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  1. Announcing OpenSpace Academy: Free, On-Demand Training Announcing OpenSpace Academy

    Announcing OpenSpace Academy: Free, On-Demand Training

    OpenSpace can provide so much value, like documenting your site 10-20x faster than manual methods and saving up to 50% on travel costs. Fortunately, OpenSpace is easy to use, and our customers come up with new use cases every day. Yet we often hear from customers who are wondering if they’re using OpenSpace “the right…

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  2. OpenSpace BIM Compare: Getting the Most Out of BIM Split view showing a comparison of the model to site conditions

    OpenSpace BIM Compare: Getting the Most Out of BIM

    Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an intelligent 3D model-based process that gives architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals insight and tools to better manage all phases of construction. You’ll also see the acronym BIM in reference to Building Information Model—the actual 3D digital mockup of your construction project. If your projects are using BIM for…

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  3. Understanding the Business Impact of Reality Capture for Builders The Real Value of Reality Capture whitepaper cover image

    Understanding the Business Impact of Reality Capture for Builders

    Reality capture is one of the most innovative technologies transforming construction. Reality capture solutions allow builders to digitally capture, share, and analyze actual jobsite conditions. These solutions can be based on laser scans, drone images, smartphone photos, or high-resolution 360° images. Typically, the 360° images are captured by a camera mounted on a hard hat…

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  4. OpenSpace Helps Wates Group Streamline Operations and Get Time Back Wates Group logo

    OpenSpace Helps Wates Group Streamline Operations and Get Time Back

    Wates Group is one of the UK’s leading privately owned construction, residential development, and property services companies. For 125 years, the company has been innovating in its field, making great strides in sustainability and the application of new technologies to streamline operations and improve workflows. In January 2021, the company began work on two buildings…

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  5. Designing Sports Complexes That Bring People Together Snapdragon Stadium

    Designing Sports Complexes That Bring People Together

    Well-constructed stadiums support Super Bowls and much more Cultural touchstones Sports stadiums are cultural touchstones. Whether it’s Chicago’s Wrigley Field, where the Cubs have played since 1916, or New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks and Rangers compete when there aren’t concerts or other performances, these venues offer a gathering place for connection,…

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  6. Meet Alexander Crownover, a Family Man Building a Better Work Culture January 2023 Pathfinder Alexander Crownover

    Meet Alexander Crownover, a Family Man Building a Better Work Culture

    Meet Alexander Crownover, a Mechanical Design Engineer at Professional Engineering Consultants in Wichita, Kansas. His down-to-earth approach to upping his engineering game is creating a strong workplace community. Set up for success Alexander was born in Topeka, Kansas, but spent his formative years in Wichita, two hours south. The son of a law enforcement officer…

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  7. Survey Results: What’s On the Horizon for the Construction Industry in 2023 Sunny construction site with workers

    Survey Results: What’s On the Horizon for the Construction Industry in 2023

    In 2022, the construction industry faced many challenges, including labor shortages and economic headwinds. However, these challenges also created opportunities for new solutions and a shift in the way the industry thinks about and responds to adversity. To gain insight into what we’ll see moving forward in 2023, we conducted a year-end survey, polling general…

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  8. OpenSpace’s Shirin Oshidari on the Evolution of Sales Predictable Growth banner

    OpenSpace’s Shirin Oshidari on the Evolution of Sales

    Recently, my colleague Shirin Oshidari, our VP of Sales, sat down with Tracy Young, Co-founder of TigerEye—and Cofounder and former CEO of PlanGrid—to share insights from her career in the construction industry. The interview appeared in the inaugural issue of Tracy’s new newsletter, Predictable Growth, a monthly Q&A with top women generating revenue for their…

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  9. Insta360 Sphere a Game Changer for Drone Captures with OpenSpace Capturing with OpenSpace using Insta360 Sphere and a drone

    Insta360 Sphere a Game Changer for Drone Captures with OpenSpace

    Ease of use, integration, and speed are all key to ensuring OpenSpace continues to be the most reliable and advanced reality capture platform on the market. So we’re happy to announce that using drones to capture with OpenSpace is reaching new heights, literally! While we’ve supported capturing with drones since 2021, we’re excited to expand…

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