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Introduction

Documenta Surveys specializes in Existing-Conditions architectural documentation of buildings, structures, and sites. 

We are a team of historical architects with 25 years experience in specialized architectural documentation, with full in-house laser scanning and digital architectural photogrammetry capabilities.    We Deliver:

  

         ■  Ready-to-use and accurate as-built or existing-conditions CAD architectural drawings.
         ■  Plans, elevations, reflected ceiling plans, sections, profiles, etc.
          ■  Digital rectified photographs (distortion-free and scaled images).
         ■  Laser scanned point-clouds, 3D digital models, True-views, etc.

Projects Examples

Our work speaks for itself - The following examples will assist you in understanding the advantages of our existing-conditions documentations: 
         Download our brochure: in English (9MB PDF), in Brazilian Portuguese (20MB PDF), or contact us and we will mail a copy to you.

Historical Architectural Documentation - Historic Rehabilitation     Historic Preservation - Ahwahnee Hotel
Historic Documentation and Support for Conditions Assessment: The Ahwahnee Hotel, at the Yosemite National Park, CA. Approximately 250 "Existing-Conditions" CAD drawings of the ... 

        Historic Rehabilitation - Curry Village cabin            Existing-Conditions Drawings for Historic Rehabilitation 
Historic Documentation and Building Management - "As-Built" Drawings of 42 cabins and structures of the Curry Village, at the Yosemite National Park, CA  were.... 

Historic Rehabilitation - Wawona Hotel Complex         Existing-Conditions Drawings
Historic Documentation and Bldg Management: The Wawona Hotel Complex, Yosemite National Park, CA. Complete Façade Documentation and Floor Plans were obtained with...  

Historically Significant in the Yosemite Village, YNP CA          Historic Restoration - Measured Drawings / Asbuilts
Historic Documentation and Support for conditions assessment: Several Yosemite Village Structures, were laser scanned for the existing conditions documentation...

Colt factory Complex - Historic Landmark          Existing-Conditions Drawingsfor Historic Preservation  
Adaptive Reuse: The Colt Factory Complex, in Hartford, CT. The rehabilitation of more than 600,000 sq. ft. for mixed use, required full architectural photogrammetry ...

Huntington Gardens - Historically Significant            Rectified Images - Historical Records
Historic Building Documentation: The Huntington Gardens Japanese House, in San Marino, CA. In 1919, Henry E. Huntington, railroad magnate, creator of the "Big Red Cars"...

Fresno Metropolitan Museum            Addition / Alteration - As-built / Record Drawings
 Restoration: The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno CA. Detailed façade documentation (lasergrammetry) provided rectified photographs that were necessary ... 

Ansel Adams House - Historical Landmark   
Historic Documentation: The Ansel Adams House and Gallery at the Yosemite National Park, CA. The National Parks Service required as-found CAD drawings...

Temple Emanu-el Renovation            Existing-Conditions Drawings for Renovation   
Addition / Alteration: The Temple Emanu-El, in Birmingham, Alabama. The measured drawings of the existing conditions of the interior ...

Forney Transportation Museum - Adaptive Reuse              Adaptive Reuse - As-Built / Record Drawings
Adaptive Reuse: Forney Museum, Denver, CO. The reutilization project required full documentation. As-found floor plans, interior and exterior elevations, sections...  

School Upgrading - Stadium High             School Renovation - As Built Drawings
School Renovation: Stadium High School, Tacoma, WA. Photogrammetry and laser scanning were used in the documentation. With 1900 students in regular classes, it was a challenge for our site survey ...

Rectified Images - Temple Israel Renovation             Renovation - As Built Drawings   
Building Envelop Survey and Historic Building Documentation: Temple Israel Synagogue,  Wilkes-Barre, PA. Precise drawings and rectified photographs of ... 

Adaptive Reuse - Golden Gate Building Reuse             Adaptive Reuse - As-Built / Record Drawings
Adaptive Reuse: 150 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA. The as-built CAD drawings - six floor plans, 4 elevations, and 2 sections provided base for the new ... 

Addition / Alteration: Williams Bldg, San Francisco CA                Addition/Alteration - As-built/Record Drawings
Historical Building Documentation and Reuse: Williams Building, San Francisco, CA. The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency required ...  

          Historical Adobe Houses            Rectified Images - Historical Records  
Historic Documentation and Monitoring: Adobe Houses in Santa Barbara, CA. They could be damaged by the large adjacent excavation... 

Sacred Church, Wilkes-Barre PA               Historic Renovation - Record Drawings
Restoration: The Sacred Heart Church, in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Our second existing conditions documentation project for the client, a renovation among demolitions due to...

                   Adaptive Reuse - As-Built / Record Drawings
 Adaptive Reuse: The "Elevated Shops", San Francisco, CA. How to fully document the building without disturbing 45 small business tenants, architectural photogrammetry...    

Filoli - Designated Historic                Preservation - Record Drawings
 Recording Historical Structures: Filoli Center, Woodside, CA. Property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the beautifully preserved example of country ... 

          ICOMOS designated of historic importance              ICOMOS - Architectural Documentation
 Historic Building Documentation and Preservation: A Church in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The use of rectified photography for the interior documentation...

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