A reality capture firm built around the work, not around the sales pitch.
As Built World is a reality capture firm founded in 2014 with a deliberately narrow brief: capture buildings, sites, and infrastructure with high-accuracy scanning, deliver the data on time, and let the work speak for itself. No upsells. No proprietary file formats. No mystery line items in the invoice.
A decade later, we operate nationwide across six service lines — from precise as-built plans to operational digital twins — and we still answer the phone the same way: ask what the project is, scope it honestly, send a fixed-fee proposal back the next business day.
The industry treats a reality capture firm as a commodity. We treat the capture as the foundation every downstream decision rests on — drawings, models, renovations, lifecycle maintenance, dispute resolution. If the foundation is wrong, everything built on top of it inherits the error.
Four operating principles. Non-negotiable.
A scan is only as useful as it is accurate, complete, on-time, and portable. Every reality capture firm claims all four; we publish our version of each — and we'll tell you which projects we're not the right fit for.
Validated accuracy or we don't ship.
Every dataset we deliver is validated against control points and registered to project tolerances before it leaves the office, benchmarked to the USIBD Level of Accuracy (LOA) Specification. Our Matterport Pro3 capture standard holds to ±20mm; aerial is ±2cm with GCPs.
If the validation fails, we re-scan on our cost. We've done it; we'd rather absorb a return trip than ship a dataset we don't trust.
Shipping windows that match the work.
Standard residential as-built plans deliver in 5–7 days. Commercial scans deliver in 7–14 days. Operational digital twins ship in 4–8 weeks. These windows have been our defaults since 2018.
We don't promise turnaround we can't hit. If your project genuinely needs faster, we'll tell you on the discovery call whether we can hit it — before you sign anything.
Open files, your data stays portable.
We deliver in the formats your downstream teams actually use: Revit, AutoCAD, IFC, RCS, RCP, E57, LAS/LAZ, OBJ. No proprietary viewers. No platform lock-in. No "you can only access this through our portal" arrangements.
The deliverables are yours. If you change vendors next year — even to another reality capture firm — your data goes with you.
Scope & expectations, up front.
Every proposal we send is fixed-scope with line-item detail. Square footage, deliverables, format, accuracy spec, schedule. Change orders happen — buildings are messy — but they happen with explicit written approval, not through surprises.
We tell you exactly what you're getting before any work begins. If we're not the right fit for a project, we'd rather say so than win the work and underdeliver.
A five-stage workflow. Same on every project.
From the first phone call to final delivery, every project moves through the same five stages. The duration changes; the structure doesn't. See our full process for the detail.
Discovery call
30-minute phone or video call. We ask what you're trying to do, the building you're capturing, and what the data feeds into next. No sales pitch.
Fixed-fee scope
Next business day, you receive a written proposal: deliverables, formats, accuracy spec, schedule, fee. Sign and we book the field crew.
Site work
Field team arrives with calibrated equipment. Most residential captures take a day; commercial 1–3 days; campus or industrial 1–2 weeks.
Registration & QA
Point clouds registered, models built, drawings produced. Internal QA checks against published tolerances before any deliverable leaves the office.
Hand-off & review
Final files delivered through your preferred channel. 30-minute walkthrough call so your team knows what they have and how to use it.
Six things every project receives.
Independent of which service you commission, every engagement at As Built World ships with the same six baseline deliverables. The specifics scale to the project; the standard doesn't move.
Registered point cloud (when scoped)
High-accuracy 3D dataset of every captured surface. Open formats. Validated against control points. The raw truth your team can verify against directly.
2D plan deliverables
CAD plans, sections, elevations, and reflected ceiling plans where scoped. Industry-standard layer naming, dimensioning, and annotation conventions. Drops directly into your team's drawing set.
BIM model (when scoped)
Native Revit model at the LOD you specify. Architectural, structural, and MEP coordinated. Family library uses your office standards if you supply them, ours by default.
Project documentation packet
Field notes, scanner station map, registration report, accuracy validation, and the QA log. The audit trail from raw capture to delivered file.
Walkable preview
Matterport 3D walkthrough of the captured space. Shareable URL — no software install — useful for design coordination, remote review, and tenant or owner sign-off.
Walkthrough call
30-minute live session at hand-off. We open the deliverables on a shared screen, walk your team through the file structure, and answer questions. Recording sent after.
A decade as a reality capture firm, documented and delivered.
Buildings of every kind.
A reality capture firm sees the entire built environment. These are the sectors we've worked across most consistently over the past decade.
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Tell us what you're building, renovating, or operating. A fixed-fee proposal comes back the next business day. Most projects scoped on a single 30-minute call.
Leading provider of 3D Scanning services, specializing in residential, commercial, and industrial projects.