Edmonton and the Industrial Heartland northeast of the city hold some of the densest process infrastructure in Canada. Refineries, upgraders, petrochemical plants and the fabrication shops that supply them. Dense piping, congested racks and decades of modifications are the normal condition here.
3DS Technologies flies crews to Edmonton and across Alberta for plant capture and module verification.
What we scan in Edmonton
Refineries, upgraders and petrochemical facilities. Pipe racks and congested process areas. Tank farms and vessels. Module fabrication yards. Industrial buildings and shops.
Module fabrication and fit verification
Alberta builds a lot of work in modules and ships it to site. Scanning the module in the yard and comparing it to the design model catches deviation while the module is still somewhere it can be fixed cheaply. Discovering it after it has been trucked and craned into position is a very different conversation.
Brownfield capture
The congested areas nobody can measure by hand are exactly the areas scanning captures completely. Your designers get real geometry for tie-in points, routing and clearances instead of an isometric that stopped being accurate two revamps ago.
What you get back
Point clouds, 2D as-builts, 3D CAD and plant models, deviation reports, digital twins and virtual walkthroughs.
Frequently asked questions
Do you travel to Edmonton?
Yes. We fly crews to Edmonton and the Industrial Heartland for scheduled plant and yard work.
Can you verify a fabricated module against the model?
Yes. We scan the module and produce a deviation comparison so problems get caught in the yard, not on site.
Do you scan live process areas?
Yes. Scanning is non contact and we work within your site safety program without a shutdown.
How accurate is the capture?
Survey grade, with registered point cloud accuracy measured in millimetres across the full site.
How do we scope a plant scan?
Call (386) 585-2110 or (519) 766-5885, describe the facility and the deliverable, and we will scope and quote it firm.