From shop floor to digital management
CREW-B scans, models and manages retail property from single-store to international chain. Fast, accurate and without closing your store.
1,300+ retail locations scanned · Active in 14 countries · Basic-Fit, Picnic, Monkey Town
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Retail runs on speed. Your data too.
Every day your store is closed costs money. Every refurbishment that overruns because of wrong dimensions costs a lot more. Old floor plans no longer match, stores differ per location and with rollout across dozens or hundreds of stores, the surprises pile up.
We digitise your property as it really is. With one mobile scan session of an hour, we deliver a millimetre-accurate point cloud and a BIM model your designers, installers and facility team can rely on.
No more assumptions and no repair costs afterwards.
Complete digitisation of your retail property
3D Laser scanning in your store. Our NavVis VLX mobile scanner maps an average store in 30 to 90 minutes. During opening hours if it has to be, or outside closing time without delay to your schedule. No tripods, no obstacles, no disruption to your customers or staff.
Scan to BIM to ILS standard. From point cloud to a structured BIM model in Revit, IFC or AutoCAD. Complete with racking, till layouts, lighting, MEP installations and warehouse layout. One consistent model standard across all your stores, so your design team, contractor and facility manager work with the same data.
Indoorviewer for all stakeholders
With our web-based viewer, your buyer, designer or installer walks through a store without visiting physically. Re-measuring can be done online, with one click. That saves travel hours, site visits and alignment time.
Model management via Docs
With dozens or hundreds of locations, management becomes a database problem. In Autodesk Docs we set up a central environment in which all your stores are available 24/7. All models, drawings and documentation in one place. For long-term maintenance planning, maintenance, tenancy matters, new build and rebranding. For Basic-Fit we manage more than 1,500 clubs in six countries this way.
Built for multi-site rollout
Speed without loss of quality. Our mobile VLX scanner scans a store in a fraction of the time of traditional surveying. We roll out across several locations per week, with local coordination and a fixed project manager per programme.
One kit-of-parts, all stores consistent. For large rollout, we start with a pilot of one or two locations. In it we set the BIM standard, the naming and the elements to be modelled. Every following store uses the same template. So you don’t get 50 different model conventions, but one searchable dataset.
From scan to advice in-house. Scanning, modelling and digital management sit under one roof at CREW-B. No subcontractors having to align with each other, no data loss in handovers. One point of contact, one schedule, one quality standard.
Without closing your store. We work within your operational hours if needed. The scanner is harmless to customers and staff and barely noticeable. Scanning during opening hours or just before closing time is nearly always possible.
Where our BIM data makes the difference
Rebranding and refits. Before the new house style hits the floor, you know exactly where the column stands, how many millimetres the wall is out of plumb and whether the new furniture actually fits. No more shipping costs for wrong furniture packs, no downtime for the installation team.
Rollout of new stores. When taking over an existing building or new build, we deliver the complete as-built within a few working days. Your architect and installer start straight away with reliable data.
Facility management and long-term maintenance plan. A current BIM is the basis for planned maintenance. Which installations are where, when they were replaced, who is responsible for which part. Everything in one place, also after another ten stores are added.
Distribution hubs and warehouses. For Picnic we scanned a distribution hub in Amsterdam and set up a central management environment via Autodesk Docs. For warehouses we map racking, forklift routes, loading bays and technical installations.
Permits and consent. For refurbishment, change-of-use notice or evacuation floor plan, we deliver the underlying drawings directly from the BIM.
In four steps from shop floor to usable data
1. Introduction and scope. We discuss how many locations, which level of detail (LOD 200, 300) and in which software your team works. For multi-site, we first roll out a pilot to set the standard.
2. On-site scanning. Our specialist comes by with the NavVis VLX. Depending on the size, a scan session takes from 30 minutes to a few hours. Your store stays open or closes no longer than normal.
3. Processing and modelling. The point cloud is processed and, if you want, converted into a BIM model to BIM basis ILS. Delivery in your preferred format: Revit, IFC, DWG or PDF.
4. Management phase: Your data is unlocked via our Indoorviewer and Autodesk Docs. For chains, we set up a central environment in which all your locations can be found.
“In retail and hospitality, speed and accuracy have to be very high, unlike the price. CREW-B is really the right partner for our BIM and point clouds. Our BIM department and CREW-B have been working together for 7 years.”
Bas der Nederlanden
Concept Development Manager, Basic-Fit
Retail in practice
Basic-Fit · 1,300+ locations in 6 countries. Basic-Fit, 1,300+ locations in 6 countries: In five years, we have scanned more than 1,300 existing and newly built Basic-Fit clubs. Via Autodesk Docs, all data is available 24/7 for handover, facility management and all smart systems in the club.
Picnic · Distribution hub Amsterdam. Picnic, Distribution hub Amsterdam: A full scan of a Picnic hub, processed into a fully managed environment in Autodesk Docs. Including template with recurring elements: Picnic now knows per component whether it belongs to the landlord or to them.
Monkey Town · International rollout. We scanned the first German store in Mülheim with the mobile VLX. BIM, DWG and PDF were delivered to the German architect for design and permit application.
Hypsos · Pavilion Champs-Élysées. For a temporary refit around the Olympic Games in Paris, we modelled all ornaments and ceiling mouldings of this pavilion in detail.
Yes. The mobile scanner is quiet and unobtrusive, and customers barely notice it. We prefer to schedule outside peak hours, but a full scanning session during opening hours is usually perfectly possible.
The scan itself is finished within a few hours. Processing it into a point cloud takes a few days. The lead time for the complete BIM model depends on the level of detail and the size, and averages one to three weeks per location.
Yes. For Basic-Fit we have completed more than 1,300 locations. For large rollouts we work with a dedicated account manager, a standardised process and weekly delivery.
We deliver Revit (RVT), IFC, AutoCAD (DWG), PDF and point cloud files such as .e57, .rcs, .las and .ply. We match the format to your design and management software.
That depends on the scope: the number of locations, the floor area, the required LOD and any follow-up services such as model management or the Indoorviewer. Get in touch for a quote based on your situation.
Ready to digitise your retail property?
From a single store to hundreds of branches: we help you work out the smartest approach for your chain. Book an introductory call and we will show you what data-driven management can mean for your operation.