Looq AI Users Showcase Transformative Speed and Precision in Critical Infrastructure Workflows Ahead of 2026 Looq User Conference

Looq AI, an innovator in ground-based reality capture for surveying, engineering, and utilities, today announced the winners of its inaugural "Looq Once Capture Everything" Video Challenge. The competition recognized users who developed innovative and impactful workflows utilizing the Looq Platform to achieve unprecedented speed, precision, and efficiency in field data collection and engineering analysis.

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"Looq Once Capture Everything" Video Challenge winners, highlighting Qualus (Best Showcase) and Accurate Surveying & Mapping (Coolest Project). | Image Courtesy Looq AI

The winners and runners-up across two major categories demonstrated the transformative power of Looq AI's sub-centimeter 3D photogrammetric data in essential infrastructure, urban planning, and historic preservation.

“Judging the Looq AI awards is truly a privilege. These innovators demonstrate their creativity and technical mastery redefining artificial intelligence by setting new standards for excellence, responsibility, and inspirational transformation across industries,” said Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director and President, Specialty Publishing Media.

“This competition highlights something we see every day from our users—the moment you put the right data in people’s hands, they redefine what’s possible,” said Dominique Meyer, CEO and Co-Founder of Looq AI. “The winning teams didn’t just improve existing workflows; they proved that survey-grade, ground-based reality capture can unlock entirely new ways of working across engineering, utilities, and preservation. Their achievements represent the future of field data intelligence.”

Best Showcase Category: Defining New Professional Workflows

This category highlighted projects that established a new standard for efficiency and affordability in engineering and utility workflows.

• WINNER: Qualus (formerly Aquawolf) [Link] — Qualus achieved high precision and affordability in critical infrastructure analysis. By integrating Looq’s sub-centimeter 3D photogrammetric data with the structural engineering power of Bentley’s PLS-CADD, they created an automated, cost-effective workflow proving they could reduce pole modeling time by over 60% and ensured superior, defensible structural assessments for a major western utility.

• RUNNER-UP: HNTB [Link] — HNTB earned recognition for achieving striking efficiency in non-disruptive reality capture within dense urban and subterranean environments (street and subway levels). Their rapid, ground-based data collection methodology delivered high-resolution, geo-referenced captures to engineering teams, drastically reducing time on-site and minimizing public impact compared to traditional survey methods.

Coolest Project Category: High-Impact and Novel Applications

This category celebrates the platform's versatility in addressing novel or particularly challenging applications with high-impact results.

• WINNER: Accurate Surveying & Mapping [Link] — Preserving history, Accurate Surveying & Mapping secured Idaho’s first survey-grade digital twin of the historic Goff’s Hall in the remote Soldier Ghost Town. The team used a hybrid capture workflow (drone, Looq qCam, GPS) to create a precise, highly detailed 3D model, providing foundational data for the landmark’s long-term restoration and preservation planning.

• RUNNER-UP: Knight Engineering & Construction (KEC) [Link] — KEC successfully conducted a rapid, high-accuracy riverbank assessment. Deploying the Looq qCam, the team quickly generated models to identify and analyze slope failures and unstable ground conditions, enabling accelerated design and risk mitigation for a critical restoration project in North Texas.

Notable Projects Advancing Field Data Intelligence

The competition saw strong participation, underscoring the Looq Platform’s versatility across various engineering disciplines:

• Engineering Partners, Inc. (EPI) [Link] — EPI set a critical new service-level benchmark by using the Looq Platform to deliver full, structural-grade pole loading data to Southern California Edison (SCE) within 24 hours of field capture, drastically accelerating compliance and infrastructure project timelines.

• Feldman Geospatial [Link] — Feldman Geospatial completed a detailed subsurface utility and topographic survey in the high-profile, high-traffic environment of Boston’s iconic Faneuil Hall. Their combined workflow utilizing Looq's rapid terrestrial photogrammetry alongside traditional Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) methods delivered enhanced data integrity, speed, and safety.

• Knight Engineering & Construction (KEC) [Link] — KEC showcased the Looq Platform's business advantage by capturing over 40 miles of civil infrastructure data in three days, enabling immediate and confident decision-making that resulted in securing a major Right-of-Way contract within 48 hours.

• McElhanney [Link] — Following the 2024 Jasper wildfire, McElhanney used the Looq Platform to rapidly support Parks Canada’s property boundary restoration work, capturing four downtown areas in four hours to produce the precise, geo-referenced point clouds required for efficient rebuilding and asset verification.

Join the Celebration: Looq User Conference 2026

May 5–7, 2026 | Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA

The winning and runner-up teams, along with other industry innovators, will be recognized for their achievements at the upcoming Looq User Conference.

Industry professionals are invited to join for several focused days in San Diego to learn, connect, and explore advanced workflows directly with peers, the Looq engineering team, and strategic partners. For more information on the Looq User Conference, visit https://looq.ai/user-conference/.

Looq extends its sincere thanks to the expert panel of judges and the Looq Ambassadors for their valuable time and expertise in evaluating the impressive submissions and recognizing the true pioneers in digital fieldwork transformation. A complete list of judges, judging criteria, and prize details is available on the official challenge webpage at https://looq.ai/looqchallenge/.

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Image Caption: "Looq Once Capture Everything" Video Challenge winners, highlighting Qualus (Best Showcase) and Accurate Surveying & Mapping (Coolest Project).

About Looq AI

Looq AI is a high-growth technology platform company dedicated to advancing critical infrastructure digitization and diagnosis. The company has developed a fundamental new camera technology that makes survey-grade 3D capture cost-effective at scale. The Looq Platform is a handheld, ground-based capture system—offering creation, visualization, analysis, collaboration, and integration capabilities to digitize the built world. Users work more efficiently and get accurate results for topographic mapping and modeling of transmission and distribution assets. Learn more at looq.ai.

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“Judging the Looq AI awards is truly a privilege," said Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director and President, Specialty Publishing Media.