Outsourcing As-Built Plans For many years, it has been common practice in the architectural community to outsource related professional services such as structural calculations, interior design, and model development to companies.  But for one reason or the other, As-Built drawings have not reached the same level of ubiquity as a stand-alone service. In simple terms,…

Laser Scanning to Revit: As-Built Case Study After 15 years in business, and over 13,000 As-Built surveys created, PPM finally took the plunge in February of this year and purchased our first laser scanner.  Starting with the “good old days” of tape measure, paper, and pencil, we have tested and implemented several different technological advancements…

Infusionsoft – A Better Way To Take Care Of Our Customers We recently completed a major milestone at PPM, something that has alluded us for 15 years since our founding.  No, I’m not talking about a revenue goal, or a signature project, or a critical new hire… those things are all great indeed but only…

Retail Renovation Season A week ago today, March 20th, was the 1st day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.  Here in Long Beach where I live, we don’t pay much attention to that because all of the seasons are pretty much the same.  But in most of the U.S., I have to assume that the start…

What Is A Soft-Story Retrofit? LA Soft-Story Retrofit Ordinance Yesterday was the start of the annual NCAA college basketball tournament, known as “March Madness” to most basketball fans and casual observers alike.  Sadly, my team, the California Golden Bears, didn’t make it to “The Dance” this year.  Although on the other hand, at least that…

New Hire At PPM >I’m sure I’m not the only one who is struggling to comprehend the fact that it’s already March.  I’ve tried to deny it but there it is, that little “3” in the front of the date field, staring at me in the bottom righthand corner of my screen.  2017 is whirring…

PPM As-Built Surveying Financial Forecast for 2017 Precision Property Measurements has been creating As-Built drawings for our architecture, design and construction clients for almost 15 years.  In that time we have surveyed over 14,000 buildings (and portions of buildings), and we have created proposals for another 5,000+ that we didn’t end up measuring.  For the…

Resolutions For An As-Built Surveying Company Confession:  I’ve never been a big “New Year’s Resolution” type of person.  Don’t get me wrong I LOVE setting goals.  It’s just that I don’t like to time them around any particular event (such as the start of a new year).  If you want to make a positive change…