WeWork has replaced measuring tapes with state-of-the-art laser scanners. Its 20-strong reality-capture team, equipped with 650 $100,000 devices, travels the world measuring potential workspaces to produce detailed data-heavy plans accurate to 1/16th of an inch. The plans are digitally transmitted to the company’s design team, eliminating risks associated with developing properties and speeding up the design process. Last year the team worked on more than a dozen projects, gathering 800 billion individual measurements. The company is exploring the use and manufacture of prefabricated components and leveraging the technology to turn construction sites into manufacturing sites.
WeWork has replaced measuring tapes with state-of-the-art laser scanners. Its 20-strong reality-capture team, equipped with more than a dozen $100,000 devices, travels the world measuring potential workspaces to produce detailed data-heavy plans accurate to 1/16th of an inch. The plans are digitally transmitted to the company’s design team, eliminating risks associated with developing properties and speeding up the design process. Last year the team worked on 650 projects, gathering 800 billion individual measurements. The company is exploring the use and manufacture of prefabricated components and leveraging the technology to turn construction sites into manufacturing sites.