Reality capture
without the hand-waving.
What our 3D scan service captures, what we coordinate, and what your team can actually use when the drawings are incomplete.
Seventeen services, one control network
Reality capture is not one product. A refinery tie-in, a warehouse clear-height study, and a school roof takeoff need different instruments, different densities, and different deliverables. What stays constant is the control: everything we capture on a project — interior scans, drone imagery, ground targets — is registered into a single coordinate system so the pieces line up when your team combines them.
If you are not sure which service you need, start with existing conditions and tell us the decision you are trying to make. Most scopes end up as a combination: scanning plus a 2D set, or scanning plus a drone map of the roof.
Professional 3D scanning covers more ground than the phrase suggests. The same crew and the same control network handle large-scale 3D scanning of a multi-building campus, industrial laser scanning inside a live plant, 3D scanning engineering work such as reverse engineering a legacy part, and digital reality scanning for a property listing. What changes between them is instrument choice, capture density, and the deliverable — not the discipline.
- 3D Laser ScanningField-verified geometry of buildings, structure, and equipment.
- Scan-to-BIMPoint clouds turned into coordinated Revit and IFC models.
- Scan-to-CADMeasurable 2D plans, sections, and elevations from the same scans.
- Drone MappingSurvey-style maps of roofs, yards, sites, and campuses.
- Roof PhotogrammetryQuantities, slope, and condition geometry without stepping onto the roof.
- Point CloudsRegistered E57, LAS/LAZ, and RCS/RCP data your team can use.
- Existing ConditionsA reliable starting point when drawings are wrong, old, or missing.
- Digital TwinsPoint cloud + BIM + optional walkthrough for remote decision-making.
- LiDAR ScanningTerrestrial, mobile, and airborne LiDAR matched to the tolerance you need.
- Architectural ScanningMeasured building documentation architects can design against on day one.
- Construction VerificationProgress capture, installed-work checks, and design-versus-as-built comparison.
- Object & Part ScanningEquipment, castings, and site assets digitised for reverse engineering and fit checks.
- Real Estate ScanningMeasured floor plans, verified areas, and walkthroughs from one capture visit.
- Virtual ToursNavigable walkthroughs for remote walkdowns, handover, and marketing.
- Drone ImageryAerial inspection stills, progress documentation, and visual condition records.
- Floor Plan CreationMeasured floor plans for facilities, leasing, permits, and space planning.
- As-Built CreationComplete as-built drawing and model sets built from verified field data.
Honest about the handoff.
No single capture method does every job. We match the tool to the geometry, access, and decision.
| Method | Best at | Not a substitute for |
|---|---|---|
| TLS / laser scan | Dense interior geometry, MEP, pipe, structure | Roof quantities from the air |
| Drone photogrammetry | Roofs, yards, orthos, surfaces, volumes | Millimeter pipe tie-in work |
| UAV LiDAR | Vegetation, corridors, large outdoor sites | Dense interior capture |
| Walkthrough / tour | Remote orientation and visual context | Engineering-grade measurement |
What we do not do
Reality capture sits next to several subsurface and pipe-inspection disciplines that use completely different equipment, training, and liability cover. We do not perform them, and we would rather say so than take a job we cannot stand behind — on a concrete slab or a gas main, a confident guess is the expensive kind of mistake.
- Utility locating — ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic locating for buried utilities, including 811 / One Call markouts. Call a dedicated locating firm before you dig.
- Concrete scanning — GPR to find rebar, conduit, and post-tension cables before coring or cutting. This is safety-critical work for specialists.
- Video pipe inspection — CCTV crawler surveys of sewer and storm lines, and the NASSCO-coded condition reports that come with them.
- Leak detection — acoustic and correlator surveys on pressurised water distribution systems.
Where a project needs both, we coordinate happily: a locating or CCTV contractor handles the subsurface scope, and we tie their findings into the same coordinate system as the building scan so everything lands in one model. If you already have a locating provider, we will work to their control.
Make the invisible
measurable.
Tell us what is inside, outside, and on the line. We will help you scope the capture and the handoff — in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut.
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