There is new technology that is set to completely disrupt the design and development process for commercial real estate. At CREW San Diego's event this week, architects, developers and engineers spoke about the new technologies they are using to today that are changing development. The panel included Pat Fuscoe, founder and CEO at Fuscoe Engineering, Megan Lubaszka regional creative media leader at Gensler, Jason Wood, project principal at Cisterra, Katerina Milovanoska, senior VDC and BIM Manager at Rudolph & Sletten, and moderator Darcy Miramontes, EVP at JLL.

Lubaszka kicked off the event by showing the audience Gensler's virtual reality technology. She brought headgear for the audience to experience virtual reality. Milovanoska, on the other hand, talked about digital 3D models and how those models could be used to conceptualize a project before development. However, the most revolutionary technology came from Fuscoe, who discussed his proprietary patent-pending technology that uses drones to scan a development site with how-powered cameras to produce a 3D model that is within a half-inch of accuracy. Fuscoe says that the technology is one of the most disruptive that he has seen in his 50-year career.