As-Built Scanning & BIM Services in Laval
Big-box retail, distribution centres and hospital wings — scanned in a day, drafted in a week.
Get a Quote for Your Project
Send us the building location, approximate square footage and required deliverables. We'll review the scope and get back to you. Crews mobilize to Laval the same week.
Laval is where Montréal's big footprints live — 200,000 sq ft distribution centres off Autoroute 440, retail power centres around Centropolis, and the fast-growing Cité de la Biotech. The buildings are newer than Downtown, but the drawings are just as incomplete — mostly because renovations, tenant fit-outs and equipment moves happened faster than any drafting team could keep up.
DCMS scans across Laval every week. Our crews mobilize from Saint-Henri, cross the Rivière-des-Prairies, and set up on-site inside 25 minutes. A 100,000 sq ft warehouse is a one-day scan, delivered as coordinated AutoCAD and Revit within two weeks.
For retail chains, we run standardized capture programs across multiple Laval stores under one master agreement — same deliverable format, same file naming, same turnaround.
Large-footprint scanning without slowing operations
Distribution centres and big-box retail can't stop running for a survey. Our LiDAR crews work around forklift traffic, live displays and customer flow, scanning aisles and mezzanines during off-peak hours or overnight windows.
A typical 100,000 sq ft warehouse is captured in a single 8–10 hour shift. Retail stores in the 25,000–40,000 sq ft range are scanned overnight and reopen with no visible sign a crew was there.
- Overnight scanning for retail — no impact on next-day trading
- Forklift-safe workflows for active distribution facilities
- Roof and rooftop mechanical capture via drone photogrammetry
- Standardized deliverables across multi-site retail programs
Services we run most often in Laval
- Retail chain as-built rollouts for renovation programs
- Industrial warehouse and manufacturing plant as-built
- Healthcare (Cité-de-la-Santé and clinics) MEP documentation
- Automotive dealership and service bay surveys
- Site topography for parking lot reconfiguration
- Biotech and life sciences clean-room documentation
Working across the Laval retail and industrial belts
The Boulevard Le Corbusier / Autoroute 440 industrial belt handles most of Greater Montréal's logistics traffic. We know which loading docks flow when, which sites need CNESST-registered PPE, and which retail centres prefer scans between 22:00 and 05:00.
For healthcare work at Cité-de-la-Santé and surrounding CIUSSS facilities, we follow full infection-control protocols and coordinate scan windows with facilities teams to avoid patient areas entirely.
What Laval clients tell us matters
Same-week mobilization
Most Laval sites get a crew on the ground within 3–5 business days of quote acceptance.
Bilingual field teams
French-first crews for tenant coordination, English documentation on request.
Retail portfolio pricing
One master agreement covers unlimited Laval store scans with fixed per-site pricing.
Drone-certified pilots
Transport Canada Advanced Operations pilots for rooftop and parking lot capture.
Working around the neighbourhood
- Carrefour Laval
- Centropolis
- Cité de la Biotech
- Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital
- Highway 15 / 440 interchange
Getting to site
- From Carrefour Laval: 25 min via Autoroute 15 south, exit Atwater.
- From Centropolis: 25 min via Autoroute 440 W and Autoroute 15 south.
- From Cité-de-la-Santé: 30 min via boulevard des Laurentides.
- Site parking: crews come in unmarked vans, standard loading-dock or lot parking works.
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Local questions from Laval
How long to scan a 100,000 sq ft Laval warehouse?+
One 8–10 hour shift for the scan, then 7–10 business days to coordinated AutoCAD, or 15–20 business days to a Revit LOD 300 model.
Can you scan a retail store overnight without closing it?+
Yes. Overnight scanning is our default for active retail. Stores reopen at their normal time with no visible impact.
Do you handle multi-store retail rollout programs?+
Yes. Retail is one of our largest verticals — we deliver standardized templates, per-site file naming and a single portfolio dashboard.
Can you scan Cité-de-la-Santé or other Laval healthcare facilities?+
Yes, following full CIUSSS infection-control and access protocols. Scans are typically scheduled after hours and coordinated with facilities engineering.
How fast can you mobilize to a Laval site?+
3–5 business days for scheduled scans, next-day for emergency capture on active construction issues.
Do you provide topographic surveys for Laval parking lots?+
Yes. Drone photogrammetry or RTK GNSS for parking lot re-grading, snow-melt drainage and EV charger site planning.
Can you deliver in Revit for our design team?+
Yes. LOD 200 for design intent and LOD 300 for construction coordination.
Do you carry Laval-specific municipal insurance requirements?+
Yes. $5M CGL, additional insured endorsements available on request, all CNESST filings in order.
What we deliver in Laval
Every capability below is available on Laval projects — the same in-house engineering team handles LiDAR and drone surveying, turns it into as-built drawings or a full digital twin, and can layer on structural inspections when the scope needs them. Combine any two or three in a single mobilization.
3D Laser Scanning, LiDAR & Drone Surveying
High-precision 3D laser scanning, aerial drone surveys and photogrammetry for comprehensive site documentation.
SVC // 02As-Built Documentation & Reality Capture
Fast, accurate as-built surveys delivering AutoCAD plans and Revit BIM models with industry-leading turnaround times.
SVC // 03Digital Twins & BIM Models
Cloud-hosted digital twins and BIM coordination models (LOD 200–300) for long-term asset management.
SVC // 04Building & Structural Inspections
Comprehensive envelope inspections, deflection analysis and structural assessments using advanced LiDAR.
SVC // 05Engineering Consulting & Technical Analysis
Expert engineering analysis, technical diagnostics and MEP system documentation for retrofit and renovation.
SVC // 06Forensics, Condition Assessment & Remedial Planning
Technical investigations, heritage documentation and condition reports for remedial engineering.
Browse the rest of Greater Montréal
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Downtown Montréal
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Longueuil & South Shore
LiDAR, drone and BIM services across Longueuil, Brossard, Boucherville and the Rive-Sud industrial belt.
West Island
LiDAR and BIM services for corporate campuses, pharmaceutical facilities and warehouses across Pointe-Claire, DDO, Kirkland and Baie-d'Urfé.
Scanning a Laval retail, industrial or healthcare site?
Share the address and floor area — we'll respond within one business day with a same-week mobilization window.