High-precision geospatial data and proven field workflows - reliable information owners, designers, and contractors can act on through planning, design, construction, and asset management.
Lynch & Associates' Specialty & Technology services bring advanced geospatial tools to civil engineering and land development projects of all types. With over a decade of experience in 3D modeling, GIS, LiDAR, and drone photogrammetry, we deliver clear, accurate geographic information that helps clients plan accurately, design efficiently, and build with fewer surprises.
These technologies aren't add-ons for us - they're deeply integrated into our practice. When survey crews collect field data with GPS and robotic total stations, that data flows into GIS. When we design a road, we're working in 3D. When a municipality needs to understand its infrastructure, we build them a dashboard they can actually use. Technology in service of real outcomes.
ArcGIS-based mapping, data integration, and custom dashboard solutions that put infrastructure knowledge in your hands - for planning, operations, and public communication.
Dense point-cloud data for terrain modeling, structural analysis, flood assessment and site planning - capturing complex conditions far more efficiently than conventional point-by-point methods in the right applications.
Rapid aerial surveys of large or hard-to-access areas, producing orthomosaic imagery, digital elevation models, and 3D point clouds for design and construction monitoring.
High-precision 3D models for engineering, construction, and development projects - reducing design errors, improving constructability, and streamlining workflows.
Creating and maintaining accurate base maps - parcel boundaries, zoning, utilities, roads, and other layers - as the foundation for planning and operations decisions.
Locating, mapping, and attributing underground and above-ground utility infrastructure - enabling condition assessment, maintenance planning, and capital improvement prioritization.
Client-facing web dashboards powered by ArcGIS Online - so municipal staff can query, map, and update their own data without calling us.
High-density point cloud processing for DTM/DEM creation, flood modeling, cut/fill analysis, and vegetation analysis - especially valuable for large sites and corridor projects.
FAA Part 107 certified drone operations producing georeferenced imagery, orthomosaics, and point clouds for site surveys, progress monitoring, and volumetric calculations.
Converting overlapping aerial and ground photography into detailed 3D models and maps - for change detection, volume tracking, as-built documentation, and marketing visualization.
3D corridor models, grading designs, and utility networks developed in Civil 3D - enabling design-phase clash detection, quantity takeoffs, and machine control output for contractors.
HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and StormCAD modeling supporting floodplain analysis, stormwater design, culvert sizing, and FEMA LOMA/LOMC requests.
Laser scanning is especially useful when a project involves complicated geometry, dense existing conditions, irregular structures, limited access or a need to document many surfaces efficiently. Conventional survey methods remain excellent for boundaries, construction staking and projects requiring selected discrete measurements. Lynch evaluates the intended deliverable and may recommend conventional survey, scanning or a combination of both.
A point cloud is a dense collection of three-dimensional measured points representing visible surfaces in the scanned environment. Point clouds can be used to develop plans, cross-sections, elevations, surface models and other existing-condition information. Lynch used this approach at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Wingspread estate to document the complex hull-shaped geometry of the original swimming pool.
Drone and photogrammetric workflows can support aerial mapping, orthomosaic imagery, site documentation, progress monitoring, terrain analysis and volumetric calculations. Lynch uses FAA Part 107-certified operations and integrates drone-derived information with conventional survey and civil-engineering workflows when appropriate for the required accuracy and deliverable.
Yes. Lynch provides GIS mapping, utility and asset-management databases, and client-facing ArcGIS Online dashboards. These systems can organize infrastructure information so municipal staff can view, query and update assets such as utilities, drainage facilities, signs, pavement or other community infrastructure rather than relying on disconnected paper records and spreadsheets.
Yes. Appropriate point-cloud, terrain and survey data can be incorporated into Autodesk Civil 3D and other design workflows. This allows existing-condition information to support surfaces, grading, corridors, quantity calculations, as-built documentation and other engineering applications.
Yes. Lynch uses hydraulic and hydrologic modeling as part of stormwater, drainage, bridge, culvert and flood-related engineering. Available tools include HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS and other engineering software appropriate to the project. The model is selected based on the engineering question being evaluated rather than simply applying one software package to every project.