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IPECC (Initiate, Plan, Execute, Control, Close)
Halifax-based project management and relocation-planning firm co-founded by Colin Gillis and Dan MacIntosh. In 2016 the founders evolved the practice toward 3D LiDAR scanning and reality capture, which continues today as Smarter Spaces Inc.
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World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC) as-built scan
Completed3D scanning and drawing production (performed by successor company Smarter Spaces, not IPECC)
Smarter Spaces spent four days scanning the WTCC after its purchase by George Armoyan's Armco Capital, producing a fresh set of drawings to replace outdated blueprints. This is a Smarter Spaces project; no comparable project is verifiable under the IPECC name.
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In 2016 IPECC's co-founders Colin Gillis and Dan MacIntosh pivoted the firm into 3D laser scanning and relaunched it as Smarter Spaces Inc., its operating successor.
SOURCE ▸The successor company Smarter Spaces received a CAD $321,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), announced August 11, 2019, to fund expansion beyond Halifax.
SOURCE ▸The successor company Smarter Spaces remains active in 2026, marketing '2016-2026 - Celebrating 10 Years' on its Halifax-based website.
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