An innovative Havering business, housed at the CEME Launchpad Centre, has won a lucrative contract to draw up the flight plan for the Heli Expo Challenge Cup. VMR Draughting Services, a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Specialist, secured the exciting project competing against businesses from across the world. The family-run business has created a bespoke flight plan to challenge the best helicopter pilots in the world as they compete in heats this summer in High Wycombe, before designing the course for the grand final in Bucharest next year.

Since taking up residency at the CEME Launchpad Centre, VMR Draughting Services has doubled its workforce and seen 20% growth within a year. The business boasts a line-up of blue-chip clients across the UK offering everything from one-off projects to long-term solutions. It has been commissioned to complete a unique CAD design for new doors which will be installed at Buckingham Palace.

Steve Rushbrook, Director of VMR Draughting Services said: “It’s been an amazing year of working on some exciting projects and winning the flight path project has been testing and fun to be involved with. The professionalism, facilities and support available at the CEME Launchpad Centre has been invaluable and integral to our growth. The entrepreneurial spirit encapsulated here is something that never fails to inspire us.”

Providing businesses with a springboard for them to win contracts both in the UK and internationally, is precisely what the CEME Launchpad Centre aims to deliver. Contact us today on 020 8596 5400 for more information on CEME and how we can help your business grow or click here to book a visit.

Announcing our new 360 degree 4K virtual site tour service

VMR Draughting Services are please to announce our new interactive 3D virtual tours. We have invested in the latest technology with the 3D camera from Matterport which gives us the ability to scan the inside of any type of building from top to bottom, creating  a  360 degree virtual walkthrough in stunning 4K. The walkthrough is so realistic and clear that you feel like you are actually on site, you even have the ability to zoom in and out with a scroll of your mouse wheel.

An added bonus is that you can even take accurate measurements within the software simply by using the ruler function built into the software. But it doesn’t stop there, from the virtual tour we are able to automatically create accurate 2 D floor plans from within the virtual site tour software, saving time and money spend on site surveying with tape measure and pencil.

A lot of our existing customers are finding it extremely useful for their mechanical and electrical drawing floor plans,  and with the added bonus of the 3d walkthrough, from which they can use from the comfort of their office instead of having to go back and fourth to site .

It must cost a fortune you might ask, well actually its a lot cheaper than you think, give us a call for a quote. 

This is a virtual walkthrough in Essex that we did recently for a mechanical and electrical company, who will be doing the refit on the building. As you can see with the Matterport dolls house it is easy to rotate, zoom in and out and manipulate as needed. And of course you can zoom right in and walk through the building as if you were on site( video of the actual walkthrough not uploaded)

From these Matterport virtual walkthroughs we are able to create accurate 2D floor plans.

We are getting lots of our existing customers and new customers starting to use our virtual walkthrough service to generate 2D CAD floor plans. If you need a building surveyed for 2D floor plans, we can use our Matterport camera to digitally survey any building and create a 360 degree virtual tours to CAD floor plans.

No matter what industry you are in, be it M&E, HVAC, AV (AUDIO Visual), Real Estate, Fire Protection to mention a few. We can produce accurate floor plans and provide you with an amazing virtual walkthrough of the surveyed building.

Virtual walkthroughs are great for documenting AS Built projects or even just taking stock of the services,  the clarity is so good ( 4K ) that you can zoom right up on plug sockets, PIR Sensors Etc..

Below is a floor plan created from one of the walkthroughs and the actual walkthrough.

Click on the dolls house to interact

Another successful virtual site survey

3D Walkthrough for Knights Frank in London Kingston

Another great virtual walkthrough completed, this one was done in Kingston London.The building consisted of 3 floors and a basement, it was very tight in some places but not a problem for the Matterport camera, even on the narrow stairs the 3d camera handled it like a dream!

Some of the rooms were quite dark but again the 360 degree camera adjusted and the virtual site survey came out brilliant. A big advantage is that we can convert the digital site tour into CAD DWG files and produce accurate floor plans so saves a lot of time on site.