3D Historic Building Recording
An accurate measured record of an historic building or structure may be required prior to alteration or destruction. Where a development proposal entails potential harm to structural fabric considered to be of historical or architectural value, the applicant may be required to commission a permanent and accurate record as a condition of planning.
What Happens Next?
Dependent upon the historical and architectural importance of the building or structure and the level of anticipated harm, one of four recording levels may be stipulated, ranging from Level 1, a basic photographic record, to Level 4, a detailed analytical written, drawn & photographic record.
Measured recording of a historic building to Levels 1 and 2 is usually carried out with photographs, scales and measuring tape but where a higher, more detailed level of recording is required, 3D laser scanning may be employed to capture sufficient data to reconstruct a building as a 3D model in the correct dimensions on computer software.
