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Looking up "Our company has grown tremendously the past two years. It's amazing how many people need good data." – Diana Dietz, LaZerCad Cindy Young, ULTA: Being with a high gross retailer, the challenge is to keep everybody's eyes on the big picture. We have more than 60 stores in some phase of construction, whether it's a new store, a remodel or a relocation that must be done before the end of the season – Thanksgiving. At the same time, I have another 80-plus stores that are in some stage of preconstruction. They are scheduled to open in '14, '15 or '16. We're already starting to plan these. We're trying to keep construction focused on projects that haven't started, yet we have all these projects to fnish. I have real estate teams looking for new projects, but I need them to fnish the deals that already have been approved. I try to keep everybody working together so that we can keep the ball rolling. Diana Dietz, LaZerCAD: It is kind of twofold. Our company has grown tremendously the past two years. It's amazing how many people need good data. Our challenge and focus has really been to drive the technology that's going to enhance the accessibility to that data. We have found the value in shortening construction time. We originally started having about a two- to three-day turnaround from 52 when you got your data in the feld, and that was usually delivered to your FTP site or whatever database you had. Ours is cloud-based, so it's changed things. Take a 7-Eleven. They now utilize the technology to do their sidewalks, so it's enhanced their ability to see their sites on an iPad live. We're continuing to build the technology that's going to add that value. Sukey: The quality you get is always wrong, and it's hard to survey. You always have surprises when you make promises. There's always ceiling tiles and overhead problems. Why don't they use services like yours to update their as-built? Dietz: We have a lot of real estate companies interested in the technology. But there tends to be a little bit more push back because there's a lot of red tape when it comes to malls. I think they're behind the times, so they get reluctant. Sukey: Some of the challenge we go through with our planning is that you don't get accurate drawings. CommerCial ConstruCtion & renovation — September : OctOber 2013