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Visual Plan Interview – Virtual Inspections – Security Guy TV
Visual Plan offers a unique method to rapidly capture building information with 360-degree video and images to build measurable as-built digital twins. Remote working and virtual inspections is in huge demand today. Listen to Visual Plan CEO speak with Ben Butchko...
Technology’s Role in Active Shooter Prevention
How integrators can help to make response times faster and facilities safer During World War I, engineers dug zigzagging patterns through the earth to prevent enemy soldiers from shooting in a straight line down the length of the trench – leaving relative few exposed...
Leveraging Technology To Enhance Public Safety During the Pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak has created new challenges for public safety and security professionals, who must now deal with tighter restrictions and confront additional dangers when doing their jobs. Video surveillance cameras, electronic access control systems,...
Remote Work through Digital Twins – Staying safe during COVID-19
Remote Work through Digital Twins - Staying safe during COVID-19 During COVID-19, a change to workplace configuration and structure is likely required to build confidence and trust between business owners, employees, and customers as we plan the return to work. By...
BIM From Photos – No Traditional Survey or Point Clouds Needed
Our team in Latin America recently worked on a church project in Santiago Chile. The project was photographed by Sebastian Graterol this Monday, September 2, 2019, completed in an afternoon and processed the next day. The 2D Plan was initially created...
360° Digital Twin Capture & Compare for Insurance Documentation
I recently completed a large residential loss project in the lower mainland of Vancouver BC. We captured damages post-incident and after remediation using Visual Plan 360° Image Capture Process to create a digital twin comparison and to build a 2D plan...
360° Capture: Gaylord Palms Orlando
On May 13 – 17 2019, the Visual Plan team was asked to 360° Capture our largest project to date, the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando FL by Marriott. With roughly 2Msf of indoor area and double that in courtyards and parking spaces over a stretch of 65...
A Game Changer for the Security Integrator
Recently, the team at Visual Plan completed a large security by design project with a risk consultant and large security integrator. When the time came for pre-sales, the security risk assessor, designer and engineers to present their findings and recommendations,...
Visual Plan Security Design Project in Washington State
On December 7th 2018 Visual Plan was contracted to document a 3 story building for a renovation project outside of Seattle WA. The project was managed by David Nicastro from http://securesource.com who was coordinating with architects and contractors to...
3D Crime Scene Documentation & Security Risk Assessments with 360 Imagery
Project Overview This year at IAFSM in Fort Worth Texas, Visual Plan was supported by 3D Forensic Technologist Helen Guryn from ai2-3D; a company who frequently tests and validates new 3D technologies. The conference focus was active shooter prevention and all venders...