April 11, 2013 – Las Vegas, Nevada – LiDAR Services, LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, the wholly owned US subsidiary of LiDAR Services International, Calgary, Alberta, has been awarded a major contract for aerial LiDAR surveys of existing transmission lines for thermal rating and NERC compliance in northeast USA for a large electrical utility.
LiDAR Services will perform the airborne LiDAR survey utilizing a Bell 206B helicopter platform. LiDAR Services teamed with a large NE based engineering company that will be performing all of the PLS-CADD analysis for this contract award.
The project will be flown the end of April – 1st week of May and LiDAR Services is inviting other utility companies or engineering firms in the NE that may be looking for airborne LiDAR data collection to take advantage of the airborne system mobilized in the NE region of the US by contacting Roland Mangold.
“We are extremely pleased with the award of this project,” said Dan Phillips, Chief Business Officer with LiDAR Services, LLC. “Since opening our US subsidiary on July 28, 2011, LiDAR Services, LLC has completed and delivered on a number of NERC related LiDAR and imagery surveys for US based electrical utility companies. I am proud of our team’s commitment to address the NERC FAC-008 mandate and fulfill the precise, exacting facility and thermal rating analysis needs of electric engineering firms and electric transmission companies.”
About LiDAR Services, LLC:
LiDAR Services, LLC is a global leader in airborne LiDAR services, performing engineering level LiDAR surveys across the globe from the high-Arctic to the jungles of Borneo. LiDAR Services, LLC operates two helicopter-based LiDAR systems and one fixed-wing system. What differentiates LiDAR Services, LLC from other mapping companies is their single-minded commitment to their client’s project, their unequalled experience, knowledge, technical expertise, innovation and customized survey solutions and services. For more information contact Roland Mangold at 720-934-2482 or roland.mangold@lidarservices.com