// COMPANY DOSSIER
Smarter Spaces Inc.
Halifax-based reality-capture firm that uses mobile 2D/3D LiDAR laser scanning to produce as-built drawings, 3D/BIM models, virtual tours, and construction QA/QC verification, plus fire-safety plans and evacuation mapping for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
📍 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaEst. 2016✓ 100% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM Smarter Spaces Inc.
“if we can generate value for you internally and externally through marketing or helping you pick materials”
“I think its a borderline scam its a marketing word”
“I could see in like even 10 years that AR glasses become very popular on construction sites”
“theyre in my apartment building now ripping up a lot of the ceilings and the floors”
“we have the luxury of being able to hit control Z and undoing like they cant undo anything”
“it was strange because it wasnt actually because we didnt have enough work”
“there could be a company where you say okay they make 50 million in revenue”
“we dont give out 3D models because we dont want people basically ripping them off”
“theyre all local like everyone that we have doing contract work lives in Halifax or Dartmouth”
// LESSONS FROM Smarter Spaces Inc.
Lay off when the job mix shifts, not just when work dries up; you can be slammed yet have nothing delegable.
Keep specialized contractors local so you can fix their equipment same-day and avoid week-long downtime.
Track adjacent tech even when it doesn't apply yet; new tool updates compound tiny per-unit time savings at scale.
Scan concrete slabs and pipe runs as they go up; catching dips early beats ripping out finished floors later.
Shell-model over imported Revit geometry rather than rendering it; CAD/Revit meshes are buggy and break materials and lighting.
Ask clients for everything, even files that seem irrelevant; assuming missing details forces costly rework.
// SELECTED PROJECTS
Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre 3D scan
Completed3D laser scanning to generate updated blueprints replacing outdated originals after the building's acquisition by George Armoyan's Armco Capital
The discrete scanning deliverable was completed in/around 2019; the building's broader Armco-led arts/culture-hub redevelopment is a separate, longer-running project. Smarter Spaces' first-party portfolio page for this project (smarterspaces.ca/portfolio_page/halifax-world-trade-convetion-centre-3/) is now 404 after a site rebuild, so this fact rests on the live primary-press source.
// KEY PEOPLE
// NOTABLE
Received a $321,000 loan from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) in 2019 to hire staff and grow; reported eight employees at the time.
SOURCE ▸Founders Colin Gillis and Dan MacIntosh state they retain full ownership of the company they founded in 2016 (rebranded from predecessor IPECC).
SOURCE ▸Markets itself as celebrating 10 years (2016-2026) and positions as a Canada-wide reality-capture, existing-conditions and fire-safety planning provider rooted in Halifax.
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