Scan-to-BIM: From Survey to As-Built Model

The value of a BIM model of a building or infrastructure lies in how closely it matches reality. Starting with a survey using a laser scanner and a drone, we obtain an accurate and verifiable as-built model: not a theoretical drawing, but the structure as it actually is, ready for the design of improvements, maintenance, and management. We coordinate the process from survey to model and verify its consistency, ensuring that the data holds up during the design phase and the bidding process.

Uses at a Glance
Using the Template
What does it allow
Who needs it?
Designing for Existing Buildings
What It Enables: Modeling Disciplines Based on Real-World Data
Who It's For: Designersof maintenance, retrofit, and renovation projects
Verify that the construction was carried out in accordance with the permit
What it enables: Comparison between the design and the as-built, with metric evidence
Who Needs It: Who Is Responsible for Verifying the Compliance of the Project
Managing Assets
What it offers: An updatable model that evolves with the project over time
Who It's For: Infrastructure and Real Estate Asset Managers
Preparing Bids and Specifications
What it enables: Documents and BEPs consistent with UNI 11337 and ISO 19650
Who It's For: Contracting Authoritiesand Companies Subject to BIM Requirements

What is it used for, in detail?

A reliable as-built drawing is the foundation on which technical and administrative decisions are based. Specifically, it serves these purposes.

Planning Interventions

Modeling of architectural, structural, and mechanical/electrical systems based on actual measurements, for maintenance, retrofitting, or renovation. A model that accurately reflects the existing structure prevents errors that arise from theoretical or outdated drawings.

Verify that the construction was carried out in accordance with the permit

Compare what was actually built with what was designed, using metric measurements. This verification process gives the as-built documentation legal and technical validity, in addition to its documentary value.

Managing Assets

An updatable model that supports the project over time, for maintenance and management. The data does not become obsolete after its first use: it remains a living foundation on which to build over the years.

Bids and Specifications

Bidding documents, specifications, and BEPs compliant with UNI 11337 and ISO 19650 standards, for contracting authorities and companies subject to BIM requirements.

For those who

As-built drawings are useful for those who need to deliver, verify, or manage a project based on reliable data.

Contracting Authorities

Who manage projects subject to BIM requirements and must establish consistent specifications.

Companies and Designers

They must submit a verifiable as-built drawing upon completion of the work.

Asset Managers

They want an updatable version of the existing model for management purposes.

Based on our findings

Point cloud of a viaduct with a superimposed BIM model
Overlay of Point Cloud and BIM Model
Point cloud of the interior of an industrial facility
Point cloud: industrial environment
BIM model of warehouses with vaulted roofs created from a site survey
As-Built BIM Model

How We Work

We prepare the as-built survey of the structure, coordinate the creation of the digital model in a shared environment, and verify its consistency with the survey data and the required standards. The result is a consistent and updatable model, delivered in a format suitable for design, management, or bidding.

Let's talk about it

An as-built drawing you can count on.

Tell us about the project and how you plan to use the model—whether for design, maintenance, or bidding—and we’ll explain how we’ll approach the survey and presentation, in confidence.