Lessons from Waypoint London: Skanska, BW, and McLaren talk about moving beyond reality capture

At Waypoint London, OpenSpace welcomed construction professionals from across the UK to connect, share experiences, and explore the future of building with Visual Intelligence. Discussions centred on how builders are turning raw site information into actionable intelligence, with OpenSpace playing a key role in making that shift possible.

We’ve been talking about what it means to move beyond reality capture. OpenSpace is evolving into a Visual Intelligence Platform that helps teams capture everything, transform visuals into intelligence, and take action with confidence.

That vision came to life in London, where three customers shared their stories:

• Skanska UK
• BW: Workplace Experts
• McLaren Construction

Each team shared how reality data has become embedded in their daily workflows, the lessons learned along the way, and how OpenSpace is supporting their vision of the future of construction.

Skanska UK: scaling reality data across buildings & infrastructure

Tom Denby (BIM Lead Pre-construction) and Daniel Callaghan (Senior Digital Construction Manager), walked us through Skanska UK’s evolving journey with OpenSpace. What began as pilot projects on a handful of building sites has grown into a company-wide standard, with reality data now embedded into Skanska’s digital delivery approach.

Today, OpenSpace is part of Skanska’s minimum digital standards, making it mandatory across projects. Teams are using it to validate as-built conditions, resolve issues more quickly, and improve collaboration between office and field. On building projects such as 105 Victoria Street and The Smith in London, the tool has streamlined condition surveys, record keeping, and design validation.

Perhaps most striking is how Skanska has extended usage into infrastructure projects, where traditional capture methods can be challenging. The team demonstrated how they have used 360° cameras mounted on cars, bikes, and even boats to document highways and large-scale civil works. These creative approaches are enabling consistent, high-quality visual records in environments where accuracy and coverage are critical.

Skanska is also embracing the newest features of the platform, from BIM overlays and Autodesk Construction Cloud integrations to OpenSpace Air for drone captures and a first test of AI Autolocation. (AI Autolocation is a groundbreaking and patent pending new advancement that works like GPS but for indoors, enabling OpenSpace to provide indoor location, in real time, to devices like the smartphone.)

By linking capture data into project dashboards and GIS tools like ESRI, the Skanska team is building a connected ecosystem where reality data drives reporting, benchmarking, and decision-making across their portfolio.

BW: Workplace Experts is turning reality data into progress insights

Tomas Hollingsworth, Director of Technology at BW: Workplace Experts, shared how the company has been embedding OpenSpace into its workflows to strengthen visibility and reporting across projects. BW first adopted 360° captures as a straightforward way to document site progress, but has since expanded its use of the platform to include OpenSpace Progress Tracking. By comparing planned versus actual work, project managers now gain clearer insights into where projects stand, helping them keep delivery on schedule and stakeholders fully informed.

This enhanced visibility doesn’t stop at the project level. BW has developed ways to generate portfolio-wide overviews for executives while still enabling detailed site spotlights for project teams. The result is greater confidence that projects are aligned, risks are spotted earlier, and reporting is both consistent and credible.

BW is also exploring robotic quadrupeds equipped with 360° cameras to automate site captures. Although still at a trial stage, these innovations reflect BW’s commitment to testing emerging technologies that reduce the manual effort of routine documentation while simultaneously increasing capture coverage.

For BW, OpenSpace has become more than a visual record—it’s a foundation for new ways of working that allow project teams to spend less time chasing information and more time focusing on delivering quality projects.

McLaren Construction: Scaling deployment & driving adoption

Tom Gothard, Senior Digital Implementation Manager at McLaren Construction, offered a different perspective, talking about what it takes to roll out OpenSpace across a fast-growing business.

McLaren first tested the platform in 2023 on projects including a data centre in Peterborough and a London renovation. Encouraged by the results, the company signed an enterprise agreement in 2024 and began rolling OpenSpace out across its portfolio. By the end of that year, 20 projects were live, with adoption continuing to grow in 2025.

The results speak for themselves:

• More than 9,000 captures completed
• Over 60,000 logins
• 404 unique users actively engaging with the platform

Around a third of McLaren’s workforce now uses OpenSpace to evidence completed works, capture site conditions, and resolve disputes more efficiently. Captures are increasingly part of weekly coordination meetings, ensuring everyone is aligned to the same source of truth.

To support this rollout, McLaren built internal KPI dashboards that they review monthly to track adoption across projects and highlight where additional support is needed. The company is also investing in drone captures, backed by a clear policy framework, trained pilots, and compliance with aviation regulations.

Looking ahead, McLaren plans to deepen integration by automating model uploads via API, refining reporting to identify blind spots, and combining 360° captures, drone imagery, and laser scans into one unified view. The team is also starting a trial of OpenSpace Progress Tracking, further strengthening their approach to digital project delivery.

By scaling OpenSpace thoughtfully and embedding it into reporting and compliance processes, McLaren is creating a foundation for smarter, more data-driven project delivery that allows them to reduce risk and build smarter.

We unveiled the Visual Intelligence Platform, a unified system of work that moves beyond reality capture to power faster, better-informed decisions that reduce risk and help you get work done more efficiently.

If you missed it, here’s a recap of everything we covered, and links to the on-demand recordings.

A shared vision for the future

What stood out most at Waypoint London was the range of ways customers are putting OpenSpace to work. For Skanska, it’s about making Visual Intelligence an enterprise standard. For BW, it’s about leveraging OpenSpace for progress reports and leveraging robotics to test the future of progress tracking. For McLaren, it’s about scaling adoption across dozens of projects and ensuring the right data flows into decision-making processes.

Together, these stories show how the industry is moving beyond reality capture. Our Visual Intelligence Platform is helping builders not only see what’s happening on-site, but understand it, act on it, and share it seamlessly across their organisations. The result is faster decisions, fewer disputes, and greater confidence at every stage of delivery.

As these companies continue to experiment, learn, and lead, they’re shaping a new standard for construction. One where the jobsite is no longer a black box, but a transparent source of truth powering every decision.