Most companies start with an idea. Acensium started with a problem.
In the early 2000s, heavy industrial projects were being designed and executed using drawings that were often outdated, incomplete, or flat-out wrong. Engineers and operators were expected to make high-risk decisions based on assumptions instead of reality. The result was predictable: scope creep, safety exposure, schedule overruns, and expensive rework.
Acensium was founded in 2003 in Denver, Colorado to change that reality.
From day one, Acensium positioned itself as an industry-focused engineering and intellectual services provider, not a consulting firm detached from execution. The company built deep expertise supporting power generation, steel manufacturing, textile operations, and bulk material handling systems across the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest United States.
A major focus quickly emerged: engineering risk management, particularly in environments where combustible dust, aging infrastructure, and complex material handling systems created serious operational hazards.
Rather than treating risk as a paperwork exercise, Acensium embedded risk management into the entire project lifecycle. Planning began at project initiation. Risk identification and assessment followed early. Execution was supported by constant, detail-oriented monitoring and control to account for changing site conditions and previously unknown risks.
This approach worked. Projects ran safer. Decisions improved. Clients gained confidence.
But one limitation remained.
As retrofit and expansion work increased, Acensium encountered the same obstacle again and again: the drawings did not match the field.
Brownfield industrial sites evolve over decades. Equipment gets moved. Structural members are modified. Utilities are rerouted. Yet drawings rarely keep up. Engineers were being asked to design critical systems without a reliable baseline of what actually existed.
Acensium’s answer was practical, not theoretical.
They began integrating 3D laser scanning directly into engineering workflows, initially as an internal tool to validate conditions before designing transfer chutes, structural reinforcements, and retrofit solutions. The impact was immediate. Engineers could measure millimeter-accurate geometry from their desks. Design assumptions disappeared. Risk dropped.
Clients took notice and began asking for the same capability on their own projects.
That demand led directly to the formation of AsBuilt.
AsBuilt was created as a dedicated division of Acensium to solve a very specific problem: the lack of accurate, trustworthy as-built data in industrial environments.
The name is literal. AsBuilt delivers plans and models that reflect facilities exactly as they exist today, not as they once did on paper.
By applying industrial-grade reality capture workflows, AsBuilt enables project teams to start with truth. Laser scans are captured at extremely high resolution and converted into usable 3D models, 2D drawings, and visualization assets that support engineering, construction, and long-term asset management.
Since inception, Acensium and AsBuilt have completed over 4,000,000 laser scans, processed more than 3,800 terabytes of data, and modeled over 25 million objects, including single models exceeding 340,000 objects
This scale did not come from experimentation. It came from years of executing in real plants, mills, and facilities where accuracy matters.
AsBuilt’s mission is clear:
To empower project leaders with the tools and insights they need to excel in retrofit projects.
The vision is equally direct:
A future where reliance on traditional drawings is obsolete, and 3D visualization is standard across industrial and construction projects.
Underneath that vision are core beliefs that have remained consistent from Acensium’s earliest days:
The goal is not technology for its own sake. The goal is giving engineers, designers, and project managers confidence in their decisions and pride in their work.
Both Acensium and AsBuilt operate in environments where safety is non-negotiable. That reality shapes how teams are trained, deployed, and managed.
AsBuilt requires over 80 hours of safety training for new hires during probation, conducts weekly safety reviews, and performs Job Safety Briefings at the start of each shift and whenever site conditions change.
The company undergoes regular third-party compliance audits through Browz, ISNetworld, and Avetta, and tailors safety programs to each client’s site requirements.
That discipline shows in results. AsBuilt’s Experience Modification Rate (EMR) improved from 0.54 to 0.53, well below industry averages, reflecting strong safety performance.
AsBuilt carries industry-qualifying insurance designed to support large industrial projects, including:
This coverage reflects the environments in which the company operates and the level of responsibility it assumes on behalf of clients.
Today, AsBuilt is headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, with reality capture technicians positioned across the Southeast and expansion underway to support national demand. But the company’s foundation remains unchanged.
Everything starts in the field. Everything is validated against reality. Everything is built to help clients reduce risk, save time, and make better decisions.
Acensium and AsBuilt were not created to chase trends. They were built to solve problems that engineers face every day. That is why they exist. And that is why they continue to grow.
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