As-Built Drawings in Santa Cruz, CA
Laser-Scanned Floor Plans for Santa Cruz Buildings
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What you get
ADS scans your building with LiDAR and delivers the measured record in whatever form your designer needs: a registered 3D point cloud, a 360° digital twin to walk through online, 2D CAD in AutoCAD and PDF (floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations and sections), a Revit model at LOD 200–300 if your team models in BIM, MEP and structural elements where scoped, and BOMA or REBNY area calculations on request for commercial space.
We have not yet published a Santa Cruz project; the nearest is in Grass Valley, northeast of Sacramento. There, from July 1 to 8, 2024, we documented a 3,754 sq ft single-level veterinary clinic within a retail complex, recording walls, ceilings and partitions, modeling the ceiling-mounted MEP in the reflected ceiling plan and delivering AutoCAD and PDF sheets with a photo record in eight days. Wendy Zhang, Director of Design & Development at CURO Pet Care, titled her review "Delivered precise as-built plans for our design needs." On the Southern California coast we scanned the 146,404 sq ft Solana Beach Shopping Mall in January 2025, combining drone and ground LiDAR so that outdoor walkways and interiors sit in one model; Lee Lowell, Assistant Project Manager at Capstone, reported that the design team "has been using it extensively since delivery." We also documented a 26,580 sq ft commercial building in San Diego (2024) and a 4,747 sq ft Maurices store in Auburn, WA (2025).
For a house or cottage near the water the scan does two jobs: it gives your architect accurate plans and elevations of a building that has probably been added to more than once, and it records the exterior, roof lines, decks and grade changes an engineer needs when a remodel or addition goes in for review. For a shop or restaurant downtown, the same visit yields the floor plan, reflected ceiling plan and storefront elevation a tenant improvement set starts from.
How a Santa Cruz project runs: send the address, approximate square footage and deliverables; we return an itemized quote with travel as its own line, since ADS has no office in the area. On scan day a technician works through the property while you stay in it; a house takes hours. Scans are registered into one point cloud, the drawings or model are drafted from it, and you review before final delivery.
Santa Cruz FAQ
What does it cost?
Floor area, how much detail is inside (a simple cottage drafts faster than a house with built-ins and several additions), which deliverables you want and travel. Point cloud plus 2D CAD is the lowest tier; a Revit model adds drafting time. Quotes are itemized line by line.
Is it worth bringing you in from out of town?
For a single small room a local measure-and-draw service may cost less. ADS pays off when the building is irregular or has grown over the years, when you need Revit, or when you want the point cloud itself so any dimension can be pulled later without another visit.
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 assumed, including sloping floors, settled foundations and roof lines that are no longer straight.
Does the building have to close?
No. Homeowners stay home and shops stay open; the Solana Beach mall was documented with tenants trading. We schedule around your day.
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 Santa Cruz Planning and Community Development Department, whose Building & Safety Division at 809 Center Street issues construction permits and performs plan review. Unincorporated areas around the city are permitted by the County of Santa Cruz Unified Permit Center. Our job is to make sure the existing conditions in the set are right.
Can you document a house for an addition or ADU?
Yes. We scan the interior, the exterior envelope and the immediate site, so the set shows setbacks, wall heights, roof pitches and floor levels together, which is what the design and the review both need.
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
Working to a tight schedule, ADS completed this clinic's full deliverables in eight days: CAD and PDF sets, a digital twin and a photo record covering the layout, partitions and mechanical systems. - Solana Beach Shopping Mall
Solana Beach, CA · 146,404 sq ft · 2025
A 146,404 sq ft coastal retail and mixed-use complex, documented ahead of a large-scale modernization. ADS combined LiDAR and drone capture and delivered a point cloud, georeferenced orthophotos, an LOD 300 Revit model, 2D CAD plans and a virtual walkthrough. - Commercial Building in San Diego
San Diego, CA · 26,580 sq ft · 2024
Ground-level shops and a boutique hotel shared this three-story Gaslamp Quarter property. ADS ran a Scan-to-BIM survey to support future redevelopment, capturing architectural and structural details so modernization could preserve the building's heritage. - 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
Building permits inside the city are issued by the Building & Safety Division of the City of Santa Cruz Planning and Community Development Department, 809 Center Street, Room 101.
Unincorporated areas around the city are permitted by the County of Santa Cruz Unified Permit Center.
Where we work
Downtown, the Westside, the Eastside, Seabright, Pleasure Point and the Upper Westside, plus Capitola, Soquel, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Live Oak and Watsonville.
To get a quote, send
• Property address
• Approximate square footage and number of floors
• What it is for: remodel, addition, ADU, tenant improvement, insurance, facility records
• Deliverables: point cloud, 2D CAD, Revit, MEP
• Your deadline
Existing drawings, even old ones, help us scope faster.
