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The client loves the scheme, then asks what the facade looks like in brick instead of stone, and the meeting stalls because the only honest answer is "let me render that and get back to you." Every architect knows that stall.&nbsp;
At AEC+Tech, we've watched the AEC tools we cover get very good at making the picture look real. What's changing now is where that picture sits in the process, moving from documentation into the decision itself.&nbsp;
For most of the last decade, progress in architectural visualization has been measured in image quality. Physically accurate lighting, richer material systems, and real-time ray tracing have closed much of the gap between a render and a photograph. What used to count as exceptional is now the baseline clients expect.
Rendering has improved fast. One part of the workflow has barely moved.
Design reviews still lean on static images, pre-rendered animations, and fixed camera paths. Those outputs record decisions well enough, but they sit outside the conversation. The moment a meeting turns toward a different material, a new lighting condition, or an alternate scheme, the presentation stalls while someone prepares fresh visuals elsewhere.
That gap matters more as practice becomes more collaborative. Clients, consultants, engineers, and developers now weigh in across the whole design process, not only at the end. Meetings have turned into working sessions where decisions take shape in the room. The way architecture gets presented has to keep up with that.
So visualization is starting to play a different part. Beyond the final picture, it is becoming a medium for discussion, comparison, and decisions made on the spot. The next step forward may be interaction as much as realism.
Every architect knows the moment a client asks to see it another way and the room goes quiet waiting on new visuals. D5 says 3.1 closes that gap, and will <a href="https://www.d5render.com/webinars/whats-new-in-d5-3-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prove it live on July 21</a>
<h2 dir="ltr">Answer "Can We See It Another Way?" On the Spot&nbsp;</h2>
This is the thinking behind <a href="https://bit.ly/d5-3-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">D5 3.1.</a>
Plenty of tools compete on how convincing the picture looks. Fewer ask what happens to it once a room full of stakeholders starts pushing back.&nbsp;
The release starts from a practical question: how does visualization stay useful once the meeting starts?
D5's answer is Interactive Presentation, a workflow that lets architects organize a review like a slide deck while keeping the live project open behind it.
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Instead of preparing several image sets or separate animations ahead of time, teams can move between design schemes, materials, lighting, weather, viewpoints, and object visibility inside a single presentation. A question that used to interrupt the review can be explored right away. Real-time scene switching runs through slides and 3D triggers, so the flow of the meeting holds together.
The presentation becomes a working space for the design, one the team can steer as the discussion moves.
<h2 dir="ltr">Let Clients Walk the Space Before It Exists&nbsp;</h2>
Interactive Presentation sits inside a wider set of tools aimed at making review more interactive and easier to adapt to the room.
Stereoscopic Panorama brings depth-aware panoramic views to VR, which helps clients and project teams read scale, materials, and how spaces relate to one another. Better VR navigation and controller handling make VR walkthroughs steady enough for everyday reviews rather than occasional demos.
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Spatial Tour has moved along too, with faster scene generation, smoother transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces, and dollhouse views that make it simpler to move through a complicated project.
These tools sit alongside still renders and animations and widen the options, so a team can pick the right way to explore a design based on the audience, the project stage, and what the review needs to settle.
<h2 dir="ltr">Start Seeing the Design the Moment You Model It&nbsp;</h2>
The quality of any review depends on everything that happens before it.
As visualization gets pulled deeper into design work, architects increasingly want to test ideas while those ideas are still moving, instead of waiting for documentation to finish. In that sense, presentation begins earlier than the slide deck. It begins when a team first tries out form, light, material, atmosphere, and how a space feels to move through.
In practice, the visual thinking usually happens long before anyone opens presentation software, and tools have been slow to meet designers there.&nbsp;
That continuity reaches past D5 Render itself. After its earlier <a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/sketchup">SketchUp</a> release, D5 Lite now works inside Rhino and <a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/revit">Revit</a>, bringing real-time visualization into more of the tools architects already use. Designers can preview materials, lighting, and visual direction without leaving the modeling environment, which supports quicker exploration during concept work, massing studies, facade development, and iterative testing.
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D5 Lite is built for that early work, making design decisions more visual from the start. When a project needs higher-end imagery, animation, or an interactive presentation, the work carries on into D5 Render. Paired with Cloud Collaboration, distributed teams can review and share work with less reliance on manual file swaps or local hardware, which keeps things continuous from concept through client review.
<h2 dir="ltr">Photoreal That Holds Up When Clients Look Closely&nbsp;</h2>
As presentations get more interactive, the visuals behind them matter even more. A live scene only works if it holds up when someone leans in.
D5 Render 3.1 adds a set of production-focused improvements that strengthen realism while keeping real-time response.&nbsp;
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The move to an ACEScg working color space brings in a production-grade color pipeline, the kind used in film and visual effects, which improves color consistency across visualization and post-production. HeightField Tracing gives displacement materials richer surface relief without adding geometric weight, so brick, stone, and timber keep convincing physical depth even in large scenes.
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Landscape work gains more nuance through Seasonal Vegetation, which lets foliage and branch structure change by date and previews a full year of a planting scheme in one scene. A run of smaller refinements rounds it out, including Custom Pivot, MeasureLine, improved City Generator controls, smarter Auto Exposure, and wider Gaussian Splatting support. Each one trims repetitive adjustments and keeps production moving.
It adds up to one point. An interactive presentation is only as good as the rendering underneath it, and that rendering has to hold both fidelity and speed at once.
<h2 dir="ltr">From Better Images to Better Decisions&nbsp;</h2>
Architectural visualization has spent years chasing realism. That work continues, though realism on its own no longer defines the field.
As projects get more collaborative, the ability to move between options, respond to feedback, and explain a design in context is becoming just as important. Presentations are becoming part of the design process itself.
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D5 3.1 reflects that direction. It builds presentation into the design work, making visualization a place where ideas can be explored, compared, and refined with the people in the room.
Whether this turns out to be the next phase of the discipline is still an open question. The goal is clearly shifting, from producing better images toward better conversations about the work.
The biggest change in D5 3.1 sits outside the render itself. Visualization now stays in play through the whole conversation, long after the image is done.
<h2 dir="ltr">See it live&nbsp;</h2>
D5 will demonstrate the 3.1 workflow in a live webinar on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, hosted by Jeff Espinoza, D5's Director of Customer Success and Services. The session covers D5 Lite for Rhino and Revit, Interactive Presentation, VR review, Stereoscopic Panorama, ACEScg, HeightField Tracing, and Seasonal Vegetation.
You can register using&nbsp;<a href="https://www.d5render.com/webinars/whats-new-in-d5-3-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this webinar page</a>, and anyone who registers but cannot attend will receive access to the recording.
To learn more about D5 Render, visit their <a href="../../../tools/d5-render" target="_blank" rel="noopener">page on aec+tech&nbsp;</a>or explore the latest features on the official <a class="_ymio1r31 _ypr0glyw _zcxs1o36 _mizu194a _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _ect4ttxp _syaz13af _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj13af _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l313af _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h12zz _10531ra0 _1ien1ra0 _n0fx1ra0 _1vhv17z1" title="https://www.d5render.com/" href="https://www.d5render.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">D5 Render website</a>.
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Niknaz Aftahi is the founder of AEC+Tech. This article was produced with materials from D5 as part of a partnership, and independently edited for the AEC+Tech community.
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D5 3.1 Wants to End the "We'll Render It Tomorrow" Moment

