Question 1

Does a small city need the same drawing set as a large one?

Accepted Answer

Broadly yes. Del Rey Oaks is small, but the code it enforces is the same California code enforced everywhere else, and a thin set gets the same correction letter it would get in Monterey or Salinas. We format to the reviewing department's checklist rather than assuming a small city will be lenient about it.

Question 2

Can a drone fly here, given how close the airport is?

Accepted Answer

Del Rey Oaks sits right against Monterey Regional Airport's airspace, so a flight needs authorization first. We check at scheduling and file for it where required. Where authorization is not going to come through in time, we capture the site from the ground. It is slower, but it is not a reason to hold up your drawings.

Question 3

How quickly can we get as-builts for a single-family home?

Accepted Answer

Field work is a few hours and the drawings follow within the turnaround we quote. Because we work across the peninsula, a Del Rey Oaks site usually fits alongside other work in the area rather than waiting for a trip of its own.

Question 4

We are converting a garage. Is a scan overkill?

Accepted Answer

No, it is the case the method pays back fastest on. Garage conversions live or die on ceiling height, slab level, header heights and where the existing services run. Those are the dimensions plan check asks about, and we both scan them and confirm them by hand. A few hours on site is cheaper than a redesign.

Question 5

What comes back to us at the end?

Accepted Answer

Measured existing plans, elevations and sections as PDF, plus the CAD file, delivered through a client portal. If the scope includes design support or modelling you get the model too, built from the same scan rather than redrawn from the PDFs.

LiDAR Scanning and As-Builts in Del Rey Oaks

01Does a small city need the same drawing set as a large one?

02Can a drone fly here, given how close the airport is?

03How quickly can we get as-builts for a single-family home?

04We are converting a garage. Is a scan overkill?

05What comes back to us at the end?