Laser scanning can greatly speed up surveying and provide far more information in design documents and AutoCAD drawings. But it takes more than having the tools to earn the benefits of this new technology. Laser scanning has taken some major... (Read More)

Every construction or improvement project starts at the same place: with a careful, up-to-date and professional land survey. It’s an essential and accurate picture that architects, engineers and construction professionals depend on. The key to... (Read More)

At McNeil Engineering, we’ve been using LIDAR laser scanning as a tool for civil engineering, structural engineering, surveying and building modeling for years. One of the most interesting uses was scanning the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah in a... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_575526" align="alignright" width="300"] Abravanel Hall concert space in Salt Lake City, where we designed a retaining wall, created the erosion control plan, designed the storm water collection system, and completed the... (Read More)

Building information modeling, or BIM, has been around for about a decade now, but it may still be new to some clients, developers, construction professionals and building owners. By nature, BIM models are highly complex, and they can be... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_574005" align="alignright" width="300"] Structural engineering solved the challenges of converting a 75-year-old welding shop into Lost Angeles' Rush Street restaurant.[/caption] Who was the first structural engineer? It... (Read More)

| You could say that engineering is in Matt Roblez’ blood. “My dad was a structural engineer, and I started working for him as a print boy when I was 13 years old,” he says. So it was only natural that his career took him into the same... (Read More)

Although its output stands for decades or even centuries, few fields change as much or as profoundly as structural engineering. At the cutting edge of technological development, structural engineering embraces development and change. One side of... (Read More)

The smart building, intelligent architecture, the Internet of Things — these buzzwords are common in the architecture, design, civil engineering and construction industries today. But they’re more than impressive words to throw around at... (Read More)