10.04.2018

Leica Geosystems wins award

Heebrugg SG – Measurement technology company Leica Geosystems has won the Irish Construction Excellence Award for its 3D laser scanner.

Leica Geosystems has won the 2018 Irish Construction Award in the category Construction Product Innovation for its BLK360 miniaturized 3D imaging laser scanner. According to a statement from the St.GallenBodenseeArea company, the scanner is the world’s smallest and easiest to use scanner of its kind. It captures 360-degree spherical imagery and takes a 360,000-point per second laser scan. 

Burkhard Böckem, CTO of Leica Geosystems, called the award “a great honour for us”. He added that winning an award in the construction industry “shows us there is a greater need for laser scanning in non-traditional surveying industries, and we will continue to work to bring new technologies to a wide array of professions”.

The Irish Construction Awards were established in 1993. Awards were handed out across 18 categories this year. The BLK360 3D scanner has won other awards, including the ‘2017 Product Innovation of the Year’ recognition at the London Construction Awards and the Building Awards in the UK.