National Park LiDAR, Largest 3D-Printed Building, Paris Air Show, and Hawaii 3D Conservation

Well well, it’s The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! What’s cappenin’ this week:The seminal scan of a national parkA Utah national park scans for safety & serenityThe Paris Air Show made France a simulation nationThe world’s largest 3D-printed building…smack dab in a Middle Eastern desertHawaii research initiative leverages photogrammetry and 3D scanning for an engrossing study on extinction and invasive speciesAn AEC Error of the Week of a stadium that went bust from rustQuick caps:[Article] New construction technology releases: July 2025https://www.constructiondive.com/news/construction-technology-july-2025-dji-openspace/752589/[Use Case] $57,000 scanning technology is paying off for Baltimore crime investigationshttps://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/harford-faro-joppatowne-crime-investigations-scanner/[Video] Wingtra Launches WingtraRAY, the drone made for surveyorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az9vZfDcvVY[Article] AI turns Gaussian Splats into Revit modelshttps://aecmag.com/reality-capture-modelling/ai-tool-transforms-gaussian-splats-into-revit-models-lcc-for-revit/[Research Paper] Construction cost prediction model for agricultural water conservancy engineering based on BIM and neural networkhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-10153-4[Article] Apple to Upgrade Vision Pro in Two Ways Later This Yearhttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/09/apple-vision-pro-2025-features/Timestamps0:00 Episode overview0:34 Pre/Cap: The seminal scan of a national park4:07 Quick cap stories4:35 Bryce Canyon National Park Had the Splendor. Now It’s Got the Render.6:04 Simulation Innovation Was to the Paris Air Show, What Butter Is to the Croissant8:58 World’s Largest 3D Printed Building? Qatar Loose.10:58 Freakosytems: Reality Capture, Extinction, and the Complex Interplay of Hawaii's Birds & Plants13:38 AEC Error of the Week: Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium, going bust from rust