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<div>But a recent aec+tech conversation on AI-driven plan review made a more useful point: the tools save time, but the real reason to adopt them is risk.</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0nEGFxC7as">This conversation</a> brought together Colton Johnson, Principal Engineer at Flint Engineering Company; Aakash Prasad, Co-founder and CEO of InspectMind AI; and Simon G. Solorio, President of Solorio Inc. Much of the discussion centered on InspectMind AI's plan-checking tool, though the takeaways apply to any firm weighing this kind of software.&nbsp;
In this article you&rsquo;ll see where AI plan review helps, where it falls short, and why a firm with weak internal processes will not get much out of it no matter how good the software gets.
<h2 dir="ltr">Reading a Pictorial Language</h2>
Plan review is not just about reading text. Construction documents carry meaning through symbols, callouts, line weights, and schedules that change from one project type to the next. An industrial set does not look like a large residential set. Every new hire has to learn how to read that visual system before they can review anything in it.
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"Construction documents are a language, and on top of that they're a pictorial language. You're relying on graphic and visual cues to display the information, translating heavy analysis and code requirements into those pictures."
&mdash; Colton Johnson, Principal Engineer, Flint Engineering Company
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Solorio described the second half of the problem: volume.&nbsp;
Even with tools like <a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/revit">Revit</a> and virtual walk-throughs on Meta Quest headsets, engineers still check ever-changing building codes by hand and coordinate across disciplines. Holding hundreds of pages of drawings against dense architectural, structural, mechanical, and civil specifications is a cognitive load that does not scale. There is only so much one person can keep straight at once, and plan sets keep getting bigger.
That is the gap AI steps into. Not the design work or the engineering judgment, but the slow, repetitive cross-checking that wears people down and still lets errors slip through.
A Third-Party Reviewer That Works Through Lunch
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AI is a third-party reviewer. It&rsquo;s not a replacement for the engineer or the plan checker, but an extra set of eyes that never gets tired and never skips a page.
Prasad said InspectMind AI can typically review a 100- to 200-page project in one to two hours. In that window it catches discrepancies between drawings and specs, flags cross-discipline coordination issues, and checks against selected/applicable codes and references. It surfaces a prioritized set of findings while the team continues other work.&nbsp;
InspectMind AI has flagged a water main running straight into a 12-inch concrete pipe. It has caught a storm sewer drawn with no slope, which means it would never drain. These are the errors that hide on page 140 of a set and get expensive once they reach the field.&nbsp;
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"This isn't replacing your own diligence or your own quality of work. It's a useful automated review tool that helps you reduce risk and liability and improve quality overall."
&mdash; Aakash Prasad, Co-founder and CEO, InspectMind AI&nbsp;
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The discussion was honest about the limits, too. AI still struggles to read the purely graphical parts of a drawing when there are no words or numbers to anchor it. That should improve over the next few years, but for now InspectMind AI is strongest where drawings, specs, and code references can be grounded and cited. Purely graphical meaning, where the intent lives only in the picture, is still an area where human review matters.
<h2 dir="ltr">From Months of Back-and-Forth to Days&nbsp;</h2>
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A minor discrepancy on a drawing is not just a quality problem. It is a liability problem. Prasad pointed to ADA compliance as an example. A ramp drawn with a 2.2 percent slope instead of the required 2 percent maximum is a small number on a sheet and a frequent target for litigation. Catching it before construction starts is worth far more than the hour it saved.
The same logic runs downstream. Errors that survive review become Requests for Information (RFIs) and change orders once contractors are on site. Each one costs time and money and strains the client relationship. The financial case lives in catching those errors early.&nbsp;
A church project in California shows how that plays out. The design firm ran its full drawing set (architecture, civil, structural, and specs) through InspectMind AI before submitting to the city. The AI flagged around 300 issues. The team fixed them first. When the city's review came back, the comments were mostly minor, and the firm closed them out in days rather than the weeks or months a project like this can take.
That is the payoff that matters. Not the hours saved running the review, but the weeks of back-and-forth with the jurisdiction that never happened, and the rework that never reached the field.
Garbage In, Garbage Out Still Applies
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The strongest warning has always been against leaning on the tools too hard. The old 'garbage in, garbage out' rule still stands.
The software is powerful, but it sits on top of a firm's inputs, its standards, and the judgment of the people running it.
Solorio made the case for foundational knowledge. Junior engineers still need to learn the basics through hand calculations and free-body diagrams so they understand how loads travel and what a structural member is actually doing. Without that, an engineer cannot tell when the AI is wrong.
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"If you put in garbage, you're going to get out garbage, and that's still true with these new programs. If you put in something wrong, it gives you something wrong. You have to know the basics to know when it's giving you wrong information."
&mdash; Simon G. Solorio, President, Solorio Inc.
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Johnson framed the same idea as a sequence. He sees a working AI workflow as a three-tier system.&nbsp;
A firm establishes good internal processes first. Then it introduces standard automations. Only then does it put AI at what he called the tip of the spear. Skip the first two steps and there is nothing solid for the AI to stand on. When a firm's drawing standards and inputs are inconsistent, there is no realistic way to scale an AI workflow on top of them.
<h2 dir="ltr">Own the Output</h2>
Accountability is the other side of this. When an engineer signs off on a design, they own it, whatever tools helped produce it.
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"The motto we live by with AI is own the output. Just because you have a cool tool doesn't mean you get to say that the tool is the reason something was wrong. You own the output."
&mdash; Colton Johnson, Principal Engineer, Flint Engineering Company
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That has a practical edge. Johnson raised data security, pointing out that client information needs to stay protected under NDAs when a firm runs it through a third-party AI platform. Owning the output means owning the data path, too. Before uploading project documents, firms should evaluate the data path and the platform's NDA and security requirements. That is a question to settle before the first project goes up, not after.&nbsp;
<h2 dir="ltr">Built by the People Who Use It</h2>
The panel closed on what actually makes these tools better, and the answer was feedback from the field rather than anything happening in a lab. Solorio and Johnson both pointed to the value of a simple thumbs up or thumbs down on each flagged issue. That input teaches the model the difference between a real problem and an irrelevant false positive, which is the difference between a tool engineers trust and one they learn to ignore.
Because AEC technology moves quickly, the tools that respond to this feedback can change almost daily. Johnson offered an example from a job site. He floated the idea of having the plan checker automatically generate a targeted field observation checklist based on the specific materials and structural elements it found in the drawings. Within hours, the development team had piloted a connection between the plan checker and a site inspection app.
That speed of iteration is the point underneath the whole conversation.
The AI plan review tools that earn a place in AEC workflows will be the ones built and shaped by the people doing the work, not the ones that promise to do the thinking for them. The engineers on this panel were not looking for software to replace their judgment. They were looking for a reviewer that helps them protect it. That is a smaller promise than replacing an engineer, and a far more useful one.
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Editor's Note
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This article was independently reviewed and edited by Niknaz Aftahi, Founder of AEC+Tech, drawing on InspectMind AI's product documentation, direct conversation with the panel participants, and hands-on knowledge of plan review and QA/QC workflows. Figures drawn from the panel rather than published material were checked before publishing.
&mdash; Niknaz Aftahi, Founder, AEC+Tech
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Solibri, a Nemetschek Company, is the global leader in model quality, BIM validation, and digital quality assurance for the construction industry. Solibri helps architects, engineers, contractors, owners, infrastructure teams, and public-sector organizations ensure that digital building models are accurate, reliable, and ready for confident decision-making before construction begins.

