Cairn Active Design Ltd - giving your the complete CAD experience from Floor Plan to virtual tour and more.....

ABOUT US....


For over 19 Years, Cairn Active Design Ltd has been providing a range of traditional and innovative information services.

Based in Dunfermline and Established in 1998, we have had many years experience providing Property Information Services for the banking, building, Health , food and security industries.

Our clients range from individuals to multinationals and we can cover a range of projects large or small, no project is too small or too big for us!


We have now managed all CAD and Space Management data for The The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC for over 19 years and currently provide services for Fife NHS and many others.

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MEASURED BUILDING SURVEYS....


Using the latest hardware, software and in-house develop CAD routines, we can measure photographs and produce;

    accurate CAD floorplans
    elevations
    sections
    visualizations of any building

State of the art laser measurement tools are use to ensure the utmost accuracy, along with the latest software for processing of the data efficiently and precisely.

We have provided surveys for the following clients;

    RBS
    NatWest
    Dominos
    Hattrell
    DS One Architects
    DTZ
    Drivers Jonas
    DWP
    Currie & Brown
    Fife NHS

Intelligence & finished CAD drawings are linked to each other, and to photos, virtual tours, maps, documents etc to give a seamless view of all the data you have, using the surveyed CAD data as an interactive visual hub.

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COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ...

Specific CAD software includes

    Autocad
    Microstation
    Cadopia

We use these to create and process CAD files in any format, to suit clients requirements.

Customer requirements can range from straightforward Floor Plans and Elevations, or with further processing we can produce drawings for

    Stacking Plans
    Furniture Layouts
    Fire Risk Assesments
    Planning Applications
    Building Warrants
    Health and Safety Audits
    Land Registry
    Asset Registers
    Sale Particulars

Other software we use to provide relevant data included

    Photoshop, Acrobat, Excel, Word,Access, Powerpoint, Scan2CAD, AIDE, Visio, Archibus, Bluebeam, Brava


We also create specific efficiency enhancing custom programs, routines and tools within the CAD software which ensures efficiency and consistency of data.Creation of enhancements for your Cad system is another area of our expertise.


Re-layering of Cad drawing data to any derived standards applicable to your organization is an area of particular expertise, as is the issuing and receiving of Cad data on your behalf, ensuring that external suppliers adhere to your set of CAD Standards.


Our use of CAD is not just restricted to the field of measured building surveys, or indeed anything related to buildings, if its on CAD or needs to be on CAD we can help you.


We currently manage CAD and space management data for a major bank’s portfolio of over 3000 properties in the UK and overseas.

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CAD PLUS....

Space Management & Planning

We have been heavily involved in using CAD data to track and report on space utilisation, asset registers and desk/room booking systems since we launched as a business. Using specialist software such as Archibus or making clever use of your existing systems such as Access or Visio, to provide report data and Stacking Plans, we can cost effectively meet your needs.

Building Alterations , Acquisitions and Disposals

From carrying out alterations to provide proposal drawings, for Planning Applications and Building Warrants, to Land Registry compliant plans for property disposals, through to providing the necessary plans and photographic material for property sales particulars, both domestic and commercial.

Health and Safety Compliance

Adding information onto the base drawings for Health and Safety compliance, this includes drawings for Fire Risk Assessments, Asbestos Recording and Health and Safety audits.

Incident and Contingency Planning

Combining CAD drawings with geographic mapping to pinpoint your organisation’s property portfolio, with associated population information, this provides a highly desirable and necessary tool to protect your estate and staff in the event of a major Incident. Used very successfully by our major clients in mock and real incidents.

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY....


Whether on its own or as part of a Measured Building Survey, we can record and display various aspects of buildings. By linking photographs to Cad plans, providing a location reference for each photo, or producing new edited photos to show rebranding or resignage proposals for planning applications.

We can also provide very good quality images within a Virtual Tour

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VIRTUAL TOURS

Bring the latest in IMMERSIVE and PHOTOGRAPHIC technology to your business and bring your buildings to life with a VIRTUAL TOUR .

Blow prospective customers away with a 3D SHOWCASE - an immersive online experience that gives a true sense of the 'feeling' of the property before seeing it in person. Weed out less interested customers or save on expensive and time consuming site visits by using virtual tour technology!


3D VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR ( as shown at the top of this page)click here to view


This type of package is very beneficial to companies who need to do the following;

  • Beat their competitors and draw their potential customers in.

  • Weed out less interested customers saving unecessary time and expense.

