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Projects
June 2023
Michael Grear Surveys was excited to be part of the Althorpe Island Lighthouse survey to assist with the ongoing maintenance of this critical piece of navigational infrastructure.
The small Island just south of Marion Bay on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia is only safely accessible by helicopter and has a dedicated helicopter pad adjacent the lighthouse.
Our role was to provide a survey accurate full colour Terrestrial Laser Scan point cloud of both the inside and outside of the lighthouse. This point cloud was then to be used to design upgrades and improvements for the lighthouse.
With only one day allocated for the survey, an early start at Marion Bay (approx. 3.5 hrs drive from Adelaide) was required. It was then a short helicopter ride to the Island.
All the survey works were completed, including a pegging of an existing lease boundary on site, by the time the helicopter had to make its return. A successful project for us and the client.
Adelaide is a beautiful city! Our surveyors have enjoyed working around the Festival Centre, just off King William St, Adelaide. The first image is a photo, the next two are images produced from the point cloud produced from our 3D Laser Scanner.
This information will be used for the Adelaide Festival to design their show piece venue for the 2021 Festival.
North Terrace, State Government $70m Tram Extension and Up Grade. Michael Grear Surveys completed the initial Engineering Survey.
The project involved a full and extensive Engineering Survey of the 2300m Road Corridor, boundary to boundary in an extremely complex urban environment. This included working around extreme traffic and public transport movements, night work requirements, major Adelaide Community events and strict timelines from the client.
We took advantage of using our 3D Terrestrial Scanning with two main advantages; being an incredibly effective tool in acquiring data, and also improved safety by reducing the amount of time one of our surveyors had to spend on the road corridor. With the combination of the 3D Scanner and traditional theodolite technology gave us point and model accuracy perfect for this survey.
Some key statistics-
Over 66 kilometres of survey strings
Over 39 kilometres of Underground service strings
35000 survey points in addition to the 24 gigabyte of point cloud data and 3d CART data underground services.
This project was run by highly experienced, motivated Surveyors, who ensured a successful and timely project.
Congratulations to all of the Michael Grear Surveys Team. An efficient job completed and the prestigious award of Technical Excellence won.
We spent a day in the Adelaide Town Hall bell tower recently; scanning the inside of the interior of the tower to gain information to enable the bell tower to be refurbished to improve the acoustics. As you can see from the pictures, the bells are large and space is tight. But look at the view!
Surveyor, Sir Colonel William Light earmarked the one acre site for use by Council for the Adelaide Town Hall, in his original plan for the city of Adelaide. It was initially used as a produce market selling hay, corn, butter, poultry, eggs, fish and vegetables.
On May 4, 1863 the foundation stone for the Adelaide Town Hall was laid and was cut from the Tea Tree Gully quarry. The Albert Tower was constructed over this stone, in which the bell tower, and later the clock were positioned. This structure was significant as it was the only civic building outside of England to house a full peal of eight bells.
The Adelaide Town Hall, Albert Tower Bells have marked significant occasions throughout the history of the city; including for the pop band, ‘The Beatles’, as they were cheered by a crowd of thousands while they were standing on the balcony above.
Michael Grear Surveys have been proud to be involved with the recently completed grain handling port at Lucky Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Our involvement (Since late 2018) has been with the construction phase of the new silos and grain handling infrastructure.
Our Surveying team has been providing their expertise with the positioning and control for the different phases of the Port construction.
Lucky Bay Port now offers alternative grain storage and export options for farmers on the Eyre Peninsula and surrounds.
What a privilege to be in involved with the setout for construction of the Vietnamese Monument, situated on Memorial Drive, Adelaide.
An apt and strong reminder of the struggles the Vietnamese Community had to begin their new lives in Australia and their optimism looking to the future.
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