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Unanet Company Overview

Unanet is a leading provider of AI-first ERP and growth software for project-based businesses, with a strong focus on architecture, engineering, and construction firms. Built specifically for the way AEC companies operate, Unanet helps organizations manage the full lifecycle of work — from business development and client relationships to project delivery, financial management, and long-term growth.

Built for the Way AEC Firms Work

AEC firms face a unique set of challenges. They need to balance project delivery, staffing, utilization, profitability, client relationships, and business development — often across multiple systems that do not work well together. Unanet is designed to solve that problem by giving firms a purpose-built platform that connects the critical parts of the business in one place.

Rather than forcing AEC companies to adapt to generic enterprise software, Unanet delivers technology tailored to the realities of project-based work. That means better visibility, stronger collaboration, and faster decision-making across teams.

One Connected Platform for Better Visibility

Unanet helps unify financials, projects, and pursuits in a single intelligent environment. With built-in automation and real-time visibility, leaders can monitor project performance, understand resource needs, track profitability, and make informed decisions using current data instead of outdated reports or manual spreadsheets.

For AEC firms, this kind of connectivity matters. Margins, timelines, staffing levels, and client expectations are tightly linked, and even small gaps in visibility can affect performance. By bringing essential business functions together, Unanet helps firms operate more efficiently while creating a stronger foundation for growth.

ERP Designed for Project-Based Operations

A major part of Unanet’s AEC offering is its ERP solution for architecture and engineering firms. The platform is built to support the operational and financial needs of project-based organizations through capabilities that help teams manage:

Prospects and project pipelines
Active projects and resource plans
Time and expense tracking
Accounting and financials
Reporting and analytics

The result is a shared source of truth for project managers, finance leaders, and business development teams. Instead of working in silos, teams can align around the same data to improve planning, execution, and profitability. For firms looking to gain tighter control over utilization, staffing, and project-based accounting without adding unnecessary complexity, Unanet provides a modern, easy-to-use solution.

CRM That Supports Growth

In addition to ERP, Unanet offers CRM capabilities built specifically for the AEC market. Its CRM platform is designed to help firms strengthen relationship management, improve pipeline visibility, and support more strategic pursuit decisions.

For marketing and business development teams, this means easier access to the client, project, and opportunity data needed to create stronger proposals and presentations. For firm leaders, it means better insight into where opportunities are coming from, how relationships are developing, and which pursuits are most likely to drive profitable growth.

Practical AI for Smarter Decisions

Unanet’s position in the market is also shaped by its focus on AI and smart technology. The company’s AI-first approach is centered on practical automation, faster insights, and better business decisions. For AEC firms, that is especially relevant in an environment where teams are expected to do more with fewer resources while maintaining high standards for delivery and performance.

Rather than treating AI as a standalone add-on, Unanet presents it as a layer of intelligence built into the way the business works. This helps teams streamline tasks, improve forecasting, and focus more time on high-value work across project delivery, marketing, finance, and operations.

Trusted by Thousands of Project-Driven Firms

Unanet’s scale reinforces its position as a trusted technology partner. The company states that more than 4,200 government contractor, architecture, engineering, and construction firms rely on Unanet to help manage projects, financials, and growth. In addition to software, Unanet emphasizes customer success, training, integrations, and related services that support firms through implementation, adoption, and long-term improvement.

Supporting the Future of AEC

At its core, Unanet is focused on helping project-based businesses unlock productivity and perform at a higher level. That mission aligns closely with the AEC industry, where firms are responsible for designing, engineering, and building the environments that shape communities and industries.

Overall, Unanet positions itself as more than a software provider. It is a strategic partner for AEC firms that want connected systems, stronger operational visibility, smarter growth tools, and technology built specifically for the demands of project-based business.

Unanet

Unanet is an AI-first ERP and CRM platform purpose-built for government contractors and architecture, engineering, and construction firms. It unifies project management, financials, resource planning, and business development in one system.



Empowering the Built World Through Technology, Expertise, and Innovation

With more than three decades of innovation and a global footprint spanning 13 countries, Graitec stands as a recognized leader in software solutions that accelerate digital transformation for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC), and Manufacturing industries. Since its founding, Graitec has remained focused on empowering firms to design, build, manufacture, and operate more efficiently through advanced digital workflows, automation, and intelligent data-driven tools.

