Press release
Date: 10th September 2020
Need for virtual site access and cloud collaboration sees 1
billion
square feet of laser scan data uploaded to Cintoo Cloud
Reality Data solutions provider, Cintoo, has seen 1 billion square feet (almost 100 million square
meters) of laser scan data uploaded to its platform, Cintoo Cloud, since its launch just 18 months
ago. This is a major milestone for the company, equating to several hundred thousand individual
terrestrial laser scans uploaded, encompassing construction sites, office and retail spaces,
cultural
heritage sites, factories and plants.
Reality Capture is proving to be one of the most in-demand technologies within the AEC sector as
businesses digitize their job sites to produce accurate as-builts that can be shared with teams and
contractors from anywhere at any time, while ensuring strict access controls. Using Cintoo Cloud,
project teams can also compare laser scan data with BIM or CAD models to identify, track and rectify
any issues at the planning stage or during construction.
This demand has been fuelled by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has increased the need for job sites
to be accessed virtually and for the cloud to support closer collaboration between teams as they
continue to work from home.
Cintoo Cloud’s unique point cloud-to-mesh technology transforms huge terrestrial laser scan files
into mesh-based, cloud-compatible reality data that can be easily shared with project stakeholders
worldwide, encouraging collaboration where it previously wasn't possible. The result is less travel
to
worksites, no need for hard disks or USBs to distribute data, much easier visual interpretation of
the
scan data, and everyone able to work remotely on the same data concurrently for a more cohesive
BIM process.
Myles Martin, Principal of M3 Design Group, said: “We were looking for a more effective way to
compare our as-builts to our BIM models and using Cintoo Cloud, we slashed the time it was taking
us to look for issues or errors. We had 10-20 concurrent users every day who were all able to access
our project scans and models, tag issues, assign them to team members, and export them to our
issue tracking software, feeding directly into our QA/QC process.”
Cintoo US CEO, Dominique Pouliquen, explained: “AEC businesses are turning to our platform to get
value from their laser scan data. Using Cintoo Cloud, they’re able to extract meaningful information
from their data and share it with everyone involved in their projects, improving collaborative Scan
and BIM workflows.”
About Cintoo:
Based in France and the USA, Cintoo develops technologies and solutions to manage and distribute
data from reality
capture in the cloud. Founded in 2013, Cintoo was created by 3 PhDs from the I3S laboratory (joint
research laboratory
at the University of Sophia-Antipolis and the CNRS). Experienced professionals from Autodesk and
Oracle then joined the
team in the United States and in France. Cintoo’s vision is to become a global leader in cloud-based
solutions and to
enable businesses to harness the power of Reality Data. By making this data accessible and
collaborative via its Cintoo
Cloud platform, Cintoo contributes to the digital acceleration of the Construction sector, driven by
BIM, as well as the
Heavy Industry, Energy and Infrastructure sectors in the Digital Twin market.
https://www.cintoo.com or by email: sales@cintoo.com