  • Quick turnaround on processing the virtual tour ( can be completed in hours)

  • Small upfront cost

  • The Opportunity to INCREASE or DECREASE the amount of virtual tours they need to stage on a monthly basis.

  • A service that only needs limited time on site to take pictures

  • The most up-to-date technology to wow their customers

    • TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE FULL 3D PACKAGE;


  • ESTATE AGENTS

  • HOLIDAY LETTING AGENCIES

  • ARCHITECTS - doing self-build projects

  • HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT- Health & Safety staff enrollment meetings

  • CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY - Progress report meetings etc, no need for everyone to go on site to see the progress of a project. It can be done with just one onsite visit by the photographer so that it can all be viewed in a meeting room. Effectively saving time, resources and money.

  • HISTORIC BUILDING COMPANIES- wanting to showcase popular tourist attractions helping the tourist industry keep up-to-date with immersive technology and increase revenue and tourism.

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    THE ADVANTAGES OF USING OUR COMPANY TO PRODUCE & SHOWCASE YOUR VIRTUAL TOUR


  • No need to buy expensive camera equipment - let us do that

  • CHEAPER per Virtual Tour Stage

  • INCREASE or DECREASE the amount of virtual tours you wish to showcase on a monthly basis. This is a very safe option for smaller companies with less revenue or for companies that may have varied demandthroughout the year.

  • You can cancel payments at any timeand come back at a later date if needed.

  • Your tour will be stored on a very secure site using the Matterport 3D Showcase Service.

  • 3D VR STAGED TOUR includes a FULL 2D TOURS ALTERNATIVE AND A COLOURED FLOOR PLAN MODEL AND A DOLLS HOUSE IMAGE along with quality photographs.. Black and White Schematic Measured Floor Plans & printed photographs can also be provided at extra cost with this service alsong with any special effected you would like included in your showcase .

    • Take a long at our example, The results are just amazing!


    INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING THE 3D VIRTUAL TOUR


    Instructions will be given when you click on the tour above. As instructed, Click the VR icon on the bottom right of the picture before putting your phone in the VR Headset. That will mean it is ready to go when you look in the VR set . You will also be instructed to download the Matterport App before viewing which will enable your phone to use VR equipment.

    To move between rooms, focus on the various hotpoints (dots) until they change colour and you will be taken in the direction of your choice.Alternatively if you have a controller with your VR set, you can use the controls to move around

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    VIRTUAL TOUR SPECIAL EFFECTS POSSIBLITIES;


    A virtual tour can be anything you want it to be with the addition of Special Effects within the tour. These special effects could include some of the following;

  • PHOTOGRAPHS of any objects within the room
  • INFORMATION ON OBJECTS in the room
  • VIDEOS EMBEDDED IN OBJECTS (ie, televisions)
  • SOUNDS
  • LINKS TO SPREADSHEETS, PDF DOCS , INSTRUCTIONS, STATS, GRAPHS ETC
  • MAP WITH RADAR
  • 3D EFFECTS OF OBJECTS
  • LINKS TO SHOPPING WEBSITES

    • Really the list is endless...


    If you would like some special effects added to your Virtual Tour then this can be included in your showcase.


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    A BASIC 2D VIRTUAL TOUR

    A 2D tour cannot be viewed using VR equipment but is still very good at giving you a 2D fully immersive experience.

    Click here to see a 2D virtual tour on your PC PC VIRTUAL TOUR

    Or here to use a mobile device MOBILE VIRTUAL TOUR

    This type of tour is beneficial to large or small organisations who wish to own the Virtual tour and have no ongoing monthly payment. They must also be happy to pay an UPFRONT FEE for that.

    It is best used when there is not an ongoing turnaround of different properties that require very fast processing. This package can also be SUPPLIED ON A CD for showing to clients/customers unlike the 3D Showcase. We can provide multiple CD's of the virtual tour if required at an agreed cost.

    We will require time on-site and take the photographs required. We will then provide you with the finished Virtual Tour when it has been put together. The processing time will depend on how large the project is.

    With this type of Virtul Tour Package You have have these options;



  • We embed the Virtual Tour on your website for you(no extra cost)

  • We supply you with a link to the Virtual Tour for you to add to your website

  • We supply the Virtual tour on 1 or more CDs


    • PRICING INFORMATION


    For pricing information please click the link below

    PRICELIST

    Meanwhile, please do no hesitate to get in touch to enquire about prices or for an onsite demonstration of our 3D showcase.

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