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The week our site scanner went down and we had to go back to paper

Last Tuesday, the main server for our 3D site scanner crashed hard. We're building a 12-story apartment block in Denver, and for three days, we couldn't get any new scans. The foreman pulled out the old paper plot plans and a couple of us had to manually verify every footing location. We measured over 150 points by hand with a tape and a laser. It was slow, and we caught two small errors the scanner would have flagged instantly. Honestly, it made me appreciate the tech way more. Has anyone else had a major tool failure that sent you back to the old ways?
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gonzalez.vera
Wow, that's brutal. So you actually found errors the old way that the tech missed? That's wild. Makes you wonder, right? Like @finley_wells66 called it torture, but was it worth it for catching those mistakes? Do you think you'll double-check the scanner's work more often now, or just trust it again?
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finley_wells66
Manually verify every footing location" sounds like a new kind of torture.
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