Trimble Inc.

"SketchUp is just a toy for hobbyists, not a professional tool."

In 60 seconds, Hariharan Natarajan pushes back on one of design's most persistent misreads. The timer tapped out but Hari didn't. He loves SketchUp.

(Note: no tables were rage-flipped in the making of this video.)

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The floor plan on file is rarely the floor plan in the building. Decades of renovations, undocumented changes, photos that never showed the full picture. The original design and the real structure are almost never the same.

Laser scanning the space puts the two side by side and shows exactly where they part ways. That gap is where the work begins.

Thanks to the RFK Racing team for opening the shop and letting Trimble scan it from the floor up. The technology is only as sharp as the people using it, and this team uses it well.

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Trimble and Document Crunch are working toward the same goal: a construction industry with fewer disputes, made possible by AI that reads contracts and surfaces the risks teams need to stay ahead of.

On The Con Tech Crew, Josh Levy points to safety as the precedent. Jobsite injuries were once written off as part of the job. They are not anymore. Disputes, he believes, can go the same way.

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