Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC)
From reality capture to the georeferenced BIM reference model: the reliable base to design on.
Sectors · Architecture, Engineering & Construction
The geographic context your BIM is missing.
We capture reality with precision, turn it into a georeferenced BIM reference model and hand you the reliable base to design on. We integrate GIS/BIM context and improve your teams' collaboration across the whole infrastructure life cycle.
The problem
Projects are designed on partial information
Before renovating, refurbishing, extending or building on an existing asset —a building, a road, a facility— you need to know its real state with precision. That information often does not exist, is outdated, or is scattered across old drawings, photos and partial measurements that no longer reflect reality.
Working like this is expensive: inaccurate starting BIM models, third-party projects that cannot be positioned relative to one another, clashes detected too late and cost overruns on site. The consequence is always the same: decisions made on an unreliable base.
Our work starts from a simple idea: first, reality measured with precision; then, the project.
Why Geograma
Not just any “scan-to-BIM”
Most providers stop at turning a point cloud into a model. We add what almost nobody does: real geographic context.
Real geographic context
We are Geographic Intelligence specialists: your BIM model is born georeferenced and integrated with your GIS, not isolated. We don't deliver a loose point cloud, but a scenario placed in its context.
BIM methodology for infrastructure
Developed with the support of the Álava Innova programme (Diputación Foral de Álava) and the experience of clients such as the Barcelona Metropolitan Area and the Diputación Foral de Bizkaia.
Light, precise models
Based on breaklines and edges, not heavy meshes: manageable, georeferenced and geometrically correct. We deliver in your engineering team's formats and software.
Geograma does not do the traffic, architecture or mobility engineering or consultancy. Engineering firms, architecture studios, contractors and consultancies are our clients, never competitors. We give you the reliable digital base so you can measure, justify and defend every decision.
What we do for your AEC projects
From measured reality to the reference model
High-precision reality capture
We digitise buildings, road infrastructure and facilities with 3D laser scanning, topographic Mobile Mapping, point clouds, 360º imagery and, where needed, drone and LiDAR flights for shadow areas, embankments or vegetation cover.
A BIM reference model
Not an end in itself, but a solid base: light, georeferenced, geometrically correct, coded and classified. Geograma generates the reliable digital base on which other professionals add their technical knowledge.
GIS + georeferenced BIM context
This is our differentiator: we place the model in its geographic context so third-party BIM projects can be inserted on a common scenario, their georeferencing checked and clashes detected before construction.
Collaboration across the life cycle
The same model accompanies the project end to end: a base in design, coordination in construction and a reliable record for maintenance and modernisation. A living file updated with every intervention.
The platform
GeoCassini: share the model, not the site trips
We deliver and share the captured information through our GeoCassini platform: georeferenced 3D point clouds, spherical photographs and BIM modelling, accessible to every professional involved in the project.
- Inspections, measurements and sections in one click, without going on site.
- A single source of truth shared by engineering firms, contractors and administrations.
- Georeferenced data ready to load onto your BIM and your GIS.
The differentiator
Insert third-party projects and detect clashes
Because it is georeferenced, your administration or engineering firm can insert third-party BIM projects on a common reference scenario, check their georeferencing and detect clashes before they become a problem on site —something that today, without that common scenario, is unresolved.
Once a project is built, it can be inserted via sectorisations and demolitions to update the current state of the asset.
A living file
The same model, across the whole life cycle
Design
Starting point to load the project BIM onto. Reality measured before designing.
Construction
Improves coordination between parties, documents progress and avoids conflicts and cost overruns.
Maintenance & upgrade
Reliable record for renovations, extensions and new variants; updated with what is built.
Where we help
Three fronts, one reliable base
Buildings & heritage
Current-state survey for refurbishment and renovation; faithful documentation of historic buildings and heritage assets.
Road infrastructure
BIM model of the current road state (carriageway, structures, tunnels, signage, beaconing) as a reference scenario for alignment changes or variants.
Industry & facilities
Indoor mapping, space set-out, dimensional control and reverse engineering (see also our Industry-sector proposal).
Who it's for
One single base for everyone involved
Engineering firms
Drafting the BIM project on a reliable current state.
Architecture studios
Refurbishment, renovation and heritage documentation.
Contractors
Building the works and delivering the as-built BIM model.
Managing administrations
Needing a BIM reference scenario to coordinate third-party projects.
Real projects
Projects where a reliable base made the difference
Ensanche Entrepreneurial Eco-District, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Client: Ensanche 21 Zabalgunea · Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council
Topographic survey and BIM modelling of the interior spaces of three Ensanche city blocks using terrestrial scanning with Leica Geosystems equipment. BIM modelling automatically generated the drawings in record time.
Delivered and shared through the GeoCassini platform.
Current-state road BIM modelling service
R&D with Álava Innova · clients: Barcelona Metropolitan Area and Diputación Foral de Bizkaia
BIM methodology applied to roads: massive capture with Mobile Mapping (Leica technology), geometry extraction by breaklines and a reference model on which to insert third-party projects and detect clashes.
Models structural elements (carriageway, walls, bridges, tunnels) and detail elements (barriers, beaconing, signage).
Capture technology
Top-tier capture, backed by Leica technology
- Topographic Mobile Mapping with Leica equipment (Pegasus TRK) for massive infrastructure capture.
- Terrestrial 3D laser scanning for buildings, heritage and millimetre accuracy on parts and facilities.
- Drone and LiDAR flights for shadow areas, vegetation-covered embankments and fills.
- Interoperability & integration: delivery in IFC, RVT, NWD, STEP, IGES and connection to your systems via ETL processes.
Leica Geosystems is cited as capture technology used by Geograma. Methodology developed with support from the Álava Innova programme (Diputación Foral de Álava).
FAQ
What people usually ask us
What accuracy do you achieve?
Centimetre accuracy on massive infrastructure capture with topographic Mobile Mapping, and millimetre accuracy with a static 3D scanner for parts, structures and facilities.
How is your BIM model different from a standard scan-to-BIM?
It is born georeferenced and in its GIS context. That turns the model into a common reference scenario on which to insert third-party BIM projects, check their georeferencing and detect clashes.
What technology and formats do you work with?
Capture with Leica technology (Pegasus TRK, terrestrial scanning, drone and LiDAR) and delivery in point clouds, CAD and light, georeferenced, coded and classified BIM models. Standard formats such as IFC or specific ones such as RVT, NWD, STEP, IGES.
Can you model both buildings and road infrastructure?
Yes. We model buildings, heritage, industrial facilities and road infrastructure, both their structural and detail elements.
What happens to the model when the infrastructure changes?
The model is a living file: it starts as a design base, supports coordination in construction and stays useful as it is updated. Each intervention is inserted so it keeps representing the real state. A model that is not updated ends up obsolete.
Let's talk about your project
Whether you are the administration managing the infrastructure, the engineering firm drafting the project or the contractor building the works, we help you start from a reliable digital base.