As a long-standing Autodesk Platinum Partner—and one of the largest Autodesk partners globally—Graitec delivers industry-leading software, consulting expertise, and technical support to help teams maximize their investments in Autodesk solutions such as Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, AutoCAD, Inventor, Fusion, and Civil 3D. Through comprehensive implementation services, training programs, workflow optimization, and digital advisory, Graitec helps organizations adopt and scale technology with confidence.

Over the past decade, Graitec has evolved from a regional Autodesk reseller to a global technology and innovation leader. A defining part of this expansion has been strategic acquisitions, including Microsol Resources in New York—known for its deep BIM expertise and high-touch client engagement—and Applied Software, a premier Autodesk reseller based in Atlanta. Today, both companies operate under the unified identity of Graitec North America, delivering the combined capabilities of a global organization with the personalized service of a trusted local partner.

Innovation sits at the core of Graitec’s strategy. With a team of more than 200 in-house developers, the company continuously advances its growing portfolio of proprietary technologies designed to complement, enhance, and extend Autodesk and industry workflows. Graitec’s ecosystem of solutions includes:

Ideate Software – A suite of Revit plugins used globally to improve model health, auditing, and productivity.

Strucsoft MWF and Onyx – Industry-leading software for wood and light gauge steel framing workflows, supporting both design and fabrication.

Advance Design – A powerful structural analysis and design platform for reinforced concrete, steel, and timber.

Advance Workshop – A steel and sheet metal fabrication management solution connecting design and manufacturing.

Graitec Data Connect – A platform enabling secure data transfer, automation, and system interoperability within Autodesk and BIM environments.

Together, this portfolio enables greater automation, standardization, and efficiency across every project stage—from concept design and engineering through prefabrication, digital coordination, construction, and facility operations.

What sets Graitec apart is its unique position at the intersection of technology development and expert professional services. Our teams include architects, engineers, fabrication specialists, BIM/VDC managers, and manufacturing technologists—professionals who understand industry challenges because they have worked through them firsthand. This alignment of real-world experience and technical capability enables Graitec to deliver actionable guidance, not just software.

Today, organizations across North America and Europe rely on Graitec as a strategic partner for digital transformation. Whether supporting a single office adopting BIM workflows or a global enterprise scaling connected cloud technology and industrialized construction practices, Graitec delivers proven solutions that improve productivity, reduce risk, and support long-term sustainability goals.

As the AEC and manufacturing sectors continue to evolve—driven by digital twins, artificial intelligence, robotics, and sustainable construction—Graitec remains committed to helping the industry build a smarter, more efficient, and more resilient future.

Applied Software Technology, Graitec

Graitec is a global AEC and manufacturing software leader, and an Autodesk and Bluebeam Platinum Partner. With operations in 13 countries and strategic acquisitions across North America—including Applied Software and Microsol Resources—Graitec delivers expert services and innovative tools that empower professionals to design, build, and collaborate smarter and faster.

Pirros is the AI project hub for architects and engineers. Our mission is simple: make managing projects easier for firms. We learned that we can reduce the burden of producing hundreds of details per project by giving designers instant access to everything their firm has developed in the past. Rather than spending hours digging through cluttered folders on a server or rebuilding details that already exist somewhere in the archive, Pirros centralizes every detail a firm has produced and makes them accessible with a simple search.

Pirros was started by two structural engineers turned entrepreneurs. Ari and Peter spent time at a handful of different design firms and kept experiencing the same problems when it came to detail management and retrieval. They watched experienced designers waste hours hunting for content the firm had already paid to produce, and they watched institutional knowledge walk out the door every time someone left. The technology industry has overlooked the AE design space and the strategic importance of details to a firm's success. Pirros is on a mission to change that.

With unified data and context across projects and teams, plus built-in quality control, Pirros reduces documentation production time and downstream RFI risks so teams can focus on craftsmanship rather than operations. The platform grows more valuable the longer a firm uses it. Every new project feeds the system. Every search, every approval, every reuse makes the next decision faster and more informed. Standards stop being a static PDF that nobody reads and start being a living library teams actually rely on. Mistakes caught in one office benefit every other office, and new hires ramp up faster because the firm's best work is visible from day one.

The four pillars of Pirros:

1. No upfront work. Upload and instantly search across projects without the upfront effort of manual tagging or naming conventions. Powered by a direct ACC integration, firms get tens of thousands of details and families onto Pirros within 24 hours. There is no months-long curation effort before the platform starts producing value.

2. Search by composition, not tag. Find details and families based on what the element actually is, not what its tags say. Powered by a proprietary blend of AI, computer vision, and OCR, Pirros indexes content by geometry, annotations, parameters, and visual composition. A designer searching for "curtain wall head" finds the right detail regardless of how it was named.

3. Share universally. Share Revit details and families as universal PDFs with colleagues and partners outside of Revit, accelerating collaboration, content approvals, and new hire onboarding. The platform extends beyond the BIM team to consultants, contractors, and anyone else who needs to review or comment on a detail.

4. Built-in QA workflows. Review and approve standard content that is automatically surfaced based on analytics across projects. Approval workflows are built into the platform instead of relying on committee reviews and email chains. Standards evolve where the work happens.

Pirros is backed by Y Combinator, SOC 2 certified, and trusted by leading architecture and engineering firms across North America, Australia, and the UK.

Pirros

Pirros is the AI project hub for architects and engineers. Find, compare, reuse and standardize Revit details and families across every project, team and office.

Company Overview

Flying Buttress is a specialized managed services provider serving architecture, engineering, and construction firms that rely on complex workflows, high-performance computing, and collaboration across distributed teams. Founded in 2010, the firm was built to address a gap in the market: AED organizations often outgrow generic IT providers but struggle to find partners who understand the operational realities of design and delivery environments.

Rather than positioning itself as a generalist IT vendor, Flying Buttress operates as a vertical-focused technology partner. The company’s work centers on aligning infrastructure, security, and systems architecture with the business objectives of leadership teams. Clients typically engage Flying Buttress when they need more than technical support — they need strategic guidance that supports growth, resilience, and modernization.

Vertical Specialization

Flying Buttress focuses specifically on the AED (Architects/Engineers/Designers) sector, which brings unique demands: large file performance, collaboration platforms, hybrid work environments, data governance, compliance considerations, and uptime requirements tied directly to project delivery. The firm’s specialization enables it to design solutions around tools such as CAD/BIM platforms, rendering workloads, document management systems, and cross-office collaboration models rather than forcing AED firms into generic IT templates.

