The 3D scanner saved me 8 hours on a hospital renovation bid

I was putting together a bid for an old hospital wing renovation in Tulsa and the existing drawings were from 1982. Last month I finally tried a handheld 3D scanner instead of manual measuring. It mapped out the whole floor with ductwork and plumbing in about 90 minutes. The accuracy caught things like a 4 inch column offset that the old blueprints missed. Has anyone else switched to scanning for retrofit projects or is it still too niche for most crews?

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richard_roberts801d ago

Those old blueprints are always off by something. Scanning saved your ass on that column.

charles_green1d agoMost Upvoted

Man that reminds me of the time I was working on this old house from the 1800s and the blueprints showed a wall that just didn't exist when we got there. We spent half a day looking for it thinking we were lost or something. Turns out the original builder just changed his mind halfway through and never updated the plans. I swear some of those old drawings are more like suggestions than actual instructions.