Mobile Mapping Benefits Construction Clients

Mobile mapping benefits your construction clients more than you might think. Independent writer Sean Higgins examines this topic in greater detail.

Construction is famous for its tight schedules and thin profit margins, so it won’t surprise you that the industry is on a quest to eliminate unnecessary expenses. But it might surprise you to learn that one of the biggest cost drivers is poor documentation.

It might also surprise you to learn that this problem represents a big opportunity for laser-scanning professionals of all kinds—but particularly those with mobile mapping systems. I’ll explain.

There’s a big problem with construction documentation

First, some background.

A construction project works from a design model, a data set that reflects the design intent for the final asset. The final asset, however, will never match this design model completely. Stakeholders will need to adapt the design as construction progresses in order to solve problems like different on-site conditions, change orders, fluctuations in material costs, and so on.

Technically, contractors are required to document all changes to the project in red-line against the original documents. At the end of the project, the architect compiles these change records for an as-built, or a data set showing how the building was actually constructed.

But labor is costly, so a contractor will often prioritize getting the work done instead of recording changes. That means the as-built documentation compiled at the completion of the project is often incomplete or just wrong, causing mistakes and a cascade of costs downstream.

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