Walk the site with a 360° camera, upload the dated capture, and have it processed against the project's IFC model. SmartSites returns measured completion element by element, typically within 8 to 12 hours. Areas the capture did not observe are reported as not observed rather than complete, so the result can support progress reviews and payment claims.
The process, step by step
- Load the project's IFC model into SmartSites.
- Walk the building with a 360 camera. A building capture is typically around 600 images.
- Upload the dated capture. It is processed against the IFC model in 8–12 hours, depending on the capture and workload.
- Review measured completion for each element, alongside the coverage the capture actually observed.
- Use the results in progress reviews, element registers and evidence packages for payment applications.
Why compare with the model
Photos show what a room looks like; a model comparison says which elements exist. In one tested capture SmartSites compared 1,930 IFC elements, giving a per-element record instead of a percentage estimate.
Observed coverage matters
No capture sees everything. SmartSites shows measured completion next to observed coverage, and areas that were not observed are never treated as complete.
Quantities from the same model
Quantity takeoff works from the drawings and the model: IFC, DWG and DXF. On a benchmark project, a DWG takeoff came within 0.14% of the workbook's concrete quantity and 2.1% of its rebar, and takeoffs, element registers and reports export to Excel.
Supported formats
IFC models for 360 progress capture and quantity takeoff, plus DWG and DXF drawings for rebar annotations.
