What Are As-Built Drawings?
Definition, common deliverables, who needs them, and why LiDAR improves the quality of existing-condition documentation before renovation and addition work.
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Resources for builders and design teams
Straightforward guides on as-built drawings, LiDAR documentation, and the project-planning headaches that show up before a job is ready to price or build.
Preconstruction documentationAs-builtsLiDAR scanningRenovation planning
LiDAR vs Tape Measure
A practical comparison of hand measuring and LiDAR scanning for building documentation, including time, risk, and downstream cost considerations.
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What drives pricing, what is included in a quote, and why published flat rates usually don't reflect the real scope of documentation work.
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An honest guide to the factors that drive LiDAR scanning pricing — building size, complexity, deliverables, access, and travel — plus how to get a real estimate instead of a useless range.
Read the guideMatterport for Construction vs Real Estate
Matterport virtual tours for real estate listings vs Matterport Pro3 for construction documentation — two very different workflows with different outputs. GRAB uses the Pro3 for construction, not marketing.
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