scanning and 3D imaging systems and software from the world's leading suppliers
- Learn how laser, GPS, sonar and other field-validated data can be integrated with design, construction and asset management systems
- Learn about new business opportunities
- Mobile survey
- Serving up 3D data over the Web
- Identify, manage, control
- Meet the world's most experienced and competent service provider principals
- Learn how to manage business and technical risk
- Decide correct level of in-house capability for project execution
WHO ATTENDS?
Project managers • engineering leads • construction managers • survey heads • asset and maintenance managers • discipline leads • project control managers...
...from surveying • civil infrastructure • process manufacturing • fossil and nuclear power • transportation • offshore construction • automotive, aerospace and other discrete manufacturing • mining and natural resource management • LIDAR service providers • shipbuilding • defense and security organizations
WHY ATTEND?
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New 3D data capture systems based on laser scanning, LIDAR, high dynamic range photography, GPS, sonar and inertial navigation technologies challenge organizations to rethink how they use 3D data for efficient and safe operations. Project managers responsible for design, fabrication and construction of capital assets are finding new ways to mitigate execution risk using 3D – not just the design data but as-built, as-constructed 3D information. Asset and facility managers are also beginning to harness the power of field-validated 3D. |
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SPAR 2008 is all about the business and technology of capturing, managing and integrating 3D information. We search the world for the smartest, most experienced people we can find to exchange information and share their fresh ideas, new technologies, and inspired work processes with our conference attendees. Now in its fifth year, SPAR 2008 attracts attendees from the world's largest petroleum and petrochemical producers, manufacturing companies, shipbuilders, civil and transportation infrastructure engineering firms, industrial metrologists, architects, geotechnical and mining firms, land surveyors, and federal, state and local governments. We aim to help design leads, project managers, surveyors, construction managers, maintenance managers and others who commit their careers to increasing their organizations' productivity and project execution competence. |
What was most valuable about SPAR 2007? "I enjoyed listening to the service providers tell their recent experiences with new projects. I now have a better appreciation for the many applications of laser scanning. It is a new tool for me and since Mobil Producing Nigeria requires laser scanning of all brownfield projects, I will use the tool often." Warren H. Latham, Technical Lead, East Area Project (EPC4B), ExxonMobil Production Company |
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Though much of the emphasis at SPAR 2008 is on the technology, we also cover the critical business issues. Case studies address the business case for deploying these new technologies – how the value is quantified in cost and schedule savings as well as how to contract for services. The conference also provides an outstanding opportunity to meet the world's most competent and experienced service providers. Service provider principals will find value in the discussions of billing models, equipment procurement, utilization and training. |
| What was most valuable about SPAR 2007? "My eyes were opened wide to the greater functionality of laser scanning. We at ODOT haven't even scratched the surface of what we can use it for." Chris LeRoy, Survey Operations Manager, Ohio DOT |
New for 2008: We've expanded our track on mobile survey applications to include not only laser scanning but also emerging calibrated stereophotography technologies. We've also added a session on the needs of nuclear power plant construction, fabrication and modification projects. Several presentations will focus on integrating sonar data with laser scan data for offshore decommissioning projects as well as transportation infrastructure applications. A new BIM integration track will explore using 3D data capture to inform and validate BIM models for both design and construction. This year we've also added a service provider roundtable following the positive reception of last year's inaugural asset owner roundtable. |
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SPAR 2008 attendees can compare the newest technology from twenty of the world's leading suppliers of hardware, software and services, who send their top technical and business people to showcase their newest product and service offerings. Attendees to SPAR 2008 can also attend our co-located forensic and security metrology conference, FSM 2008, which takes place March 4-6. |
What was most valuable about SPAR 2007? "One, networking with others for our business needs. Two, talking with all the vendors. Three, learning from the presenters who are in parallel business efforts. Four, the 'experts' giving us their 'knowledge.'" Wiley Kay, Senior 3D Designer, Mustang Engineering, L.P. |
Technical Take-Aways
- Learn about new dimensional control work processes for fabrication and construction from project case studies
- See the newest 3D laser scanning hardware and software from the world's leading suppliers. Meet the lead technical developers
- Assess the capabilities of new mobile survey technologies for transportation infrastructure projects
- Learn how both traditional and laser scanning data are being integrated with sonar data for offshore and onshore projects
- Get a status report on emerging system performance evaluation standards being developed by NIST and ASTM
- Learn about BIM integration best practices for design and construction
- Learn how latest developments in autonomous vehicle navigation and robotic vision are finding their way to next-generation survey instruments
- Learn best practices for integrating 3D scan data and dimensional control data with existing CAD/modeling infrastructure. Assess which of your CAD suppliers support point cloud data integration and how they will support you
- Learn about best practices from industries ranging from offshore construction to highway construction to historic preservation to mining to office building construction
Business Take-Aways
- Global project execution: learn how new dimensional control work processes support global work-sharing and facilitate modular fabrication and construction
- Business case: get case studies of real projects documenting cost and schedule savings
- Meet the world's most experienced and competent service providers face-to-face
- Learn about procurement best practices. Determine if multi-year service agreements are the best way to ensure availability and price competitiveness
- Benchmark your operation: utilization, training, field capture/back office, payback metrics
- Outsource or grow in-house capability: assess what's right for your organization
- Learn about emerging business opportunities for serving up geo-referenced 3D data over the web. Gauge which business models are likely to succeed
- Assess longevity of traditional surveyor business models
SPAR 2008 is the fifth annual Spar Point Research conference focused on advanced dimensional control work processes and 3D laser scanning technologies. SPAR 2007 attendance topped 575 from 20 countries – up from 425 attendees from 20 countries in 2006.
IMAGE CREDITS ABOVE (left to right): (1) 3D topographical model of North Tower, Hitoro Hawaii Keola Condo Tower, Honolulu, with data slice using Phidias MicroStation. Courtesy Riegl USA. (2) Planar view of pipe manifold scan by FARO LS Laser Scanner. Courtesy FARO. (3) Seiler Instruments scanning Eads Bridge in St. Louis, MO, USA. Courtesy Trimble. (4) CSO-5 - Michigan: HDS6000 scan of inside and outside of Combined Sewer Overflow structure: interior face deformation monitored with series of scans over multiple site visits; data used by client to perform stress analysis at different levels of structure. Courtesy METCO. (5) DARPA Urban Challenge winner Boss - autonomously guided vehicle fielded by Tartan Racing team, Carnegie Mellon/GM. Courtesy Bruce Jenkins.
