Generation and plant facilities
Turbine halls, boiler and pump rooms, control buildings, and balance-of-plant captured as a navigable record for outage planning, operator familiarization, and engineering reference between site visits.
Utilities, industrial and energy lane
360 photo virtual tours for utilities.
360 Vid documents generation plants, water and wastewater treatment works, substations, and transmission infrastructure as navigable 360 photo tours for operations, contractor onboarding, and regulatory records. For critical infrastructure we deliver them air-gapped and on-premise, so facility imagery never leaves your network. This is a scoped capital pilot, where your data-residency policy, not the price, decides the vendor.
- Air-gapped no-cloud option
- ISN registered
- Eco-friendly
Insured$5M CGL and E&O
WCB coveredAlberta and Saskatchewan
ISN registeredContractor prequalified
Highest quality in CanadaPremium capture grade
What a utility tour earns
One capture, working across operations, onboarding, and the compliance record.
Canada runs roughly 156 GW of generating capacity across more than 800 power stations and over 160,000 km of transmission line, alongside some 3,342 water treatment and 4,126 wastewater facilities on a water network whose replacement value Statistics Canada placed near $963 billion. A 360 photo tour of a power plant, treatment works, substation, or transmission yard is a navigable, dated record your operations, HSE, regulatory, and engineering teams reuse across the asset lifecycle, from a single field capture on a live, regulated facility.
Treatment and processing
Water and wastewater treatment trains, filtration galleries, clarifiers, and pump stations documented so distributed teams can walk the process and brief crews without standing on the floor.
Substations and transmission infrastructure
Switchyards, control houses, and transmission and distribution assets recorded as a dated as-built, supporting outage coordination, remote review, and a defensible record of the asset as it stands.
Contractor and worker onboarding
New crews and visiting contractors walk the facility from a hazard-aware tour before they arrive, learning layout, access routes, and restricted zones, so orientation does not eat a tight outage window.
Regulatory and compliance records
A dated, navigable as-built that supports regulatory reporting, audits, permit evidence, and emergency planning, so the facility record reflects what is actually installed, not a drawing set that has drifted.
Air-gapped no-cloud delivery
The same navigable record delivered on-premise, single-tenant, with no public-internet dependency, for critical-infrastructure sites whose information-security policy forbids facility imagery on any third-party cloud.
Where your data lives
Critical infrastructure stays on your network.
Canada's Cyber Centre assesses operational technology, the control systems that run the grid and the treatment plant, as the priority target for actors who want to disrupt electricity and water, and names ransomware as the most significant cyber threat to the reliable supply of water. For a generation plant, a treatment works, or a substation, the first qualifying question is therefore where the imagery lives and who can reach it. We answer it plainly: an on-premise, no-cloud, single-tenant tour your utility owns outright, with no public-internet dependency, so imagery of security-sensitive infrastructure never leaves your controlled network. This is the wedge a cloud-only 3D platform structurally cannot match.
Major utility operators already gate vendors through formal contractor prequalification, ISNetworld among them, before anyone reaches a live site. We are direct about our posture. We are ISN registered (ISNetworld), insured with $5M CGL and E&O, and WCB covered in Alberta and Saskatchewan. We do not currently hold COR or SECOR certification, and we will not claim a prequalification we cannot evidence. To keep our footprint on a live, regulated facility small, we scope the work from a recorded remote walkthrough first, then mobilize a Canadian field crew only against an agreed plan. Air-gap is offered factually, as a capability for the sites that require it, never as fear-selling.
See our procurement and data-residency detailsAir-gapped 360 Vid delivery
- On-premise, no cloud, no internet dependency
- Full data ownership, single tenant
- Canadian data residency, ISN registered, insured
- Scoped from a remote walkthrough to minimise site footprint
Cloud-only platforms
- Imagery lives on a third-party cloud
- No local or on-premise hosting offered
- Multi-tenant, cannot meet a no-cloud policy
- Inherits point-cloud dropout on switchgear and steel
Who we build for
Four roles at the utility, four reasons to call.
Each starts from a different search and a different budget line, and each clears the same two gates most photo vendors never address: safety prequalification and a data-residency answer.
Operations and asset integrity lead
"utility facility as-built 360 documentation" Keep a dated, navigable record of the plant or station as it actually stands for outage planning and remote review, when drawings drift and teams are distributed.
HSE and safety lead
"contractor onboarding virtual tour utility" Brief every new crew on layout, access, and restricted zones before they arrive, so orientation stops eating a live, regulated facility's tight outage schedule.
Regulatory and compliance officer
"regulatory compliance facility documentation" With over a tenth of Canada's water infrastructure rated poor or very poor and much of the pipe built before 1970, hold a dated, navigable as-built that supports reporting, audits, and permit evidence, so the record reflects the installed facility rather than a stale drawing set.
Procurement and contracts
"on-premise no-cloud virtual tour critical infrastructure" With the national cyber-threat picture focused on utility control systems, clear the corporate security and IT gate with a documented on-premise, single-tenant, air-gapped option, with Canadian data residency, no cloud-only vendor can supply.
See the quality, live in 360Two public showcase tours you can explore now. Utility captures are shown privately, under NDA where needed.
