Why seeing is believing: How VisOps helps teams catch issues before they cost you
With VEERUM’s VisOps Essential tier, industrial asset owners can track construction progress remotely, reduce site visits, and collaborate better. A survey and land development company used VEERUM’s visual operations platform to help clients stay aligned, catch issues early, and make data-driven decisions.
Overview
An Operations Manager at a leading survey and land development company partnered with VEERUM to enhance how they deliver data to their clients—major industrial asset owners in oil and gas, construction, and infrastructure. With extensive expertise in surveying, 3D scanning, and digital data processing, the survey and land development company helps asset owners accurately track construction progress and manage their sites more effectively.
Two of our major clients, each with multiple large projects, are using VEERUM on an ongoing basis. They're bringing in UAV data regularly and leveraging it for biweekly and monthly updates to track construction progress. It’s also a great tool for meetings, helping teams navigate projects and stay aligned.
Client challenges
As a service provider, the survey company’s role is to capture and deliver site data to asset owners, who rely on accurate visualizations for project oversight. However, they faced several challenges:
- Lack of visibility for asset owners: Their clients—Project Managers, Superintendents, and Engineers at large industrial companies—struggled to track construction progress effectively. They relied on static reports and periodic site visits, making it difficult to monitor real-time changes.
- Non-technical stakeholders: Asset owners are not survey experts and often lacked access to industry-specific software needed to interpret complex datasets.
Enhancing collaboration with VisOps Essential
To overcome these challenges, the Operations Manager integrated VEERUM’s VisOps Essential tier into their workflow, making it the primary tool for delivering site data to asset owners. This enabled:
- Biweekly and monthly digital updates so clients could track site changes remotely.
- A visual meeting tool that allowed teams to discuss projects with a shared, interactive 3D view, eliminating miscommunication.
- Easy 3D data sharing without requiring asset owners to use specialized survey software like AutoCAD or Trimble Business Center.
- The ability to upload drone and 3D scan data directly into VEERUM, providing a complete digital twin for asset owners to reference.
Key outcomes
- Improved efficiency: Asset owners no longer needed frequent site visits, cutting down on travel costs and project delays.
- Better collaboration: VEERUM became a “visual diary” for construction progress, helping Superintendents and Project Managers compare design vs. actual site conditions in 3D.
- Faster issue detection: Before transporting prefabricated materials, asset owners could now scan components, integrate them into VEERUM, and identify potential fit-up issues in advance—reducing costly rework.
- Lower technology barriers: Asset owners could now view massive datasets on any device without needing expensive high-performance computers.
Key insights
- 3D scanning for QA/QC became a major advantage. The survey company now scans fabricated structures, uploads the 3D models into VEERUM, and helps asset owners detect issues before installation.
- VEERUM low cost to entry: Since survey companies pass platform costs to asset owners, ensuring a cost-effective solution meant clients could continue using frequent digital updates without hesitation.
By partnering with VEERUM, this Operations Manager empowered asset owners to track construction progress remotely, improve collaboration, and reduce costly mistakes.
Being able to 3D scan an object, create an OBJ file, and bring it into VEERUM is a huge advantage. Instead of just providing a report with dimensions, we can integrate scan data into an existing plant dataset to spot fit-up issues before installation.