This vertical depth allows Flying Buttress to speak the language of firm principals, operations leaders, and executive teams — not just IT managers.

Services and Capabilities

Flying Buttress delivers a comprehensive range of services designed for professional services firms that depend on reliable technology:

Managed IT services and infrastructure oversight

Cybersecurity strategy, implementation, and risk reduction

Cloud and hybrid architecture design

Strategic technology advisory for leadership teams

Business continuity and disaster recovery planning

Compliance-aligned security practices

Systems optimization for design and collaboration workflows

The firm emphasizes proactive management and long-term alignment rather than reactive support. Client engagements are typically structured as a joint effort rather than transactional vendor relationships.

Strategic Orientation

A defining characteristic of Flying Buttress is its emphasis on executive-level thinking. The firm’s approach treats technology as a business enabler, not merely a utility. This includes:

Translating technical risks into business risk

Supporting leadership decision-making around growth, mergers, and operational scale

Helping firms modernize legacy environments without disrupting productivity

Prioritizing resilience, security posture, and operational maturity

This orientation makes Flying Buttress particularly relevant to firm owners, managing partners, and C-suite leaders who view technology as part of their competitive advantage.

Reputation and Client Relationships

Flying Buttress has built its reputation through long-term client relationships rather than high-volume churn. Clients tend to stay engaged because the firm demonstrates a clear understanding of their industry, their workflows, and their strategic pressures. The company’s growth has been driven primarily through reputation, referrals, and repeat engagements.

Leadership and Perspective

Flying Buttress’s leadership brings both technical experience and a broader intellectual perspective to the firm’s work. This informs Flying Buttress’s positioning not just as a technical provider, but as a thoughtful participant in conversations about the future of work, professional services, technology ethics, and digital transformation.

Market Position

Flying Buttress occupies a deliberate niche:
Not a mass-market MSP.
Not a commodity helpdesk provider.
But a focused, specialized technology partner for AED firms that need depth, not volume.

This positioning allows us to compete on expertise, clarity, and trust rather than price compression.

Flying Buttress

Flying Buttress is an AEC-focused MSP providing managed IT, cybersecurity, and executive-level technology strategy for firms that need their infrastructure to support real-world design and delivery demands

Vavetek AI is a SAAS startup, developing AI co-pilots to help building developers and turnkey contractors to audit and optimize the design of principal engineer at super fast speed to save cost of construction within deadlines.

Our first product, BAMROC, is a patent-protected AI-Copilot that automatically resolves and removes clashes in BIM. BAMROC has already attracted interest from many of the largest global engineering and construction firms.

BAMROC, is 11x faster than manual BIM methods for clash resolution and offer up to 500% ROI in direct manpower savings. It helps principal architects resolve clashes, optimize building height and remove space wastage, leading to major savings in construction costs.

Beyond speed, BAMROC is designed to help principal architects and engineers achieve better design outcomes. The AI does not simply “push elements out of the way”; it resolves clashes while considering building height, space usage, and routing efficiency. This leads to reduced space wastage, more efficient ceiling voids, and opportunities to optimize building height and construction costs without compromising core design intent. BAMROC becomes a true co-pilot: it suggests and executes clash-free, system-aware design changes, while the human expert remains in full control of approvals.

To support the full clash workflow, Vavetek AI offers two additional products:

BAMDOC is an advanced BIM plugin focused on seamless MEP clash detection. It delivers high-quality detection with automated report generation and an intuitive user experience. BAMDOC is built for BIM coordinators and engineers who want reliable, repeatable clash results with less manual setup and post-processing.

CRDR BIM is a streamlined Navisworks plugin that simplifies the creation of Clash Resolution Diagnosis Reports. It turns raw clash data into structured, easy-to-understand reports that clearly communicate which clashes matter, how they can be resolved, and what the impact is on design coordination. This is especially useful for project teams that need consistent documentation for clients, consultants, and contractors.

Together, BAMDOC (detect), BAMROC (resolve), and CRDR BIM (report) form an integrated AI-powered workflow that addresses the end-to-end lifecycle of BIM clashes, from detection to resolution to communication.

Vavetek AI is a global pioneer headquartered in Singapore, transforming the construction landscape through advanced AI technology.

We deliver AI-powered solutions that redefine building design from the ground up. Our reach spans continents, ensuring that wherever you are, you have access to cutting-edge tools designed audit building designs, optimize efficiency, enhance sustainability, and improve user comfort.

BAMROC is just the first step in this roadmap. Vavetek AI is now building on this foundation with a focused roadmap of three additional AI co-pilots. The company plans to capitalize on large global opportunities in value engineering to further save cost of construction across multiple disciplines:

AI Copilot for Global Structure Design Optimization and Audit
AI Copilot for Global Air Conditioning Design Optimization and Audit
AI Copilot for Global Façade Design Optimization and Audit

Our vision at Vavetek AI is to build the most trusted AI co-pilots for the built environment, auditing, optimizing, and automating workflows from design review and clash resolution to reporting and compliance, so projects are on-time, lean, and waste-free.

Vavetek AI

Vavetek AI is a SAAS startup, developing AI co-pilots to help building developers and turnkey contractors to audit and optimize the design of principal engineer at super fast speed to save cost of construction within deadlines.

Primepoint is a construction intelligence platform built to solve one of the industry’s hardest and most overlooked problems: understanding construction drawings at scale. Construction projects run on drawings—they define scope, coordination, and design intent across every phase of a project—yet the information inside them is buried across hundreds of pages, forcing project teams to search, compare, and connect documents by hand. Primepoint was founded to change that.

Unlike tools that simply store documents or search text, Primepoint is designed to understand drawings the way an experienced engineer does. Its vision-based AI reads linework, tags, and cross-document references, then connects drawings to the specifications, RFIs, submittals, and revisions that relate to them. The result is a construction knowledge graph that maps thousands of pages of project data down to the individual tag level—linking a door tag to its schedule and finish, a submittal to its spec section, and an RFI to the drawing detail it references.

This deep, structural understanding is what powers Primepoint’s core promise: verifiable answers. Every response the platform produces traces back to the exact drawing detail or specification section that supports it, eliminating the hallucinations that make general-purpose AI risky on a jobsite. As one customer put it, in construction “almost correct isn’t good enough.” Primepoint is built for mathematical certainty over approximation.

