VISUALIZATION

Weston & Sampson's full-service visualization capabilites address the complex challenges of today's projects. Our in-house visualization studio offers a range of media services, producing cost-effective, high-end 3-D models and animations, from stunning 3D environments, photorealistic renderings, animations, and interactive fly-throughs where the user controls the view.

Our animated and still images maintain engineering integrity related to the surrounding physical features and are useful for:

  • public meetings
  • marketing materials and proposals
  • supporting applications such as construction, inspections, asset management, and others.

Our toolbox includes Microstation V8i, LumenRT, SketchUp, GoogleEarth Pro, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Revit, Scene, and AutoCAD Recap.

Our Capabilities

News & Highlights


Photo of Winona Pond at a low water level. Coupling Quantity, Conservation, and Habitat through WSOne - Introducing a novel web-based multi-reservoir model called WSOne. This tool forecasts future water levels and potential failures in the city’s drinking water reservoirs. It assesses the impacts of #climatechange, demand trends, and regulatory changes on water supply systems.
ArcGIS Online Capital Improvement Plan Viewer/Generator ArcGIS Online Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Viewer/Generator - Weston & Sampson uses Esri’s ArcGIS Online platform to shorten the preliminary development of the CIP. By centralizing an organization’s assets into a universally accessible digital twin, we begin laying the foundation for a responsive, web-based CIP application that grows with changing asset qualities. Weston & Sampson’s CIP Viewer/Generator is designed to respond as asset attributes are updated, so organizations at the start of their inventorying process can benefit.

Contact Our Visualization Experts to learn more about how we can assist your community

VIRTUAL & INTERACTIVE MODELS (3D)

3D virtual and interactive models provide interactivity in a 3D environment using Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR). With this level of visualization, the viewer is fully immersed in the 3D world and can navigate at will as they "walk" through the environment.

Weston & Sampson provided design, bidding and loan application assistance, and on-site resident & office oversight during construction of upgrades to the Winona Water Treatment Plant in Peabody, Massachusetts. The design includes upgrades to all process, mechanical, electrical, architectural, and site equipment, as well as a new building addition, and upgrades to the WTP laboratory, control room, and administrative spaces.

To allow visualization of the new spaces, a 360 degree view is provided.


Durham NC East End Connector Visualization

The East End Connector project in Durham County, North Carolina was conceived to create a freeway link between major interstates in the central part of the state in an industrialized area that lacked connectivity.

The project consisted of four interchanges in just over two miles of mainline roadway and required twelve bridges including the span of a seven track railroad switch yard with accommodations for future light rail. Presenting a representation to the local community of what to expect when the project was complete was instrumental in the success of the project.

The East End Connector visualization allowed viewers to gain an understanding of the complexity of the project and how it would ultimately effect traffic flow.


NCDOT A-0011C NC-69 Widening

Weston & Sampson provided static 3-D images and a user-controlled drive-through video visualization to provide stakeholders a better understanding of proposed road widening changes NC69 in North Carolina. The visualization won a platinum award from AVA in 2020.

Weston & Sampson also provided preliminary and final roadway and hydraulic designs, utility design and coordination, and permitting for this NCDOT project.


Centennial Beach Virtual Tour

Centennial Beach, Hudson, MA

Weston & Sampson created a virtual tour to walk town officials and the public through the user experience of one of the town's greatest under-utilized public assets. The fly-through imagery and graphics were used to secure funding with a public vote.

RENDERING / ANIMATION (3D)

Rendering / animation provides 3D still renderings and / or animations of infrastructure to contrast existing conditions against proposed change conditions. Use of this level allows you to gain a realistic view into what to expect with changes to main roads, side roads, traffic flows, and structures. Animations include fly-overs of roads and structures from a bird's eye view, to street level views of traffic passing through a particular area, to "behind the wheel" where you are in the vehicle traveling down the road, or a combination of all three.

This is the most dynamic solution we offer containing moving vehicles, traffic flows, interaction with people crossing traffic, weather conditions, and day/night views. Also, static 3D images can be rendered from animations.

Graham County (NC) Bridge Widening Visualization

The Graham County (NC) bridge widening project (NCDOT B-3458) visualization was produced to show residents the impact of a new bridge on their property and environment.


Langone Park & Puopolo Playground Renderings

Renderings as part of final designs for the complete refurbishment of this signature waterfront park in Boston's historic North End. Efforts include climate-resilient designs and coastal resiliency measures.


Sacarrappa Road, Oxford, MA Visualization

Sacarrappa Road Oxford MA Rendering

This rapid-development visualization for a culvert replacement project that involved raising the profile of an existing roadway and installing retaining walls on a bridge was used by the Oxford DPW Director in a meeting with the Town Select Board.

PHOTO COMPOSITING (2D or 3D)

Photo compositing provides "before and after" imagery of your project. We build 3D objects and render them into highly accurate, photorealistic still images of proposed infrastructure improvements.

Graham County (NC) Bridge Widening Visualization

The Graham County (NC) bridge widening project (NCDOT B-3458) photo composite shows the existing bridge (first image) as compared to the proposed bridge (second image) that would take its place. The composite images showed residents the impact of the new bridge on their property and environment.


Coastal Resiliency Vulnerability Visualization

Visualization created as part of the City of Lynn, MA vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning efforts to identify and minimize risks, promote public awareness, and develop longer-term planning to increase coastal resiliency.