SAM O. HIROTA, INC.
HONOLULU, HAWAII
Four Seasons Hualalai
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Sam O. Hirota, Inc. (SOH) has been assisting the Four Seasons Hualalai on Hawaii Island since 2015. Most civil engineering and land surveying work has involved amenity and hotel infrastructure areas, such as the King's Pond, Slide 1 below, the luxurious oceanside bungalows and specialty suites, the seashell pool, golf course, event spaces, fire safety and entry issues. Work included developing construction documents, construction administration, drainage studies, FEMA/FIRM maps, and boundary and topographic surveys.
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In terms of advanced technology, the Four Seasons Hualalai has been at the forefront of using laser scanning to acquire accurate representations of resort rooms' and grounds' as-built conditions. Three separate projects have utilized SOH mobile mapping to provide digital documentation.
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ONE (SLIDES 2, 3) In 2016, Hualalai wished to compare as-built conditions of 7 different bungalow types with existing 1994 design plans. From the results of the comparison, a determination would be made of whether the PDFs could be reliably used for the rest of the resort rooms.
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SOH scanned the bungalows, brought the scan data into Autodesk Civil 3D, then compared bungalow footprints with the scaled and correctly rotated PDF plans.
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TWO (SLIDES 4, 5) Hawaii County officials were looking for assurance that the resort's fire lane was able to handle its fire trucks and other safety vehicles.
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Using its mobile mapping system, SOH scanned the entire length of the fire lane in half a day. Scans were brought into sophisticated 3D software that allowed a correctly-scaled vehicle to virtually drive, turn, and maneuver down the lane to check for areas of conflict.
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THREE (SLIDES 6,7) Looking to enhance aspects of its renowned saltwater aquarium pool known as Kings Pond, resort planners looked for a fast and efficient way to document the pool's natural lava rock dimensions. Using SOH-owned Riegl VZ 400i, scanning technician Brian Correa completed 27 scans in under an hour.
Client:
Hualalai Four Seasons
Services included:​
3D Laser Scanning for Current Conditions Assessment
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