On top of this foundation, Primepoint prepares the first pass of workflows that project teams normally perform manually. It automatically flags constructability conflicts between drawings and specifications before they reach the field, runs first-pass submittal reviews against project requirements, checks incoming RFIs against the contract documents and drafts new ones, and generates revision narratives and overlays when new drawing sets are issued. Through its intelligence layer, Marvin, teams can ask any project question in plain English and get an instant, sourced answer. Tasks that once took days of manual review can be prepared in minutes, so teams review and refine rather than start from scratch.

Primepoint was built by a team with deep expertise across artificial intelligence, product, and construction. CEO Lubomir Bourdev is a founding member of Facebook AI Research and a pioneer in computer vision; the founding team also includes senior product leaders from Atlassian, Uber, and Microsoft, and construction veterans who managed large-scale projects at firms such as Webcor and Turner. That combination—elite AI research paired with lived construction experience—is central to why the platform understands both the technology and the real challenges of complex jobs.

The platform is trusted by leading general contractors including Sundt Construction, Fortis Construction, Herrero Boldt Webcor, W.E. O’Neil, Milender White, and Bulley & Andrews. It integrates natively with the systems teams already use, syncing drawings, submittals, and RFIs directly with Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore so there are no manual uploads or disrupted workflows.
Security is enterprise-grade. Primepoint uses a single-tenant architecture with always-on encryption, is SOC 2 Type II compliant, and never uses customer data to train external or shared AI models. Your data stays isolated and yours.

By turning static PDFs and disconnected documents into connected, actionable intelligence, Primepoint helps contractors catch risks earlier, reduce rework and change orders, and give overloaded project teams the leverage to move faster with confidence—from preconstruction through closeout.

Primepoint

Primepoint is a construction intelligence platform that understands drawings, not just text. Built by AI researchers and construction veterans, it connects drawings, specs, RFIs, and submittals into one knowledge graph—catching conflicts before the field and delivering verifiable answers traced to the exact source.

Paradigm is a trusted structural design company delivering comprehensive civil and structural engineering design services for commercial, residential, industrial, and infrastructure projects across the globe. With decades of engineering expertise and a commitment to technical excellence, we help clients transform complex concepts into practical, efficient, and buildable structural solutions. Our multidisciplinary team collaborates closely with architects, developers, contractors, consultants, and project owners to provide engineering support that meets project objectives while maintaining the highest standards of quality, safety, and performance.

Our comprehensive capabilities include structural engineering services, BIM services, structural BIM modeling, steel structure design, structural detailing, steel detailing, rebar detailing, precast detailing, and geotechnical engineering solutions. By combining engineering knowledge with advanced digital technologies, we deliver accurate structural designs and coordinated engineering documentation that improve communication, reduce project risks, and enhance construction efficiency. Every project is approached with careful planning, detailed analysis, and a commitment to delivering practical engineering solutions tailored to the client's specific requirements.

As a recognized structural engineering company in India, Paradigm supports projects of varying scale and complexity across multiple industry sectors. Our engineering professionals have experience working on commercial buildings, residential developments, industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, institutional buildings, and infrastructure projects. We understand that every project presents unique challenges, which is why we develop customized engineering solutions that align with project specifications, design standards, and construction requirements while maintaining cost efficiency and structural reliability.

Our structural engineering services focus on designing safe, durable, and economical structures that perform efficiently throughout their intended lifespan. Using advanced engineering methodologies and industry-leading software, we produce optimized structural designs that support successful project execution. Our commitment to precision helps minimize construction issues, reduce material wastage, and improve overall project coordination from concept through completion.

Paradigm's BIM services and structural BIM modeling capabilities enable project teams to achieve greater collaboration, improved visualization, and enhanced coordination during every phase of design and construction. Advanced BIM workflows allow stakeholders to identify potential design conflicts before construction begins, reducing costly revisions and improving project planning. Digital models also facilitate better communication among engineers, architects, contractors, and clients, resulting in smoother project delivery and improved decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

Our expertise in steel structure design, structural detailing, steel detailing, rebar detailing, and precast detailing enables us to support a diverse range of structural systems and construction methodologies. Every model and drawing is developed with a strong emphasis on constructability, fabrication accuracy, and compliance with applicable project standards. Our detailed engineering documentation assists fabrication teams and construction professionals in executing projects efficiently while reducing delays and minimizing errors during installation.

In addition to structural engineering, Paradigm provides geotechnical engineering solutions that contribute to informed foundation design and site-specific engineering decisions. Understanding ground conditions is essential for developing safe and economical structural systems, and our geotechnical expertise complements our civil and structural engineering services to provide integrated engineering support across various project types.

Our engineering approach is driven by innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. By leveraging modern engineering technologies, proven design methodologies, and efficient engineering workflows, we help clients optimize project performance while maintaining high levels of quality and accuracy. We also provide cost-effective engineering outsourcing solutions that allow organizations to access experienced engineering professionals, improve operational efficiency, and successfully manage demanding project schedules without compromising engineering standards.

At Paradigm, we believe successful projects are built on collaboration, precision, and trust. Our experienced structural design engineers work closely with clients throughout every stage of the project, providing responsive communication, dependable technical support, and engineering solutions that address both current requirements and future project needs. This client-focused approach has enabled us to establish long-term relationships with organizations across global markets while consistently delivering reliable engineering services.

Whether your project requires structural engineering services, BIM services, structural BIM modeling, steel structure design, structural detailing, steel detailing, rebar detailing, precast detailing, or geotechnical engineering solutions, Paradigm is equipped to provide comprehensive engineering support from concept development through final project delivery. Partner with our experienced structural design engineers to achieve safe, efficient, and high-quality project outcomes through innovative engineering design, advanced BIM workflows, and cost-effective engineering outsourcing solutions. Get a quote today: https://paradigm-structural.com/


Paradigm

Paradigm provides structural engineering services, BIM services, structural BIM modeling, steel structure design, structural detailing, steel detailing, rebar detailing, precast detailing, and geotechnical engineering solutions. Get a quote today: https://paradigm-structural.com/

ShapeDo is a venture-backed construction technology company founded in 2014, with offices in Israel and London. It makes two products: ShapeDo, a collaborative design change management platform, and Purple Hammer, a desktop application for construction PDF + spreadsheet operations: viewing, markup, measurement, comparison, takeoff and estimating. Both are built on the company's drawing alignment and visual comparison technology, developed over more than a decade: algorithms that align successive revisions of a construction drawing and make every addition, removal and alteration visible.

