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Consultant demonstrates digital "smart twin" capture of Grand Island High School and town assets

5964068 · October 20, 2025
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Summary

Arc Strategic founder Chris Yelena demonstrated a 3-D mapping and "smart digital twin" platform that the company says can digitize Grand Island assets (including Grand Island High School) for security, emergency response, asset management and planning. Board members asked follow-up questions and agreed to meet with town staff to explore the idea.

Chris Yelena, founder of Arc Strategic, told the Grand Island Town Board that his company digitally captured Grand Island High School and can create an interactive 3-D model and "smart digital twin" of town-owned buildings and public assets.

In a presentation, Yelena described a platform that combines drone imagery, interior lidar scans and AI-driven annotations to produce a shareable model with measured accuracy. "We digitally capture Grand Island High School with a partner of ours," he said, and added that the firm's capture produced about 3,300 drone images and a 3-D model of a…

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