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As for these curtain walls, it is difficult to perform the size measurement for panel design and calibration, as well as the on-site material cutting and assembly accurately and efficiently. The occurrence and continuous progress of 3D laser scanning technology combined with building information modeling (BIM) technology have been paid attention to and applied for curtain wall engineering to overcome this problem, particularly the construction-related progress, such as developed design and on-site installation. The 3D laser scanning technology can achieve fast and high-precision measurement by creating a \u201cpoint cloud\u201d dataset of the target building and its components, based on which an accurate as-built 3D BIM model of the scanned items can be established. By comparing and calibrating with the as-planned curtain wall design, engineers can update the real-time information (locations, shape, dimensions, etc.) for the following developed design and assembly production of the curtain wall. Compared to the conventional approach using manual locating and measurement, the progress of the curtain wall design and installation can be achieved in a more accurate and efficient manner by employing 3D laser scanning technology. Based on these considerations, in this present study, the basic concept, workflow, a case study with practical strategies of the application of 3D laser scanning technology in the curtain wall design and installation field, including the scanning operation, point cloud data acquisition and processing, 3D BIM model reconstruction, and relevant BIM model practice have been elaborated and discussed. Also, the 3D model that represents the actual construction condition established based on the point cloud data was used to compare with the originally designed BIM model. It was found discrepancies existed in the dimensions and positions between the as-built and as-designed BIM models, which can thus be used to revise the manufacture design and improve the installation plan of curtain walls. Furthermore, the difference, benefits, great significance of replacing conventional methods with 3D laser scanning technology, and instructions, limitations, recommendations for practical application, along with challenges and future directions open to research in the curtain wall construction field, were also presented in this work. Therefore, this work provides technical support to the application of 3D laser scanning technology and its combination with the BIM platform in the curtain wall construction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15010064","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]],"date-time":"2022-12-23T03:26:25Z","timestamp":1671765985000},"page":"64","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["Application of 3D Laser Scanning Technology Using Laser Radar System to Error Analysis in the Curtain Wall Construction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Jiehui","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Durability for Marine Civil Engineering, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"}]},{"given":"Tianqi","family":"Yi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metadigital Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518063, China"}]},{"given":"Xiao","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metadigital Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518063, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6683-1849","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tamon","family":"Ueda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Durability for Marine Civil Engineering, College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2838","DOI":"10.4028\/www.scientific.net\/AMM.580-583.2838","article-title":"Application and Research of 3D Laser Scanning Technology in Steel Structure Installation and Deformation Monitoring","volume":"580","author":"Ma","year":"2014","journal-title":"Appl. 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