In collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), CyArk used a Leica ScanStation 2 to scan the ship’s interior hull and frame ribs. The scan data has been used to create precise computer-aided design (CAD) drawings, allowing steel experts to create a 3D model of the hul. The project’s goal was to remanufacture and eventually replace those hull plates, many of which were badly damaged. The restoration of the Acania was completed sometime in 2010, in time for the 80th birthday of the vessel.
