News & Insights

  • March 14, 2022

Chemical Plant 3D/High-Definition Scanning and Modeling

A specialty chemical company had three centrifuges in a 200,000-SF warehouse facility that needed to be replaced or rehabilitated. The client requested a 3D scan to better identify the location...

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  • February 28, 2020

SR 2047 Flaugherty Creek Bridge Rehabilitation

The SR 2047 (U.S. 219 Business) Bridge over Flaugherty Creek is a stone masonry arch bridge listed on Pennsylvania’s Historic Bridge Inventory, and was deemed structurally deficient after 100 years...

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  • October 29, 2019

Pequea Boundary Survey

When the Lancaster County Conservancy bought 143 acres to convert to public-use parks, the purchase required a complete retracement survey to ensure the correct property was transferred. Normally, a recent...

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  • October 29, 2019

Commercial Redevelopment Boundary Survey and 3D Modeling

A development client looking to repurpose an existing restaurant location needed the site’s building plans before they made a final decision on whether to proceed. As complete records did not...

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  • October 31, 2018
520 Hamilton 3D Scan

520 Hamilton 3D Laser Scanning

Part of the larger City Center Allentown project is 520 Hamilton, a new six-story mixed-use building with retail and luxury residences. Ensuring the preservation and integrity of the buildings surrounding...

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  • April 12, 2017

Knouse Foods Boundary and Hydrographic Surveys

Knouse Foods, a long-standing RETTEW client, requested boundary surveys with specific title commitment requirements for their six processing plant sites. This assignment required extensive boundary surveys of hundreds of acres...

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  • April 12, 2017

Compressor Station 3D Scanning

Turn-Key Specialists, Inc. (TSI), needed to obtain scans and 3D models for three separate compressor stations in Susquehanna County to help their client plan for additions to existing compressor stations...

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  • April 12, 2017

Pipeline Boundary Survey for 300 Line

A natural gas client planned to upgrade its natural gas pipeline transporting raw material to the Northeast. The client’s goal was to enlarge the pipe size because of the increased...

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  • April 12, 2017

Storage Tank Precision Monitoring 

A natural gas client was building two 5-million-gallon steel tanks to store freshwater for its hydraulic fracking process. They also needed to monitor tanks for movement during a hydrostatic test...

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  • April 12, 2017

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge GPS Control Survey and LiDAR Mapping

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) requested updated topographic mapping of 11,000 acres for future land planning and management. The widely varied terrain and density of vegetation across this...

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