When OAC received the bill for the soil removal, OAC compared the vendor’s estimates with Reconstruct’s data. The rough estimates were inaccurate, and the bill had been overpriced by $30,000!

BACKGROUND

OAC Services (OAC) was building a large office campus in Silicon Valley for a top technology company.

Chris Heger, Chief Innovation Officer of OAC Services, saw the potential of Reconstruct’s software to capture the digital truth of the project.  Weekly drone flights and daily 360 videos were compiled within Reconstruct for 3D exterior and interior site documentation.

The process of quantifying the soil excavated and hauled away from the site was antiquated, inaccurate, time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The old-fashioned way of quantifying soil removal was through loading the dirt into trucks, using individual tickets per truck to determine the load, and trusting the vendor.  The vendor was relying on rough estimates of volumes, which concerned OAC. OAC could hire a third-party survey crew to quantify and validate the amount of soil removal, but this option would be very costly with more overhead, time, and another contractor’s bill.

The cost of exporting dirt from the site was roughly $90/ cubic yard. If not quantified and verified carefully, the cost could result in a bloated bill.

OAC used Reconstruct to harness the data that was already being captured weekly through photogrammetry.

OAC used Reconstruct with drones and 360 cameras to monitor progress of the project’s exterior. In addition, Reconstruct performed automated volumetric measurements for earthwork with no additional effort. OAC then utilized the drone and 360 camera imagery to generate point clouds in Reconstruct to precisely measure cubic yards of soil removed, and automatically track excavation progress over time.  This included accurate quantification of the work completed and exact location coordinates.

When OAC received the bill for the soil removal, OAC compared the vendor’s estimates with Reconstruct’s data. The rough estimates were inaccurate, and the bill had been overpriced by $30,000.

OAC saved $30,000 on this activity alone.

Because OAC had quantification and verification of the correct cubic yards measurement, OAC was able to successfully dispute the charge from the contractor. As this example demonstrates, using Reconstruct gave OAC the digital truth that was advantageous in their discussions with contractors. With Reconstruct’s data at their fingertips, they were able to verify that completed work and subsequent compensation were accurate and valid.

RECONSTRUCT HELPED OAC SERVICES

SAVE $30,000 ON A SINGLE EXCAVATION PROJECT

Because OAC had quantification and verification of the correct cubic yards measurement, OAC was able to successfully dispute the charge and save $30,000 on this activity alone.