American Museum of Natural History

The Worcester Art Museum is working to complete extensive renovations, upgrades, and repairs to the 125-year-old historic campus. The scope of the work is immense, and through careful sequencing of projects, the Museum has remained open. The Worcester Art Museum considered hiring an architect to measure the facility but realized traditional methods like tape measures, would be less effective than using advanced 3D laser scanning. For a high-profile project, they needed more precise technology. With the most advanced 3D laser scanners, aerial drones, and decades of experience, the Existing Conditions team provided The Worcester Art Museum with a comprehensive interior and exterior 3D Revit model, 2D CAD drawings, and aerial drone photography, videography, and imagery to facilitate project planning.‍

Using The Montgomery House, a 220-year-old building in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Existing Conditions illustrates how 3D laser scanning, point clouds, and 3D BIM models can be used in historical preservation. Existing Conditions documented approximately 5,000 square feet of the exterior, as well as the interior of the State Room at The William Montgomery House. We utilized the cutting-edge Leica RTC360 3D laser scanner to 3D laser scan in color.

To aid the historical preservation plans for The House of the Seven Gables, Existing Conditions 3D laser scanned and modeled exterior shells of The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion (also known as The House of the Seven Gables), The Retire Beckett House, Hooper-Hathaway House, Nathanial Hawthorne Birthplace, Primm House, and features of the Seaside Colonial Revival Gardens. We also 3D laser scanned the Nathanial Hawthorne Birthplace basement to create a 2D floorplan to assess the challenges related to flood-proofing. Existing Conditions' as-built data will help to identify structural issues, deterioration, and other factors affecting the historical site, and deliver our client, Union Studio, 2D plans and a 3D model to develop architectural designs for restoration.