Dorset Council - InView Assets

Introductory pilot data capture of your asset

Dorset Council

Dorset County Council worked with South West Aerial Surveys to internally scan and map their successful field centre Lesson, House near Swanage. Find out how it helped the centre work smarter with its customers.

About DORSET CC and LEESON HOUSE

Leeson House is a field centre near Swanage, owned by Dorset Council

Leeson House is a destination venue for Primary through to A Level field trips. The house is a secluded Grade Two mansion situated near Swanage, Dorset on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Leeson House owned by Dorset Council can accommodate up to 80 students and 12 accompanying staff and residential bookings are taken 7 days a week throughout the whole year. The Centre also offer a wide range of day visits and outreach activities.

Their Challenge

Communicating a complex residential space

Leeson House hosts visitors of all ages and from across the country. What should they expect? Where are the bedrooms? What facilities do they offer? Where are the fire exists? Can we fit a wheelchair through a doorway? Our immersive and interactive model allowed visitors to contextualise the space and see exactly what is on offer remotely, and prior to any visits.

Outcomes

Cost-saving, safety and efficiency benefits

Hours/days capture time*

Versus the traditional ground/roof based data capture time of weeks or even months for large assets, saving days / weeks

De-risking data capture

Versus ground or roof top inspections with ropes, scaffold and towers our aerial capture tools are “zero-touch”

Up to 80% cost saving

Versus traditional manual inspection costs by removing the expense of prolonged capture time, travel time and repeated in-person site visits

Fully digital remote inspection

Versus the traditional survey which does not “see” all of the asset from all aspects and elevations

Millions of data points

Versus ground/roof based surveys with limited access and finite resolution, allowing pinpoint accuracy across whole digital twin

3D interactive outputs

Versus the traditional 2D paper based reports and images which have limited access, coverage and quality

*For areas up to 10,000 or 1ha – roof inspection image capture in one day. Larger areas of up to 100ha are for landscape photogrammetry in one day.

The relational “dolls house” view

Being able to contextualise a space in terms of its relational attributes – rather than just having images is very important for some businesses. In the case of Leeson house, they wanted visitors to be able to easily see fire exits as well as the position of bedrooms and facilities so that they could show this to the parents of young people who would be visiting. Reassuring them about what to expect and how the layout would be appropriate to the needs of their guests.

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