3D Geomatic Services · Modeling & Processing · Scan to BIM · As-Built · Registration
Point Cloud Processing, simplified.
You capture the data. We turn it into registered point clouds, BIM models, and as-built drawings, no modeling bench for you to hire and keep busy. Running since 2015, in 21 countries. Scoped in hours, billed on what we use, capped at the quote.
Fig. 01, Waldorf Astoria
New York · Scan to BIM
3D Geomatic Services
Everyone's heard of the Taj Mahal.
We had the opportunity to scan & process it.
More named work
A few more you'd recognize.
Clients
Who shares your trust!
Tenure
Since 2015
Processing lidar, every working day
Reach
21 countries
Named work, US and international
LOD
100 to 500
Whatever your spec actually asks for
Registration
±2 to 6 mm
Tolerance we hold
Commercial
Hours-capped
Billed on actuals, never past the quote
Deliverables
Six services. One standard of review.
What we hand back to you.
Every deliverable below can be commissioned on its own or combined into a single engagement. Whichever you choose, the team who reviews the work is the same team who produced it.
How we quote
See the full breakdown
A scope before you commit, not a bill after.
Most shops quote an abritrary price per square foot. We quote a capped number of hours after reviewing your project data, and we do not invoice past it. Check out the full breakdown on the cost page for more details.
- Scope before commitment
- Hard cap, no change orders
- Revisions inside the cap
- 1–2 business days to quote
Work
Full registry
Named jobs, out of sixteen years and 21 countries.
A small collection of the work we are most proud of and that we are able to share. There is more on the work page, including galleries.
New York, USAScan to BIM
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
A heritage renovation, modeled to preserve the original geometry the construction team had to build around.
2018
Mountain View, USAFacility BIM
Google Campus Buildings
Multi-building campus, modeled at the detail level a facilities team actually uses day to day.
2019
Dublin, Ireland2D CAD
Dublin Castle & Record Tower
Conservation-grade drawings, accurate to the standard heritage authorities actually require.
2016
Perth, AustraliaScan to BIM
QV1 Retail Plaza
A live retail plaza rebuilt into an editable model without shutting anything down to measure it.
2017
Tuolumne County, CAMesh / 2D
Donnels Dam
Dam structure and terrain, drawn for the engineering record and meshed for surface analysis.
2018
USAAs-built
Hotel Lobby Renovation
A real baseline for the renovation team, not decades-old drawings and a guess.
2017
Agra, India2D + 3D CAD
The Taj Mahal
The mausoleum and its grounds, registered end to end. One of 21 countries this practice has worked in.
2017
Varanasi, India2D / Mesh
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
A historic temple in Varanasi, modeled down to mesh and hollow-model detail.
2018
Sierra Leone3D model
Sierra Leone Ship Loader
A mineral export terminal's conveyor structure, documented end to end for engineering review.
2017
IndiaDTM / Contours
Open-Cast Mining Survey
A live mine site, surveyed by lidar to check volumes against what was actually there.
Date not on file
IndonesiaCyclone model
Unilever FMCG Facility
A manufacturing plant modeled and checked against its own drawings, to see what had actually changed on the ground.
2018
IndiaDTM / Contours
Canal Mapping
Three stretches of canal, fifty-five kilometers combined, mapped for an engineering team that needed real contours, not estimates.
Date not on file
"Your point clouds aren't being processed by draftsmen. They're being processed by surveyors."
Client notes
What clients have said.
Let us model a piece of it first.
We know what it is like to hand a project to a firm you found on the internet. So do not take our word for any of this. Send us a small area of a larger job, and tell us what you need.
We will model it and send it back at no cost, usually inside three working days. You open it, you check the geometry against your own cloud, and then you decide whether we get the rest.
Frequently asked
Questions we hear every week.
We already have surveyors on staff. Why would we need you?
We run full field scanning too, that is literally how this practice started. But if your team already owns the capture, we are not here to compete for that part of the job, we slot in as the modeling and processing bench behind it, the capacity you reach for when the backlog outgrows what your team can turn around without falling behind on the next job.
Will the work hold up against my client's QA?
That is the only thing we really measure ourselves on. A job is not finished here until your client has signed off on it, and the revisions to get there sit inside the cap rather than arriving as a change order. If the work does not hold up, we fix it at our cost.
What software do you work in?
Every day: AutoCAD, Revit, Microstation, 3DSmax, Geomagic and Blender. Cyclone and its equivalents for registration. If your downstream process needs something else, ask us. The answer is usually yes.
What is your turnaround?
It depends on LOD, area and scope, so we will not pretend there is one number. What we will do is give you a calendar when we quote, and show you progress against it at each milestone rather than going silent until delivery.
Do you process drone or photogrammetry data?
No. Lidar only, terrestrial or aerial. Photogrammetry is a genuinely different pipeline and we would rather turn the work down than learn on your project.
Where are you based?
Fourth State LLC dba 3D Geomatic Services is registered in Washington State; that is who you contract with, talk to, and are billed from. The processing team is in New Delhi, India, where our survey team has its origins. We are not cagey about it. It is also the honest answer to why the numbers work: you are not paying a US hourly rate for work this team has been doing since 2015.
What does a project cost?
It is quoted per project, driven by deliverables, LOD and area. Send us the scans and your spec and you will have a capped quote inside one to two business days. If you want to understand what actually moves that number before you send anything, the how we quote page walks through it, or ask us.
We have been burned by an offshore shop before. Why would this be different?
We hear this most weeks and it is a fair thing to ask. The short answer is do not take our word for it. Send us one scan and let us model a small area of it, at no cost, and judge us on the geometry instead of on a website.
Quote in one to two days
Send us the scans. We will tell you what it takes.
Tell us what you have got and what your client is expecting. You get back a scope of hours, a cap and a calendar. If the scans have problems, we will tell you that too, before you have paid us anything.