Level 10 Construction Uses
OpenSpace to Capture Job Sites 5X
Faster Than With Other 360 Solutions
OpenSpace Improves Progress Documentation for Sites With Complex MEP Work

Goal: Improve Progress Documentation andSave Time

Strategy: Deploy OpenSpace to Make
Projects with MEP Work More Efficient

As a Project Manager at Level 10 Construction based in the

About a year ago, Freitas switched to OpenSpace andSan Francisco Bay Area, Jacob Freitas works on projects

hasn’t looked back. He’s found the biggest differentiatorworth anywhere from six to nine figures. He was intrigued byto be the ease of capture, since OpenSpace automaticallythe potential of 360 cameras to document job sites and domaps images to project plans.

away with the need for manual capture, which many teams
don’t even attempt because of how onerous it is.

“The biggest value-add is being able to take your phone
out, click record, do the walk, load your images to a

“A lot of teams don’t even bother to walk their full site,” hecomputer and be done,” he said. “OpenSpace is 5X fastersaid. “They think they’re doing fine without it because they

than its competitors and orders-of-magnitude faster

don’t know what a difference complete and up-to-date

than manual capture.”

documentation can make.”
Documentation captured using OpenSpace is also much
A few years ago, Freitas started testing a competitive

more detailed, since images are captured continuously

product to capture job sites, but its software had significant

throughout site walks; in the past, Frietas only took alimitations. On a large job site, for example, it simply took

picture every 30 feet or so.

too long to find the right place on a project plan to capture,
walk to it, take a photo, and then repeat the process overand over.

OpenSpace is 5X fasterthan its competitors andorders-of-magnitude fasterthan manual capture.”
Jacob Freitas, Project Manager
Level 10 Construction

Freitas also found that using OpenSpace helped to resolve
issues on jobs, especially when they involved intensive MEP
work or a coordinated model.

By quickly taking me back to
specific points in time on specificdates, OpenSpace has been gamechanging for progress documentation
Jacob Freitas, Project Manager
Level 10 Construction

Results: Job Sites Captured 5X Faster;Richer, More Accurate Documentation
OpenSpace has delivered tangible benefits to Level
10 Construction in terms of time savings and improved
progress documentation, sub accountability and issue
management. Freitas relies on it daily.
•Time savings: OpenSpace captures job sites 5X
faster than 360 documentation competitors via
truly passive capture. “It saves a lot of time,” Freitas

In a recent project where a metal panel was damaged,said. “When we’re on a video conference call withthe team responsible for installing the panels blamed thethe field team and they’re trying to describe current

team responsible for scaffolding. By reviewing OpenSpace

conditions, we can just pull up OpenSpace in real

documentation, Freitas and his team were able to quickly

time and see the lay of the land.”establish that the damage had taken place before the•Enhanced progress documentation: “By quickly

scaffold had gone up, proving the scaffolding team wasn’t

taking me back to specific points in time on specificresponsible.

dates,OpenSpacehasbeengame-changing

for progress documentation,” Freitas said. By
On another recent job to gut and build out a new cafe for acomparison, he observed that the orientation ofSilicon Valley tech company, the existing as-built drawings

images captured with a competitor’s product wasn’t

were poor. To compensate, Level 10 used laser scans

as consistent, which made it arduous to pinpoint theaugmented by OpenSpace imagery to produce an as-built

state of the project at any precise point in time.

Revit model, which was shared with the BIM coordination•Greatersubcontractor

accountability:

Freitasteam and architect to help them understand on-site

has found that OpenSpace helps to keep subs

conditions and prevent further coordination issues.

accountable, making it easier to monitor progressover time.

Freitas also uses OpenSpace for RFIs, since he can easily pullup imagery from previous days and drop it into presentations.

•Improved

issue

management:

OpenSpaceimproves coordination by enabling complete
documentation of job sites, making it easier toresolve issues when they arise. “In OAC (Owner-5X
10X

FASTERDOCUMENTATIONTIME THAN OTHER 360
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDERSFASTER

THAN THE MANUALALTERNATIVEArchitect-Contractor) meetings, we can point
to potential problems visually rather than justdescribing them as best we can,” Freitas said. “Asa result, issues are understood—and addressed—
more quickly.”