P-Tn has been providing construction documentation for over four decades. We've read a lot of SPECS, and bid a LOT of JOBS! We know it is a challenge to keep specification requirement wording up-to-date - especially with rapidly changing digital technology for both still photography and video recordings. We can help. Contact us directly and ask for a pdf-version of our SPECIFICATION WORDING LIBRARY (or just click here). Use it as a guide or starting point for updating your master ... Read More about Photo & Video SPECIFICATION Wording
P-Tn PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
STEPPING INTO PHOTOGRAPHY My experience of walking down the interior emergency-exit stairway in the south leg of the St. Louis Gateway Arch (a descent of 630 feet from the newly joined keystone at the top), is still a strong memory from one of many job site visits my brother and I made to the landmark with my father, while it was under construction. Remembering that day inside the Arch probably has more impact now than it did when I was actually experiencing it as a teenager. A series of ... Read More about P-Tn PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
CONSTRUCTION SITE MONITORING & SECURITY
P-Tn installed its first ProgressWEBCAM in the 1990's, to record Time-lapse of construction of an Overland Park Office Building for DiCarlo General Contractors. The technology has advanced rapidly since that first unit, and we continue to provide this valuable site-monitoring tool, now in 720-dpi resolution, browser-based viewing, wireless internet, Pan-Tilt-Zoom user controls, multi-view image archiving, and quality/edited Time-lapse Videos of construction. And we can deliver a turn-key ... Read More about CONSTRUCTION SITE MONITORING & SECURITY
The SPOOL Machine
1.) What is a SPOOL MACHINE, anyway? View VIDEO! ...and this NEW VIDEO Clip! ... and 2.) what does it have to do with photography? 1.) It's a motorized piece of equipment that permits RE-spooling of all types of electrical (and other) wire from BULK rolls to job-sized SPOOLS. Obviously, you gain big savings on wire purchasing. (BROCHURE) 2.) Well ... NOTHING, frankly. We have a business relationship with the manufacturer, who also produces some of our ProgressWEBCAM & ... Read More about The SPOOL Machine
iPlanTables Interactive Workstations
Let's get to the point about iPlanTables Interactive Workstations and how they CUT COSTS for today's businesses. Let's be honest ... PAPER SLOWS THINGS DOWN! What is your cost of printing, plotting, and document storage? Download this CUT COSTS flier, and we'll boil it down. Give us a call to answer questions, or arrange for an in-office demonstration. Download the latest full P-Tn/iPlanTables brochure right HERE! P-Tn is your CONNECTION to iPlanTables Wide-format Interactive ... Read More about iPlanTables Interactive Workstations
MARKETING
Marketing photography means many things to many people. Our clients, most of whom are contractors, engineers, and architects, are often in need of interior or exterior views of completed projects - this is where our marketing photography is focused. Think about the value of professional photographs of your projects; just A FEW GOOD PICS! A creative fee applies to the on-location photography, then we post the images we create to an Online PROOFING WebGALLERY for your review, and to make ... Read More about MARKETING
OWNER TRAINING CLOSEOUT app
You must view our unique LINKINGapp deliverable for P-Tn OWNER TRAINING SESSION Recordings! We use our unique LINKINGapp approach for delivering videos of Mechanical System Owner Training Sessions, which makes for a quality deliverable to close out any project – something that will be valuable and useful to the Owner’s Facility Management personnel for many years to come. A cell phone is NOT the method of choice to record Owner Training Demonstrations. You may be pleasantly surprised to ... Read More about OWNER TRAINING CLOSEOUT app
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
We'd like to do a little promotion for one of our many clients - Amino Brothers. Heavy Highway Construction is their field of expertise, including earthwork, utilities, concrete & asphalt paving operations. Located in Kansas City, Kansas, Amino has been around longer than P-Tn - SEVENTY YEARS, but only recently decided to add a website to their marketing and promotional efforts. Wish I could say that P-Tn built the site, but we did not. In the end, we provided photography, and a bit of ... Read More about WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
INSPECTIONS
STRUCTURE Inspections are a common requirement now for utility work like sanitary sewer and storm drainage improvement projects in residential or commercial & industrial areas. Site inspections can be valuable insurance in many other situations, as well. For over 50 years, P-Tn has been in the business of inspections ... recording on film, digital, or video formats our inspection of field conditions prior to, during, and after completion of construction. These records document existing ... Read More about INSPECTIONS
TIME-LAPSE
P-Tn ProgressWEBCAM Systems create Time-lapse VIDEOS of construction processes and entire builds. To see more P-Tn Time-Lapse VIDEOS, make a selection from the list below, and click to view! The ‘other’ reason for utilizing a P-Tn ProgressWEBCAM Site-Monitoring System on your construction project site is to have our team create a marketing quality Time-Lapse VIDEO of the entire build. In addition to the advantages of gaining online access to daily captured PICS of the job site, and ... Read More about TIME-LAPSE
SOLAR TRAILERS
Our ProgressWEBCAM Site Monitoring Systems are often deployed using our Solar Trailer Units, providing a rapid and convenient approach for deploying to your site. A small-footprint trailer that is solar powered, ready for mounting of our ProgressWEBCAM at virtually any location on your project or development site . . . or any site that demands remote monitoring. Wireless broadband and our programming provide 24/7-365 viewing of your site, infrared viewing at night, motion detection, and ... Read More about SOLAR TRAILERS
WEBCAMS
P-Tn installed its first ProgressWEBCAM in the 1990’s, to record Time-lapse of construction of an Overland Park Office Building for DiCarlo General Contractors. The technology has advanced rapidly since that first unit, and we continue to provide this valuable site-monitoring tool, now in 1080 and 720-dpi resolution, browser-based viewing, wireless internet, Pan-Tilt-Zoom user controls, multi-view image archiving, and quality/edited Time-lapse Videos of construction. And we can deliver a ... Read More about WEBCAMS