PricingWhat this costs, before you ask.
Most firms in this market make you request a quote to learn anything at all. Below are the rates we work to, what moves them, and roughly what a project of your size lands at.
Rates by deliverable
Priced per square foot of surveyed area. The scan is the same in every row — what changes is how much interpretation happens afterwards.
| Deliverable | Per sq ft | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Registered point cloud | $0.06 – $0.14 | The survey itself, in E57 and RCP. Verified registration, ready to work from. |
| 2D as-built drawings | $0.08 – $0.22 | Floor plans, elevations, sections, reflected ceiling plans. DWG and DXF, drawn to your standard. |
| Revit model — LOD 200 | $0.14 – $0.32 | Structure and envelope as measured. Enough to design against. |
| Revit model — LOD 300 | $0.20 – $0.55 | Adds building services routed as found. The usual choice for a retrofit. |
| Digital twin / LOD 350+ | $0.35 – $0.85 | Detailed model with asset data attached, for operation rather than construction. |
| Virtual tour | $0.03 – $0.06 | Navigable walkthrough alongside the survey. Not a substitute for one. |
Minimum project $2,500. Below roughly 12,000 sq ft the per-foot rate stops being meaningful — mobilizing a crew costs what it costs regardless of how small the space is.
What a whole project typically runs
Scan plus deliverable, all in. These are the bands most of our work falls into.
| Building | Size | Point cloud + 2D | + Revit LOD 300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail unit, small office | under 10,000 sq ft | $2,500 – $4,500 | $4,000 – $8,000 |
| Office floor / small building | 10,000 – 80,000 sq ft | $4,500 – $16,000 | $9,000 – $34,000 |
| Industrial, manufacturing | 50,000 – 200,000 sq ft | $12,000 – $38,000 | $26,000 – $88,000 |
| Warehouse, distribution | 100,000 – 500,000 sq ft | $16,000 – $52,000 | $32,000 – $120,000 |
| Hospital, laboratory | 50,000 – 300,000 sq ft | $18,000 – $58,000 | $40,000 – $140,000 |
What moves the number
Occlusion, not area. A clear warehouse floor needs a handful of scanner positions. A plant room the tenth of the size needs dozens, because the laser cannot see through pipework. This is the single biggest factor, and square footage hides it completely.
Above-ceiling documentation: +20% to +40%. Lifting tiles, scanning the void and modeling what is up there is real additional work. Worth it on a mechanical retrofit; wasted on a space plan.
Access outside business hours: +15% to +30%. Occupied floors, secure facilities and anything scheduled around a freight elevator cost more in crew time than in scanning time.
Rush delivery: +25% to +50%. Compressing drafting means adding people to a task that does not parallelize cleanly.
Multiple sites: −10% to −20%. One method, one standard, one mobilization plan across a portfolio is genuinely cheaper per building, and we price it that way.
Why we are not the cheapest
Every scan we deliver is registered, verified against itself, and reviewed by someone who did not produce it. Deviation stays under 0.4 inches on terrestrial work, and we will tell you the number for your project rather than a brochure figure.
That process costs money. It also means the drawing you build against is the drawing you measured, which is the entire point of paying for a survey instead of trusting the record set.
What is included, always
- The registered point cloud, whatever else you order
- Delivery in your office standard, not ours
- One round of revisions on the drawings
- A named contact who was on site
Slide rule
Put your building into the rates
The same arithmetic we would do on the phone, with the numbers from the table above. It is a band, not a quote: occlusion decides where inside the band a building lands, and only a walk-through settles that.
Where that lands
$8,000 $22,000
- Move the slider to see the arithmetic.
Rates and adjustments are the published ones on this page. Minimum project $2,500. Describe the building and we will price it properly.
What it costs not to have this
An as-built survey typically runs 1–3% of a renovation budget. Projects that skip it average 20–30% more change orders — and a change order discovered on site is the most expensive kind of information there is.
On a 300,000 sq ft distribution center we scanned last year, the survey came to roughly $42,000. The clashes it surfaced before procurement would have cost several times that to resolve after steel was ordered. That ratio is typical, which is why the question is rarely whether to survey and almost always how deep. The scope conversation is the one described under existing conditions surveys.
Included in every projectFour things you do not pay extra for.
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The registered point cloud
Whatever else you order. Charging for it separately would mean charging you for the thing you already paid to capture.
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Your office standard
Layer naming, title blocks, dimension styles. Delivered ready to use, not ready to reformat.
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One round of revisions
On the drawings, included. Surveys generate questions; answering them is part of the job.
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A named contact who was there
Not an account manager reading from a file. The person who stood in the building.
Frequently asked questions
Are these prices firm?
They are the bands we work within. A firm number needs building type, area, required accuracy and access constraints — usually a ten-minute conversation, not a site visit.
What is the minimum project?
$2,500. Below roughly 12,000 sq ft, mobilizing a crew dominates the cost and per-square-foot pricing stops making sense.
Do you price by the day instead?
For unusual scopes, yes — condition monitoring and repeat surveys often work better on a day rate. Say what you are trying to achieve and we will quote it the way that costs you least.
Is there a regional difference?
What if the building is more complex than expected?
We tell you before we draft, not after we invoice. If the agreed scope does not match what we found on site, that is a conversation on the day.
Want a number for your building?
Type, rough area, and what you need out of it. That is enough for a firm quote.