How the capability fits
From a remote scope to a documented facility you own.
Utility work is slow, documented, and defensible, so we run it that way. We settle data residency and safety prequalification up front, prove value on a bounded pilot, and only expand if the pilot earns the rollout.
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Remote scoping first
We scope from a recorded walkthrough before anyone mobilizes, so the footprint on a live, regulated facility stays minimal and mobilization and travel cost stay low.
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Pilot, then expand
A bounded capital pilot on one plant, station, or process area proves the format and the security posture before a multi-site, multi-phase utility program.
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Air-gapped if required
Where information-security policy forbids cloud imagery, we deliver on-premise, single-tenant, with no public-internet dependency, Canadian data residency, and full data ownership.
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Onboard, document, maintain
Hazard-aware onboarding, a dated regulatory and compliance record, and recapture as the facility changes, tied into a Navisworks or BIM model you already own.
Oil and gas, power, and mining share the same security posture and the same data-residency answer. See the full industrial and energy lane
Scoped, not a fixed package
A capital pilot, scoped to your facility.
This is not the $7,000 commercial floor and it is not a photo package. A full utility documentation program is scoped through procurement across multiple sites and phases, and those engagements are lumpy and rare rather than closed off a web form. So most utility work starts as a bounded pilot that proves value before any rollout.
Defined pilot
From $500,000
A bounded scope on one plant, station, or process area to prove value before you commit to a program.
- As-built, onboarding, and compliance scope
- Air-gapped, on-premise option
- ISN registered, insured, WCB covered
Full facility program
By scope
A phased program across a full facility or asset portfolio once the pilot earns the rollout.
- Multi-site, multi-phase, phased around operations
- Engineering and Navisworks complement
- Data residency your way, on-premise or hosted
Remote scoping first
Low impact
Scope before we mobilize, so a live, regulated facility carries the least possible disruption.
- Scope from a recorded walkthrough
- Minimal footprint on a live facility
- Lower mobilization and travel cost, green and low-carbon by default
Starting posture, not a quote. We confirm final scope and price in a qualified call, with safety prequalification and data residency settled up front. See our procurement and data-residency detail
Questions
Utility questions.
Can a utility tour be delivered without the cloud, air-gapped, with Canadian data residency?
Yes. We deliver an on-premise, single-tenant, air-gapped 360 photo tour with no public-internet dependency, so imagery of security-sensitive infrastructure never leaves your controlled network. It suits generation, transmission, and treatment facilities whose information-security policy forbids imagery on a third-party cloud. For hosted work we keep Canadian data residency. The cloud-only 3D platforms structurally cannot match it; Matterport publicly states it offers no local or on-premise hosting. We offer air-gap as a capability for the sites that require it, never as fear-selling.
What utility facilities can you document?
Generation and plant facilities, including turbine halls, boiler and pump rooms, and control buildings; water and wastewater treatment and processing works, part of an installed base of roughly 3,342 water and 4,126 wastewater facilities nationally; and substations and transmission and distribution infrastructure across a grid of more than 160,000 km of transmission line. Each becomes a navigable, dated 360 photo record used for operations and outage planning, contractor and worker onboarding, regulatory and compliance evidence, emergency planning, and capital scoping, all from a single field capture. Touring utility facilities in 360 is established sector practice, large operators such as Hydro-Quebec already publish immersive 360 facility experiences and run public generating-station tours, and we bring the format to operational and compliance use under your security policy.
How do you minimise impact on a live, regulated facility?
We scope the work from a recorded remote walkthrough first, then plan tightly so on-site time is short and low-impact on a facility that never stops. We mobilize a Canadian field crew only against an agreed plan, work to your contractor and HSE program, and stay escort-ready for restricted zones, PPE rules, and access control.
Are you ISN registered and insured? Do you hold COR or SECOR?
We are ISN registered (ISNetworld), carry $5M CGL and E&O insurance, and are WCB covered in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and our crews are escort-ready for site orientation and PPE rules. We are direct about what we do not hold: we do not currently carry COR or SECOR certification, and we will not claim a prequalification we cannot evidence. If your site requires a specific program, tell us in scoping and we will confirm fit before any mobilization.
What does a utility pilot cost, and how does it expand?
Utility work is a scoped capital pilot, not a photo package. Pilots start at $500,000 for a bounded scope on one plant, station, or process area. A full multi-site documentation program is scoped by facility and phase, and those engagements are rare and lumpy, scoped through procurement rather than closed off a web form. The pilot proves the format and the security posture before any rollout, and we confirm final scope and price in a qualified call.
How does a 360 as-built record support compliance and audits?
A dated, navigable 360 record captures the facility exactly as it stands, so it supports regulatory reporting, audits, permit evidence, and emergency planning without sending teams back to the floor. It complements rather than replaces a millimetre-accurate engineering point cloud, which is a separate specialized deliverable, and we can tie a 360 walk into a Navisworks or BIM model you already own.
For utility operators and their contractors
Scope an industrial pilot.
Run a bounded 360 documentation pilot at one plant, station, or process area, with the air-gapped, on-premise, single-tenant option for critical-infrastructure sites. We scope from a remote walkthrough, bring an ISN registered Canadian field crew, and answer the data-residency question before the first capture.