As-Built Drawings in San Jose, CA
As-Built Plans for San Jose Owners and Architects
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What you get
An ADS as-built is a measured record of your building, captured with a LiDAR scanner and drafted into the formats your design team uses. Scoped to the job, the deliverables are a registered 3D point cloud, a 360° digital twin for remote walk-throughs, 2D CAD in AutoCAD and PDF (floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations and sections), a Revit model at LOD 200–300 for BIM workflows, MEP and structural elements where you ask for them, and BOMA or REBNY area calculations on request for lease plans.
We have not yet published a San Jose project. The nearest is a 3,754 sq ft veterinary clinic in a Grass Valley retail complex, scanned July 1–8, 2024: a single-level unit where we documented walls, ceilings and partitions, placed the ceiling-mounted MEP in the reflected ceiling plan for future upgrades, and delivered the CAD and PDF set with a photo record within eight days. Wendy Zhang, Director of Design & Development at CURO Pet Care, called it "precise as-built plans for our design needs." For larger commercial work, see the 146,404 sq ft Solana Beach Shopping Mall (January 2025, aerial and ground LiDAR, LOD 300 Revit and 2D CAD, tenants open throughout) and a 26,580 sq ft commercial building in San Diego (August 2024). In Washington we documented a 4,747 sq ft Maurices store for its rebranding in 2025.
For an office or R&D tenant improvement the useful part is usually above the ceiling and behind the walls: duct runs, sprinkler mains, cable tray, structural grid and slab-to-deck heights that the landlord's drawings do not show accurately. We scan with ceiling tiles lifted where you allow it, so the Revit model carries the clearances your MEP engineer needs before the first RFI.
How a San Jose project runs: send the address, approximate square footage and the deliverables, and we return an itemized quote with travel listed as its own line, since ADS has no Bay Area office. On scan day a technician works through the suite or floor while staff keep working; a 5,000 sq ft suite is a matter of hours. The scans are registered into one point cloud, the drawings or model are drafted from it, and you review the set before we release the final files.
San Jose FAQ
What does it cost?
Floor area, how dense the space is (an open-plan floor drafts faster than labs with exposed services), which deliverables you need and travel. Point cloud plus 2D CAD is the lowest tier; Revit and above-ceiling MEP add modeling time. Every quote is itemized by line.
Is it worth bringing you in from out of town?
For one small suite a local measure-and-draw service may be cheaper. ADS pays off when the floor plate is large, when you need Revit, or when several consultants will work from the same point cloud, because one scan visit replaces repeat site surveys.
How accurate is it?
We scan with Leica RTC360 and BLK2GO scanners and Matterport Pro3 and draft from the point cloud, so dimensions are measured rather than estimated. Column grids, ceiling heights and slab edges come from the scan, not from the base-building set.
Does the office have to close?
No. Staff stay at their desks; we move desk by desk and can scan server rooms, labs or secure areas on a schedule you set, including after hours.
Will the drawings work for my permit?
Yes. Your architect or engineer uses the set as the existing-conditions base for a submittal to the City of San José Building Division, part of the Planning, Building and Code Enforcement department at 200 E. Santa Clara Street, which reviews plans and issues building permits (online through SJPermits.org). Our job is to make sure the existing conditions in that set are right.
Can you document a multi-tenant office building for leasing?
Yes. We scan common areas and suites in one visit and produce floor plans with BOMA or REBNY area calculations on request, so leasing, design and facilities all work from one measured set.
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/around California and the West Coast
- Veterinary Clinic Unit in Grass Valley
Grass Valley, CA · 3,754 sq ft · 2024
ADS scanned this Grass Valley clinic's walls, partitions and ceilings, recorded its veterinary prep and service areas, and placed ceiling-mounted MEP on the reflected ceiling plan for future technical upgrades. - Solana Beach Shopping Mall
Solana Beach, CA · 146,404 sq ft · 2025
LiDAR and drone capture ran across every structure on this 146,404 sq ft property, and the datasets were aligned into BIM-ready outputs: a Revit model at LOD 300, coordinated 2D CAD plans, aerial orthophotos and an off-site review walkthrough. - Commercial Building in San Diego
San Diego, CA · 26,580 sq ft · 2024
ADS combined LiDAR and aerial photogrammetry to document this 26,580 sq ft Gaslamp Quarter building, producing BIM and CAD outputs and a Matterport tour that let stakeholders review it off site. - Maurices, The Outlet Collection Seattle
Auburn, WA · 4,747 sq ft · 2025
A 4,747 sq ft outlet store with sales, fitting and back-of-house areas, scanned for design coordination, branding and renovation. ADS delivered a point cloud, 360° digital twin, LOD 300 Revit model and CAD plans, RCPs, sections and elevations.
Permits & governing bodies
Building permits inside San José are reviewed and issued by the Building Division of the Planning, Building and Code Enforcement department (PBCE), 200 E. Santa Clara Street; online permitting runs through SJPermits.org.
Zoning and planning review sit in the same department.
Where we work
Downtown, North San José, Willow Glen, Japantown, Almaden, Evergreen, Berryessa and Edenvale, plus Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Milpitas, Campbell, Cupertino and Los Gatos.
To get a quote, send
• Property address
• Approximate square footage and number of floors
• What it is for: tenant improvement, lease plan, renovation, facility records, BIM
• Deliverables: point cloud, 2D CAD, Revit, MEP
• Your deadline
Existing drawings, even old ones, help us scope faster.