ShapeDo (the platform)
Construction projects run on drawings that change constantly, and information about those changes ends up scattered across PDF tools, spreadsheets, email and document platforms. Teams can usually find the latest drawing; what they struggle to know is exactly what changed since the last revision, who needs to review it, and what it does to quantities, cost and programme. ShapeDo is the project-level, collaborative platform for keeping that under control. Its capabilities include:

Automatic comparison of drawing revisions, highlighting exactly what was added, removed or altered between versions
Structured review workflows that route each change to the people responsible for assessing it, with assigned actions tracked to closure
Design issue logging and RFI management connected directly to the drawings in question
A complete, auditable history of drawing versions, reviews and decisions across the life of the project
Dashboards and records that show outstanding reviews and unresolved issues at project level


ShapeDo is used across the project lifecycle. During tendering and preconstruction, teams use it to identify design movement that affects scope, quantities or price. During delivery, design managers, project managers, commercial teams and consultants use it to coordinate reviews and keep change under control. At the back end of a job, its records support change substantiation, final-account negotiations, claims analysis and dispute resolution, because the project can show precisely what changed, when, why and by whom. Uncaught design changes are among the most common causes of contractor losses; ShapeDo's purpose is to make sure no change goes unseen.

Purple Hammer
Purple Hammer is a single-user desktop product (macOS and Windows) for the construction industry's daily PDF + spreadsheet operations: viewing, marking up, measuring, comparing and organising drawing sets, and pricing what gets measured. It is built for anyone who spends their working day in construction PDFs, including site engineers and project managers, and it goes deepest for estimators, quantity surveyors, contractors and specialist subcontractors, adding live estimating spreadsheets so that measurement and pricing happen in one native application instead of the usual split between a PDF tool and Excel.

Measurements (lengths, areas, perimeters, counts) flow directly into built-in worksheets, where formulas, rates and cost databases turn quantities into a priced estimate. Because takeoff and estimate stay connected, a change in one updates the other. When a revised drawing is issued, Purple Hammer aligns it with the previous version, shows the changed scope, keeps existing measurements intact, and lets the user re-measure and re-price only what changed, rather than starting the takeoff again.

The application is engineered for speed on real-world drawing sets: a several-hundred-sheet PDF set opens in roughly a second, automatic alignment and comparison of two revisions typically completes in one to two seconds, and pan and zoom run at 120 frames per second. Its feature set includes markup and annotation, calibrated measurement, automatic drawing alignment, overlays and blink comparison, area and perimeter takeoff, repeated-symbol counting, drawing version history, live estimating worksheets with formulas, and export of marked-up drawings and spreadsheet data.

Who uses it
General and main contractors, specialist subcontractors, estimators, quantity surveyors, design managers, commercial managers, consultants, project controls teams and construction claims professionals across the AEC industry.

In one line each
ShapeDo: helps project teams see, review and manage design changes collaboratively, and prove what changed later.
Purple Hammer: a fast construction PDF + spreadsheet tool for viewing, markup, measurement and comparison, with estimating built in, so users re-price only what changed when revisions land.

Purple Hammer (shapeDo Ltd)

The Developer Behind ShapeDo (design change management) and Purple-hammer (PDF & spreadsheet desktop app)

RPG Squarefoot Solutions, a division of RPG Enterprises, is a trusted provider of advanced Reality Capture, Geospatial, 3D Scanning, Digital Twin, and Visualization solutions for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. With a strong focus on innovation, precision, and project efficiency, RPG helps AEC professionals transform physical spaces into accurate, intelligent, and actionable digital assets.

At the core of RPG’s value proposition is its ability to bridge the gap between the built environment and digital workflows. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as terrestrial laser scanning, mobile mapping, drone-based reality capture, 360° imaging, BIM support, digital twin development, and construction documentation, RPG enables architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and facility teams to make better decisions with higher confidence.

RPG Squarefoot Solutions supports projects across the entire asset lifecycle from pre-design and planning to construction, renovation, operations, and facility management. The company specializes in delivering high-accuracy existing conditions documentation, scan-to-BIM workflows, point cloud data, virtual walkthroughs, as-built documentation, and site intelligence solutions that reduce rework, improve coordination, and accelerate project delivery.

For architecture firms, RPG provides reliable existing conditions data that helps teams design with confidence and avoid costly field verification issues. For engineering and MEP teams, RPG delivers highly detailed spatial data that improves coordination and supports clash-free planning. For contractors and construction managers, RPG enhances field verification, progress tracking, quantity validation, and renovation planning. For owners and facility managers, RPG enables smarter asset visibility through digital twins, interactive site records, and centralized visual documentation.

What sets RPG apart is not just access to high-end scanning and capture technology, but the company’s commitment to making these tools practical, scalable, and outcome-driven for real-world AEC use cases. RPG offers access to industry-leading hardware and workflows, including LiDAR scanning systems, Matterport capture solutions, construction reality capture tools, and advanced spatial documentation services that are aligned with the needs of modern project teams.

In addition to service delivery, RPG also supports the market through technology access and deployment, helping firms adopt powerful reality capture solutions without the friction of high upfront investment. This makes RPG a valuable partner for organizations looking to modernize workflows, improve documentation quality, and gain a competitive edge in bidding, planning, and execution.

RPG’s solutions are particularly valuable for projects involving renovation, retrofit, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, industrial facilities, commercial interiors, healthcare spaces, educational institutions, infrastructure environments, and complex building systems  where accurate field conditions are critical to project success.

With a consultative and solution-oriented approach, RPG works closely with clients to understand project goals, technical requirements, and downstream workflow needs. The result is not just captured data, but usable project intelligence that supports better collaboration between stakeholders, reduces uncertainty, and improves decision-making across teams.

As the AEC industry continues to evolve toward more connected, data-driven project delivery, RPG Squarefoot Solutions stands at the intersection of physical reality and digital transformation. The company is committed to helping AEC firms adopt smarter workflows through precise capture, intelligent documentation, and scalable digital solutions that improve how projects are planned, built, and managed.
Whether the need is 3D laser scanning, digital twin creation, site capture, construction documentation, or geospatial intelligence, RPG Squarefoot Solutions delivers the tools, expertise, and execution support needed to bring clarity, speed, and confidence to every stage of the built environment lifecycle.

