Building type index

Building types
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A field guide to plants, process sites, warehouses, utilities, civic buildings, and the site assets around them.

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Group A

Production & assembly

We capture the working geometry of plants where structure, equipment, and overhead services have to share the same coordinate system.

  • Manufacturing plants / factories
  • Process plants
  • Machine-building
  • Automotive plants
  • Aerospace & defense
  • Steel / rolling mills
  • Paper / pulp mills
  • Semiconductor fabs
  • Textile mills
  • Plastics / injection molding
  • Grain processing
  • Meat / poultry / seafood
  • Dairy plants
  • Breweries / distilleries
Match to 3D Laser Scanning
Group B

Process & heavy industry

Dense process environments get a coordinated record of pipe, steel, equipment footprints, and access routes before the next retrofit or turnaround.

  • Chemical plants
  • Petrochemical plants
  • Oil & gas production
  • Refineries
  • Pharma / biotech campuses
  • Food & beverage
  • Asphalt plants
  • Cement / concrete
  • Brick / masonry
  • Glass plants
  • Fertilizer plants
  • Ethanol / biofuel
  • Coking plants
  • Process buildings / reactors
  • Hazardous-area / ATEX
Match to Existing Conditions
Group C

Energy & utilities

Capture buildings, yards, roofs, and site assets together so planning teams can work from one current base.

  • Thermal / coal power
  • Combined-cycle / gas power
  • Hydroelectric
  • Nuclear (restricted)
  • Solar / wind / BESS
  • Substations / switchyards
  • Transmission infrastructure
  • Boiler / steam plants
  • CHP / cogeneration
  • Water treatment
  • Wastewater
  • Desalination
  • Pump stations
  • District energy
Match to Drone Mapping
Group D

Storage, bulk & logistics

Warehouse reality is measurable: racks, dock positions, slabs, clear height, office build-outs, and roof geometry in one package.

  • Warehouses
  • Distribution / fulfillment centers
  • Cold storage
  • High-bay racked warehouses
  • Tank farms
  • Silos / grain elevators
  • Bulk material storage
  • Drumming / filling
  • Shipping warehouses
  • Marshalling yards
  • Stockpile areas
  • Logistics terminals
  • Intermodal yards
  • Seaports / container yards
  • Rail shops / MRO
  • Truck terminals
  • Conveyor galleries
  • Loading docks
Match to Scan-to-CAD
Group E

Mining, minerals & extractive

From processing buildings to stockpile yards, combine terrestrial capture and aerial mapping for material, access, and volume decisions.

  • Ore processing plants
  • Crushing / screening
  • Mineral processing
  • Underground mining support
  • Open-pit support buildings
  • Quarry processing
  • Sand / aggregate plants
  • Stockpile yards
  • Bulk handling
Match to Drone Mapping
Group F

Support buildings & plant assets

The spaces around the main process often carry the coordination risk: utilities, maintenance, controls, access, and campus support.

  • Maintenance / machine shops
  • Mechanical / compressor rooms
  • Electrical / MCC / control rooms
  • Utility corridors / pipe racks
  • Pump houses
  • Cooling towers
  • Cleanrooms
  • Attached laboratories
  • Admin / office buildings
  • Guard houses
  • Fire pump houses
  • Employee facilities
  • Mezzanines / catwalks
  • Crane bays / rails
  • Waste handling
Match to Scan-to-BIM
Group G

Government & civic

Capture public assets with clear procurement, badging, and data-handling expectations built into the scope.

  • Municipal buildings
  • Courthouses
  • Capitols
  • Federal offices
  • Schools
  • Universities
  • Public hospitals
  • Libraries
  • Fire / police / EOC
  • Public works
  • Transit maintenance
  • Military support
  • Prisons (restricted)
  • Historic government
Match to Scan-to-BIM
Group H

Adjacent commercial & institutional

A measured starting point for renovations, capital planning, tenant work, and facility operations across large buildings and campuses.

  • Data centers
  • Hospitals / medical campuses
  • University / research campuses
  • Office / corporate campuses
  • Shopping malls
  • Hotels
  • Stadiums / arenas
  • Airports / terminals
  • Railway stations
  • Parking structures
  • Schools / civic buildings
  • Historic / heritage industrial
Match to Existing Conditions
Group I

Infrastructure & site assets

Not every asset is a building. Capture tanks, vessels, equipment environments, structures, and the infrastructure connecting the campus.

  • Storage tanks / spheres
  • Process vessels / columns
  • Coke drums
  • Heat exchanger bays
  • Skid packages
  • Silo / vessel interiors
  • Bridges / overpasses
  • Tunnels / utility vaults
  • Industrial stacks
  • Foundations / equipment pads
  • Rail spurs
  • Marine docks / piers
  • Roofs / façades / yards
Match to Roof Photogrammetry
Group J

Residential

Select multifamily and high-end residential work where a coordinated model supports complex renovation or documentation.

  • Multifamily
  • Condos / co-ops
  • High-end single-family
Match to Scan-to-CAD
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