Mobile 3D LiDAR Scanning Services Melbourne | Engineering-Grade Capture

Melbourne’s industrial landscape is built on decades of growth—factories expanded in stages, plant modified during shutdowns, and buildings adapted to new processes. The challenge today is that many of these facilities no longer match their original drawings.

Mobile 3D LiDAR scanning services solve that problem by capturing the site exactly as it exists, providing engineers, designers, and fabricators with reliable data to work from—without guesswork.

At Hamilton By Design we bring engineering-grade reality capture directly to your Melbourne site. Our mobile LiDAR workflows are designed to support real projects: shutdown upgrades, conveyor installations, brownfield modifications, and compliance documentation.

LiDAR scanner capturing a Ballarat mine structure on an illustrated map of Victoria showing major roads, Mount Dandenong TV towers, the MCG and a Melbourne tram.

Capture the Real Site – Not an Assumption

Traditional measuring methods struggle in complex industrial environments. Pipe bridges, mezzanines, mixed generations of equipment, and tight access areas make manual measurement risky and inaccurate.

Mobile LiDAR scanning delivers:

Millimetre-level point clouds of structures and equipment
Accurate tie-in points for new installations
Clearance checks for conveyors, elevators, and pipework
As-built records for compliance and asset management
Digital twins ready for design and clash detection

One site visit can capture more information than weeks of manual survey.

A Service Built for Melbourne Industry

From the inner west manufacturing belt to the northern logistics hubs and south-east processing plants, Melbourne projects share common pressures:

Short shutdown windows
Ageing plant with incomplete drawings
Multiple contractors working in the same space
Increasing safety and compliance requirements

Our mobile 3D LiDAR scanning services are structured to fit these realities. Most sites can be captured in a single day with minimal disruption to operations. Extra detail is focused around critical interfaces so new equipment fits first time.

Engineering First – Scanning With Purpose

We are not just data collectors. Hamilton By Design is an engineering business that uses scanning as the foundation for practical outcomes.

From a Melbourne scan we can deliver:

Registered point clouds in industry formats
AutoCAD & SOLIDWORKS models
General arrangement drawings
Fabrication-ready models
Clash and tolerance reports
Documentation for Safe Design reviews

Because the team understands fabrication and installation, the data is captured with the end goal in mind—equipment that bolts in without rework.

Applications Across Melbourne

Mobile LiDAR scanning supports a wide range of sectors:

Food & beverage processing
Recycling and resource recovery
Warehousing and logistics
Water & wastewater facilities
Manufacturing upgrades
Conveyor and bulk handling
Heritage building retrofits
Vehicle and specialised fit-outs

Whether it’s a small workshop in Dandenong or a complex plant in the western suburbs, the approach is the same: capture once, design with confidence.

Reduce Risk Before You Build

The cost of getting measurements wrong is far higher than the cost of a scan:

Delayed shutdowns
Steel that doesn’t fit
Emergency redesigns
Additional crane and labour hire
Compromised safety outcomes

Mobile 3D LiDAR scanning removes those uncertainties at the start of the project, giving Melbourne businesses control over time, budget, and risk.

Booking & Delivery

One day onsite is typically sufficient for most facilities
Registered point cloud delivered promptly
CAD outputs tailored to your design platform
50% deposit with purchase order, balance on delivery

Our calendar fills quickly around Melbourne shutdown periods—early booking ensures your project stays on track.

Talk to an Engineering-Led Scanning Team

If you’re planning an upgrade or need accurate as-builts in Melbourne, let’s capture the site properly before design begins.

Hamilton By Design – Mobile 3D LiDAR Scanning Services
Engineering-grade capture for real industrial projects.

www.hamiltonbydesign.com.au
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Servicing all Melbourne metro and surrounding regions

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Mobile 3D Scanning Services | Onsite LiDAR for Regional Australia

When a project is outside the major cities, access to accurate engineering data can be the difference between a smooth upgrade and an expensive mistake. Mobile 3D scanning services bring high-accuracy LiDAR and reality capture directly to your site—whether that’s a regional workshop, a mine in the outback, a water treatment plant, or a small manufacturing facility in a local town.

At Hamilton By Design, our approach is simple:
we come to you, capture the site as it really exists, and convert that data into build-ready CAD and point clouds that engineers, fabricators, and asset owners can rely on.

Mobile 3D scanning services illustration showing a LiDAR scanner capturing Uluru on a map of Australia with major highways connecting regional towns.

What Are Mobile 3D Scanning Services?

Mobile 3D scanning means deploying professional laser scanners and engineering workflows on location, not in a lab or office. Instead of measuring with tape, sketches, and guesswork, we capture millions of precise points that represent:

Structural steel and concrete
Pipework and mechanical equipment
Conveyor systems and bulk handling plant
Buildings, workshops, and brownfield sites
Vehicles, tanks, and custom machinery

The result is a digital twin of your asset that can be used for design, fabrication, clash detection, and maintenance planning—without repeated site visits.

Perfect for Smaller Towns and Regional Projects

Regional businesses often face the same challenges:

Limited access to specialist surveyors
Old drawings that don’t match reality
Upgrades carried out over decades
Shutdown windows that are tight and costly

Our mobile service is designed for these exact conditions. We regularly travel to local towns, industrial hubs, and remote facilities to provide the same level of engineering capture normally reserved for major city projects.

Whether you’re in the Central Coast, Mount Isa, Broken Hill, Bathurst, Rockhampton, or anywhere in between, we can mobilise quickly and deliver professional data without the need for you to bring contractors from multiple companies.

How the Process Works

1. One Day Onsite – Minimal Disruption

Most projects can be captured in a single day. We position the scanner, record high-resolution point clouds, and focus extra detail around critical tie-in points.

2. Registered Point Cloud

Back in the office we register and clean the data into a single accurate model referenced to real-world coordinates.

3. Engineering Deliverables

From that scan we can provide:

Registered point cloud files
PDF site layouts
AutoCAD / SOLIDWORKS models
Fabrication drawings
Clash and tolerance checks

Because we are engineers first—not just surveyors—the outputs are created with practical fabrication and construction in mind.

Why Mobile Scanning Beats Traditional Measuring

✔ No more hand sketches that don’t fit
✔ Reduce rework during shutdowns
✔ Design directly to existing conditions
✔ Accurate tie-ins for conveyors, elevators, pipework
✔ Evidence for compliance and asset records
✔ Faster quoting for fabricators

For small towns where every hour counts and access is limited, this approach removes uncertainty before a single piece of steel is cut.

Industries We Support

Our mobile 3D scanning services are commonly used for:

CHPP and mining upgrades
Local manufacturing plants
Food and beverage facilities
Water and wastewater sites
Sawmills and timber processing
Vehicle and van fit-outs
Heritage and retrofit projects
Conveyor and bucket elevator installations

No site is too small—if it needs to fit first time, scanning makes sense.

Book Early – Our Calendar Fills Fast

Regional shutdowns and plant upgrades often happen at the same time of year. Booking early ensures:

Availability when your site is ready
Data delivered before design deadlines
Your project stays on track

We typically work on a 50% deposit with purchase order and balance on delivery of the registered point cloud and agreed outputs.

Let’s Capture Your Site – Wherever It Is

If you’re planning an upgrade in a smaller town or regional facility, talk to a team that understands both engineering and scanning.

Call Hamilton By Design
www.hamiltonbydesign.com.au
📍 Servicing Sydney, Central Coast, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Perth, Mount Isa and regional Australia

Mobile 3D scanning services—bringing city-level engineering to every local town.