As-Built Drawings in Santa Clara, CA
Laser-Scanned Floor Plans for Santa Clara Buildings
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What you get
One LiDAR scan of your building is the source for everything ADS delivers: a registered 3D point cloud, a 360° digital twin your team can open in a browser instead of visiting, 2D CAD drawings in AutoCAD and PDF (floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations and sections), a Revit model at LOD 200–300 for teams working in BIM, and MEP and structural elements where you scope them. BOMA or REBNY area calculations can be added for lease plans.
We have not yet published a Bay Area project. Our closest California work is in Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills, and in San Diego County. In July 2024 we documented a 3,754 sq ft single-level Veterinary Clinic Unit in a Grass Valley retail complex ahead of a renovation, recording walls, partitions and the ceiling-mounted mechanical systems, and delivered the point cloud, a 360° digital twin, AutoCAD and PDF sheets with MEP shown on the reflected ceiling plan, and a photo record, with every deliverable finished inside eight days. Wendy Zhang, Director of Design & Development at CURO Pet Care, wrote that the drawings were "precise CAD drawings and a full photo record" and that "every spatial element was perfectly documented." In January 2025 we surveyed the 146,404 sq ft Solana Beach Shopping Mall for a repositioning, blending aerial and ground scans across the site while tenants stayed open and delivering an LOD 300 Revit model with coordinated 2D CAD, orthophotos and a virtual walkthrough; Lee Lowell of Capstone said the design team "has been using it extensively since delivery." A 26,580 sq ft Commercial Building in San Diego (2024) and the 4,747 sq ft Maurices store at The Outlet Collection Seattle (2025) complete the West Coast list.
How a Santa Clara project runs: you send the address, approximate square footage and the deliverables you want, and we quote, with travel listed as its own line because the crew comes to you. On scan day a technician works through the space with the scanner while the office or store stays open; a clinic-sized unit is a few hours. The scans are registered into one point cloud, the drawings or Revit model are drafted from it, and you review the set before final delivery.
Santa Clara FAQ
What does it cost?
The quote is driven by floor area, how much there is to document (an open office floor versus a clinic with dense ceiling services), the deliverables you choose, the Revit level of detail if a model is included, and travel. Point cloud with 2D CAD is the base tier. Quotes are itemized so you can remove what you do not need.
Is it worth bringing you in from out of town?
Usually, yes. A single visit captures the whole building, so your designer is not sending someone back for a missed dimension, and the point cloud keeps answering questions through construction. Travel is one fixed line on the quote.
How accurate is it?
We scan with Leica RTC360 and BLK2GO scanners and Matterport Pro3 and draw every line from the point cloud. Ceiling-mounted MEP is modeled from the scan, as at the Grass Valley clinic, rather than traced from an old consultant drawing.
Does the building have to close?
No. Offices, clinics and stores are scanned during business hours; at Solana Beach the tenants traded throughout and reviewed progress through remote walkthroughs. After-hours scanning can be arranged.
Will the drawings work for my permit?
Yes. Your architect or engineer uses the set as the existing-conditions base for the permit drawings. In Santa Clara, building permits are issued by the City of Santa Clara Community Development Department's Building Division, with the Permit Center at 1500 Warburton Avenue; all applications and plans are submitted electronically through the Permitting Online Portal. One timing detail: for applications received on or after January 1, 2026 the city reviews under the 2025 California codes, including the California Building Code and the California Existing Building Code, so your design team will want current drawings for that review.
Do you handle office and tenant spaces?
Yes. Multi-tenant suites, single offices and retail units follow the same workflow as the Grass Valley clinic, with demising walls, ceiling grids and exposed services captured in one visit. Larger buildings are scanned in phases, as the San Diego commercial building and the Solana Beach center were.
Who owns the files?
You do. Point cloud, CAD, PDF and Revit files go to you and to any consultant you name.
Nearby ADS projects
Scanned by our crews in California and the Pacific Northwest:
- Veterinary Clinic Unit in Grass Valley
Grass Valley, CA · 3,754 sq ft · 2024
A 3,754 sq ft single-level veterinary clinic in a retail complex, documented for future renovation planning. ADS delivered a LiDAR point cloud, a 360° digital twin, annotated AutoCAD and PDF sheets and a full photo record, all within eight days. - Solana Beach Shopping Mall
Solana Beach, CA · 146,404 sq ft · 2025
ADS ran a Scan-to-BIM survey across all structures at this Solana Beach center and tailored the deliverables for the design team, leasing staff and developer working on its redevelopment. - Commercial Building in San Diego
San Diego, CA · 26,580 sq ft · 2024
Roof imagery for the 26,580 sq ft downtown building came from aerial drone photogrammetry, combined with high-accuracy 3D scanning. Outputs included an LOD 300 Revit model, georeferenced orthophotos, a Matterport walkthrough for off-site stakeholders, and coordinated 2D CAD drawings. - Maurices, The Outlet Collection Seattle
Auburn, WA · 4,747 sq ft · 2025
Fixture and furniture layouts in this Maurices store were mapped precisely, and the electrical, storage and security systems in back-of-house were recorded to help plan future equipment.
Permits & governing bodies
City of Santa Clara Community Development Department, Building Division · Permit Center, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 · all building permit applications and plans submitted electronically through the Permitting Online Portal (POP).
Applications received on or after January 1, 2026 are reviewed under the 2025 California codes (California Building Code, California Existing Building Code and companion codes) with city amendments.
Where we work
Downtown Santa Clara, the Santa Clara University area, the Great America and Levi's Stadium district, the office parks along Tasman Drive and Bowers Avenue, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Cupertino, Mountain View, Milpitas and Campbell.
To get a quote, send
• Property address
• Approximate square footage and number of floors
• What it is for: tenant improvement, renovation, lease plan, facility records, insurance
• Deliverables: point cloud, 2D CAD, Revit, MEP
• Your deadline
Existing drawings, even old ones, help us scope faster.
