Pilot Results from Architecture Firms Using ArchLab
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C3D Architects
Chicago, Illinois • Commercial Architecture
Project Overview
A 12,000 square foot commercial retrofit in downtown Chicago. C3D Architects was engaged to document existing conditions across three floors and produce as-built drawings for a full interior renovation. The building was constructed in the 1920s with no reliable existing drawings available.
The Challenge
Traditional approach would require a two-person team spending two full days on site with laser measuring equipment, followed by two additional days of drafting in AutoCAD. Total estimated cost: $4,800 in labour, equipment, and travel. Timeline: one week from site visit to deliverable drawings.
The ArchLab Approach
One architect visited the site with a smartphone. Over 90 minutes, they photographed every room from multiple angles. The photographs were uploaded to ArchLab, which extracted dimensions, identified structural elements, and generated a complete floor plan within 47 minutes of processing time.
2 days → 47 min
Drafting time reduction
$4,800 → $680
Total project cost
0
Required revisits
Key Takeaways
- ✓ 86% reduction in as-built documentation costs
- ✓ Zero dimension errors requiring site revisits
- ✓ DXF output opened directly in AutoCAD without modification
- ✓ Freed junior architect for 1.5 days of design work
“We used ArchLab on a commercial retrofit in Chicago and cut our as-built drafting time from two days to under an hour. The accuracy was indistinguishable from our manual measurements.”
— Cristian Nicolaie, Principal, C3D Architects
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