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Autonomous LiDAR Drone for Tunnel Inspection: Mapping the Unknown

3D Laser Scanning, Award-Winning Project, British Columbia, Drones & Robotics, Energy & Resources, GIS & Remote Sensing, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Market Sectors, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Remote 3D Laser Scanning, Surveying

Inside a mountain in the Kitimat Ranges on BC’s northwest coast is a 475-metre long, 8-metre wide “tailrace” tunnel that transports the outflow water from the hydroelectric generation station in the mountain. The client, Rio Tinto, required a detailed interior survey of the tunnel for ongoing maintenance purposes and the tailrace could not be shut down for inspection. McElhanney provided bathymetric survey expertise to launch an autonomous drone mission that captured 3D scans of the tunnel interior to provide the client with the high-definition data they required for the structure.

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Watson Island Redevelopment Project

Award-Winning Project, British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Construction Surveys, Drones & Robotics, Energy & Resources, Environmental, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Site Assessments & Remediation, Geotechnical, GIS & Remote Sensing, Legal and Engineering Surveys, Lower Mainland, Mapping, Market Sectors, Mitigation, Compensation, & Restoration, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Reclamation, Region, Regulatory Approvals & Agency Liaison, Structural, Sustainable Feature, Vancouver Island, Vertisee

Because of the Watson Island Redevelopment Project, the Prince Rupert community has witnessed a new beginning for the site of a former pulp mill.

Progress Energy Asset Management
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Progress Energy Asset Management

Energy & Resources, GIS & Remote Sensing, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Mapping, Market Sectors, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Region, Services

McElhanney was retained by Progress Energy for the purpose of asset management/inventory. McElhanney split the asset management project into 3 phases; (1) project initiation and development of Vertisee, an online web-based map to sort and file information collected on roads, bridges and other assets; (2) data acquisition and management; and (3) ongoing updates.

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project
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Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

British Columbia, Energy & Resources, GIS & Remote Sensing, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Mapping, Market Sectors, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Region, Remote 3D Laser Scanning, Services

The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project (PRGTP) is a proposed 900 kilometre natural gas pipeline running from Hudson’s Hope to Lelu Island on the BCs North Coast. This project involved extensive digital data collection in the field using the latest technology and continual updates to Vertisee, McElhanney’s own web-based GIS mapping platform.

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Grizzly Bear & Moose Mapping

British Columbia, Energy & Resources, Environmental, Environmental Site Assessments & Remediation, Market Sectors, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Region, Services, Sustainable Feature

2009 | Remote Northern BC – The Government of BC hired McElhanney to head into the deep backcountry of the Skeena-Stikine and Kitimat regions. Our job was to identify critical bear habitat, along with important wintertime feeding areas for local moose populations and record our discoveries through mapping.