Astrolabe Engineering

27/10/2026

BUILD EXPO GREECE 2026 is a wrap!

A big thank you to everyone who visited our stand in Athens and talked with us about 3D laser scanning, Scan to BIM, UAV surveys and True 3D virtual tours.

Many of these conversations point to new collaborations — we are following up with everyone who left their details, and we are happy to hear from those we didn't get the chance to meet.

👉 https://astrolabe.gr/solutions/

#ΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΗ2026

21/10/2026

Meet us at BUILD EXPO GREECE 2026, 23–25 October at Metropolitan Expo, Athens — Hall 3, Stand G4!
Discover the modern 3D reality capture services we provide and let's talk about how they can work on your own projects.

#ΟΙΚΟΔΟΜΗ2026

30/09/2026

Every marine retrofit starts with the same question: what is actually inside the vessel right now? The construction drawings rarely have the answer — equipment has shifted over the years, piping has been rerouted, and a new ballast water treatment unit or scrubber has to fit the engine room as it is today, not as it was drawn decades ago.

We answer that question with high-accuracy 3D laser scanning, on board. Working with static laser scanners light enough to set up in the tightest pump-room corners, we record the vessel to 5 mm resolution and ±1–3 mm accuracy across 100–300 scan stations, in around 48 hours on board. Everything is georeferenced to the ship's own coordinate system, so the survey drops straight into the design drawings.

Astrolabe Engineering has been scanning vessels since 2005 — more than 250 to date, from yachts to tankers, bulk carriers and cruise ships — most in long-standing partnership with HYDRUS Engineering for naval architecture and retrofit design. The work runs from BWTS and scrubber retrofits to hull inspection, damage documentation and the digital record of historic wooden vessels.

We mobilise worldwide and deliver into the wider engineering team: the design office takes the point cloud, designs the retrofit and supervises the installation; we provide the spatial record that lets their design work first time, in yard.

More on our marine work: https://astrolabe.gr/solutions/3d-marine-surveys/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spotlights&utm_content=marine

Planning a retrofit, refit or hull inspection? We'd be glad to talk.

26/09/2026

In mid-September, geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, archaeologists and heritage specialists from around the world met in Athens for TC301, the 4th International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites.

It was the symposium's first time in Athens, a fitting choice for a city where so many monuments stand on ground that has to be studied as carefully as the monuments themselves. The programme ran for three days, starting at the Athens Conservatoire and ending at the Acropolis Museum, at the foot of the monument most discussed in this field.

We had a half-page in the symposium programme, with a simple message: every geotechnical study of a monument starts with an accurate picture of what is there.

That picture is what we provide. We combine laser scanning, mobile mapping, portable SLAM, structured light, UAV photogrammetry and lidar, choosing the mix for each site, and georeference it all through our in-house surveying team. The deliverables are point clouds, DSM/DTM, 3D models, sections, elevations and orthophotos, plus as-built geometry ready for structural and FEM analysis and repeat surveys for deformation monitoring.

The ad features our work at Delphi (a textured 3D model of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaea, from the 3D4Delphi project) and Delos (orthomosaic and DSM). Both are part of more than two decades of archaeological documentation that also covers the Acropolis and the Minoan palaces.

Congratulations to the organisers on bringing TC301 to Athens (tc301-athens.com).

More on our cultural heritage work: https://astrolabe.gr/solutions/3d-cultural-heritage-documentation/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tc301-2026

Working on a monument, archaeological site or historic structure? We'd be glad to talk.

10/06/2026

Συμμετέχουμε στο Building Strengthening Show 2026 στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη Πειραιώς!
Το Σάββατο 13 Ιουνίου στις 17:30, ο Μιχαήλ Ξυνόγαλος, Τεχνικός Διευθυντής της Αστρολάβος Τεχνική Ο.Ε., θα παρουσιάσει «3D Αποτυπώσεις Κτιρίων και Κατασκευών — Case Studies», με τρία έργα μας: τη Σχολή Πυροσβεστών Ν. Μάκρης, το πρώην εργοστάσιο VIOHALCO στην Πειραιώς 252, και το ιστορικό Αεριοφυλάκιο Δ15 της Τεχνόπολης.
Σας περιμένουμε!
📅 Σάββατο 13 Ιουνίου · 17:30
📍 Μουσείο Μπενάκη, Πειραιώς 138
📖 Διαβάστε τα case studies:
🔹 https://astrolabe.gr/2020/05/15/firefighting-training-center-scan2bim-project-completed/
🔹 https://astrolabe.gr/2026/06/04/viohalco-industrial-scan2bim-case-study/
🔹 https://astrolabe.gr/2020/06/16/historic-gasholder-3d-documentation/
#ΑστρολάβοςΤεχνική

20/05/2026

What do an ancient Athenian street, the house of an Ottoman judge, and a classic Greek comedy have in common?
They all converge at 32 Tripodon Street, Plaka — and in December 2024, we were asked to document all of it.
Tripodon Street is said to be the oldest street in Athens to have kept the same name for 25 centuries. It runs from the Theatre of Dionysus toward the Monument of Lysicrates, lined with the bases of ancient choregic monuments. The building at no. 32 dates to around 1800 — known locally as the house of the kadi, after its reputed first resident, a Turkish judge. And its courtyard — the very courtyard that is now an active archaeological excavation — is the same courtyard where Georgios Tzavellas filmed "I de gyni na fovitai ton andra" in 1965, one of the most beloved comedies in Greek cinema. The film made the house — and the family name Kokovikou — instantly recognisable to Greek audiences.
Sixty years after that film, the same staircase that audiences recognised on screen is now surrounded by archaeological trenches.
The Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens commissioned us to produce a full topographic survey and 3D documentation of the site — the excavation itself, three adjacent properties, and the entire ~200 m street section. The catch: deliver everything in a few days.
We used three sensor technologies working in parallel:
📐 Drone photogrammetry at 1 mm resolution over the excavation
📡 80 static laser scan positions capturing every interior and courtyard detail
🚶 A continuous mobile SLAM scan of the full length of Tripodon Street
The result: a single unified 3D dataset with ±3 mm accuracy — orthomosaics, floor plans, point clouds, and a walkthrough video — all georeferenced and delivered on time.
Read the full story on our website 👇
https://astrolabe.gr/tripodon-street-archaeological-documentation/

18/05/2026

Astrolabe Engineering is proud to contribute to Greece’s participation in “Twin it! 3D for Europe’s Culture – Part II” through the creation of the 3D digital model of the archaeological site of Delos, in collaboration with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades and the ARCHAEORAMA research project.
A great example of how 3D reality-capture technologies can help preserve and promote cultural heritage sites of global importance.
The official presentation — including interactive 3D viewers and video — is available here:
https://cyclades.culture.gov.gr/3d-delos_twin-it-ii/

Read the full story on our website:
https://astrolabe.gr/2026/05/18/astrolabe-twin-it-ii-delos-3d-digital-twin/

31/03/2026

25/02/2026

Join us for the LIP3D Webinar “𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞” on 𝟸̲̲𝟼̲ ̲𝙵̲̲𝚎̲̲𝚋̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚞̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚢̲ ̲𝟸̲𝟶̲̲𝟸̲̲𝟼̲ ̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝟷̲̲𝟺̲:̲𝟹̲𝟶̲..

Featuring 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬 from Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο - Hellenic Mediterranean University and
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐗𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐬 from Astrolabe Engineering, who will share insights and case studies on 3D documentation and digital twins in cultural heritage.

Don’t miss it – scan the QR code to participate!