# How Suffolk uses OpenSpace

**10X**: “making documentation 10X faster than manual capture”

As published on [openspace.ai](https://www.openspace.ai/resources/case-studies/how-openspace-helps-enhance-collaboration-between-suffolk-and-trade-partners/), March 2020. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-16.

- Company: [Suffolk](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/suffolk.md)
- Tool: [OpenSpace](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/openspace.md)
- Industry: [Construction](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/construction.md)
- Teams: Superintendents, Project team

## What the story says

A Suffolk assistant superintendent walked the Ritz-Carlton Residences site with a hard-hat-mounted 360 camera so images were automatically mapped to project plans. The team used the images and Field Notes to track window wall installation progress and hold trade partners accountable.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of OpenSpace and Suffolk, not ours.

> Sanchez walked the site daily and took up to 76 Field Notes at a time, which he could quickly export into a PDF to share with his team. Images were captured and mapped to the project plans automatically, making documentation 10X faster than manual capture.

> Accountability is critical on a project of this magnitude, and OpenSpace helped me manage that process much more effectively with our trade partners.
>
> Max Sanchez, Assistant Superintendent

Source: [openspace.ai](https://www.openspace.ai/resources/case-studies/how-openspace-helps-enhance-collaboration-between-suffolk-and-trade-partners/), captured 2026-10-16.

> OpenSpace has made a tremendous difference on our projects. It dramatically reduces the time we spend searching for historical conditions—you can access project history with a click instead of scrolling through hours of photos. We’re capturing the project as we build it, which has significantly improved our documentation. It’s a complete tool that we use in countless ways, and it easily saves us 5–8 hours every week.
>
> Javier Varela, Senior Superintendent

Source: [openspace.ai](https://www.openspace.ai/resources/case-studies/suffolks-next-phase-with-openspace/), captured 2026-10-08.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-16.

- Checked: the figure 10X is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Suffolk.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Suffolk.
- Checked: each number in our summary is printed on the page.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: Suffolk uses OpenSpace. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-16.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/suffolk-construction-openspace · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology