Large-Format Scanning for Drawings and Plans

What we scan

Construction drawings and as-builts

Job drawings, shop drawings and as-builts, organized by project so the team can find a sheet without digging through flat files.

Engineering and architectural plans

Plan sets indexed by project, sheet number and revision, so the current version is easy to tell from the old ones.

Maps, plats and surveys

Oversized maps and survey documents for municipalities, utilities and land records.

Older and worn drawings

Rolled, worn or brittle sheets that people have stopped pulling because they're afraid of damaging them.

How drawings get indexed

Before production starts, we agree on how the drawings will be indexed, such as project or job, sheet number, discipline, revision and date, so people can find the right sheet later. Then we check the work against that index before delivery.

Many drawing projects come with regular records too, such as specifications, submittals and correspondence. We can scan both in the same project.

Index fields agreed before production
A final quality check before delivery
Delivered to SharePoint, network folders or your document system

Close view of a scanned engineering plan

Security and chain of custody

Drawings often show building layouts and infrastructure details. They're handled under the same controls as every other record we scan. Pickup and transportation are coordinated by DTI and shown as their own line item in your quote.

Background-checked staff
A secured facility with biometric access to computers and storage rooms
Segmented storage based on each project's security requirements
Chain-of-custody logs from pickup through return or destruction
Encrypted delivery of the finished files

Questions about large-format scanning

What is large-format scanning?

Large-format scanning converts oversized documents, such as engineering drawings, blueprints, maps and plans, into digital files using scanners built for wide sheets. Standard document scanners can't handle these sizes.

How large a drawing can you scan?

Any size. Tell us the sheet sizes and roughly how many there are, and we'll plan the work around them.

Can you scan rolled or worn drawings?

Usually, yes. Tell us how the drawings are stored and what condition they're in, and we'll look at a sample before quoting.

What format will the scanned drawings be in?

Tell us how the drawings will be used, and we'll agree on the file format and resolution before production starts.

Can you scan drawings and regular documents in the same project?

Yes. Many projects include both. We plan the indexing so drawings and documents for the same project can be found together.

Large-format scanning for drawings, plans and maps