As-Built Drawings in Pittsburgh, PA
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What you get
Pittsburgh's buildings are rarely simple: Downtown towers sit on tight lots, Strip District warehouses have been cut into offices and labs, Oakland's hospitals and campuses have been added to for a century, and the houses climb hills on foundations that follow the slope. Almost none of it is drawn accurately. An ADS as-built is a LiDAR scan of the building turned into a registered 3D point cloud, a 360° digital twin you can open in a browser, 2D CAD in AutoCAD and PDF (floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations and sections), a Revit model at LOD 200–300 where your team wants BIM, and MEP and structural elements documented when scoped. BOMA area calculations are available on request.
We have not yet published a Pittsburgh project. The closest work on our site is in Columbus, OH, where we scanned the 4,358 sq ft Windsor store at Easton Town Center in 2025, and in Baltimore, where we documented a 5,069 sq ft rowhouse on Pratt Street in January 2025. For scale, the 565,308 sq ft Poughkeepsie State Office Building in New York was scanned over two weeks in spring 2025, and a 2,500 sq ft Manhattan office suite in July 2024.
How a Pittsburgh project runs: you send the address, approximate square footage and deliverables; we return an itemized quote with travel on its own line. One technician scans in a single visit while the building stays open. The scans are registered into one point cloud, the drawings are drafted from it, and you review the set before we issue final files.
Pittsburgh FAQ
What does it cost?
Floor area, the amount of detail inside, the deliverables you choose and travel drive the price. Point cloud and 2D CAD is the base tier; a Revit model is priced on top of it. Every quote is itemized by line.
Is it worth bringing you in from out of town?
For anything larger than a single room, usually yes. The scan takes one visit, travel is a single line on the quote, and you receive a point cloud and digital twin along with the drawings, which a measured hand survey does not give you.
How accurate is it?
We draw from a registered point cloud captured with Leica RTC360, Leica BLK2GO and Matterport Pro3 scanners, so sloping floors, racked walls and odd angles in older Pittsburgh buildings appear as they are rather than as idealized rectangles.
Does the building have to close?
No. We scan around tenants, patients, students and shoppers during normal hours and can arrange after-hours visits for spaces that never empty.
Will the drawings work for my permit?
Yes. The set is prepared as the existing-conditions base your architect or engineer submits with the application. In Pittsburgh that goes to the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections (PLI), which takes applications through the OneStopPGH portal and issues separate permits for building work and for each system, so electrical, mechanical, fire alarm and suppression permits are filed alongside the building permit. Your design professional handles the submittal; we make sure the existing conditions in it are right.
Who owns the files?
You do. CAD, PDF, Revit and the point cloud are delivered to you and your consultants.
Nearby ADS projects
Scanned by our crews in Ohio, Maryland and New York:
- Windsor, Easton Town Center
Columbus, OH · 4,358 sq ft · 2025
A 4,358 sq ft second-floor corner unit at Easton Town Center being adapted for a new Windsor store. ADS delivered a LiDAR point cloud, a 360° digital twin, an LOD 300 Revit model and annotated AutoCAD and PDF sheets. - Baltimore Rowhouse on Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD · 5,069 sq ft · 2025
Annotated AutoCAD drawings and PDF sheets for this 5,069 sq ft home covered floor plans, elevations and reflected ceiling plans, backed by a high-resolution point cloud and a 360° digital twin for team collaboration. - Poughkeepsie State Office Building
Poughkeepsie, NY · 565,308 sq ft · 2025
A 565,308 sq ft state office complex in the Hudson Valley, documented for its renovation program. ADS captured interiors, facades, parking and landscaped areas, delivering a point cloud, 360° digital twin, CAD and PDF sheets and a photo record. - Office Suite in Manhattan
New York, NY · 2,500 sq ft · 2024
Reflective ducts and ceiling finishes in this open-plan office interfered with the scan, so alignment was checked manually. The layout was then modeled zone by zone to support workspace and service planning.
Permits & governing bodies
City of Pittsburgh Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections (PLI); applications and inspection requests go through the OneStopPGH portal (412-255-2175).
PLI issues separate permits for building, demolition, land operations, signs, electrical, mechanical (including fuel gas), fire alarm and suppression systems.
Where we work
Downtown and the Strip District, Oakland, Shadyside, East Liberty, Lawrenceville, the South Side, North Shore, Squirrel Hill, Mt. Lebanon, Monroeville, Cranberry Township and Allegheny County.
To get a quote, send
• Property address
• Approximate square footage and number of floors
• What it is for: renovation, tenant improvement, lease plan, insurance or facility records
• Deliverables: point cloud, 2D CAD, Revit, MEP
• Your deadline
Existing drawings, even old ones, help us scope faster.