RPG Squarefoot Solutions

RPG Squarefoot Solutions is a leading technology solutions provider for the building and environmental graphics industries. We offer advanced services in Managed IT solutions, Reality Capture, and Wide-Format Printing Equipment.


OTJ Architects is a premier architecture and design practice that partners with leading organizations at pivotal moments of transition in their growth and development. With a national presence and a diverse portfolio, OTJ delivers enduring, human-centered solutions that promote diversity, wellness, and sustainability across a wide range of sectors, including commercial real estate, corporate workplaces, government, life sciences, multifamily residential, arts and culture, education, and nonprofit organizations.

At the core of OTJ’s philosophy is a commitment to aligning design with each client’s mission, operational needs, and long-term goals. The firm’s intelligence-based approach leverages industry-specific research, data-driven insights, and evidence-based strategies to inform design decisions. Rather than relying solely on intuition, OTJ grounds its work in measurable outcomes, ensuring that each project maximizes the value of the built environment and supports organizational performance.

OTJ’s digitally native process further distinguishes its practice. As early adopters of emerging technologies, the firm integrates artificial intelligence, advanced visualization tools, and robust data management systems into its workflows. This digitally integrated approach accelerates project delivery, enhances collaboration, and reduces uncertainty throughout the design process. Clients are empowered with clearer insights and more informed decision-making, resulting in higher confidence and better outcomes.

The firm’s brand-driven design methodology ensures that every space communicates a client’s identity and culture with clarity and impact. OTJ approaches each project holistically, weaving together architecture, interiors, and experiential design to create environments that resonate with users and reinforce brand values. From workplace strategy to specialized environments such as laboratories, secure facilities (SCIF), and theaters, OTJ tailors its services to meet complex and evolving client needs.

Human-centered design remains a guiding principle across all OTJ projects. The firm prioritizes the wellbeing, productivity, and experience of the people who inhabit the spaces it creates. By fostering collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation, OTJ designs environments where individuals and organizations can thrive. This commitment is reinforced by a strong focus on wellness and sustainability, supported by a team of LEED and WELL Accredited Professionals who develop solutions that balance environmental responsibility with economic viability.

OTJ’s impact is reflected not only in its design work but also in measurable client outcomes. Firm-wide studies show that 94% of clients report improved efficiency, 93% report increased productivity, and 92% note enhanced brand image as a result of OTJ’s design solutions. These metrics underscore the firm’s ability to translate strategy into tangible value.

Signature projects highlight OTJ’s breadth and expertise, including innovative workplaces for organizations such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Five Guys, PBS, Adobe, BMW, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The firm has also led transformative projects like the adaptive reuse of Visitation Frederick into a mixed-use and hospitality destination, the design and delivery of the Venue at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, and the renovation of the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C.

Through a combination of strategic thinking, technological innovation, and a deep commitment to people and the environment, OTJ Architects continues to shape spaces that drive performance, reflect identity, and create lasting impact. For more information, please visit otj.com.

OTJ Architects

OTJ Architects is a leading architecture and design firm partnering with organizations during key moments of transition. With offices nationwide, OTJ delivers human-centric solutions that promote diversity, wellness, and sustainability across commercial real estate, corporate, government, life sciences, multifamily, arts, culture, education, and nonprofit sectors. 

Luminocity AG is a Swiss software-development agency headquartered in Schaffhausen with deep specialty in real-time 3D, AR/VR/XR, AI integration in 3D pipelines, and AEC plugin engineering. The agency operates as a hybrid services-plus-products company: alongside selective paid engagements with external customers, Luminocity ships several internal product lines that demonstrate the team's range across browser-native 3D, cloud BIM, and Gaussian-Splatting digital twins.

Product portfolio:

GeoVision is a cloud BIM visualization platform built on top of the Speckle data layer. Custom Revit and Archicad plugins (Rhino coming soon) move BIM models into a shareable web viewer where AEC teams collaborate, comment, and version on a single link without anyone needing Revit or Archicad installed. The plugin family captures PBR materials, lighting, and exposed metadata - notably above what stock Speckle connectors provide. A companion Unity 6 HDRP desktop application extends the workflow with immersive walkthrough and AI photorealistic image generation via the Grok (xAI) API. Live at geovision.cloud and app.geovision.cloud.

Lemonate is a complete open-source 3D game engine and editor that runs entirely in the browser - built ground-up by the Luminocity team. Lemonate features a LUA scripting layer for game logic; a full engine API across rendering, physics (rigid bodies, vehicle, NavMesh), positional audio, particle systems, materials and shaders; and a broad scene-object library including Gaussian Splats. Source code is public on Codeberg. A public games gallery, community asset library, and beginner / advanced tutorial series support the developer community. Lemonate has a public roadmap committed through 2027.

3D Replicas is a productized 3D Gaussian-Splatting digital-twin pipeline for cultural heritage, museums, and architectural sites. The three-stage workflow (on-site or studio capture, 3DGS reconstruction, cloud-delivered web / VR / archive output) has produced active client work in 2026 across multiple Italian heritage sites and Swiss commercial and civic spaces. Three productized offerings are available: Interactive Web Viewer, Virtual Museum Experience (VR/AR), and Digital Archive & Collection Management Platform.

Unity 3D consulting is the agency's bench-rental side: bespoke Unity3D engagements covering 3D content design, immersive experiences, custom rendering pipelines, and cross-platform deployment - on the same engineering bench that ships GeoVision's Unity 6 HDRP desktop application.

Our team's senior engineers carry more than 20 years of cumulative deep experience shipping advanced 3D systems with a cross-platform C++ core, integrated through Unity3D and browser-native runtimes. Past work includes industry-standard media servers used in some of the world's most demanding multimedia setups since 2007 (e.g. Eurovision Song Contests, large-scale 3D projection mappings, major touring productions), the MVX 2D / 3D / 4D file format and processing framework presented at Siggraph 2016, hardware-emulation work for leading VR device manufacturers, and a native Meta Quest VR application released in January 2026.

Engagement model:

Luminocity engages with external customers through a delivery-pod model. The customer describes what they need built and to what quality bar; the team handles execution internally (engineering, project management, QA all on the team's side); the customer receives working deliverables on the agreed cadence and integrates into their core stack. Engagements can be project-based or month-based, whichever fits the customer's pattern. Areas where the team is strongest: connector engineering for AEC plugins, custom AEC pipeline work on top of Speckle, front-end and viewer work in Three.js / WebGL / GLSL, AI integration in 3D pipelines, and Unity / AR/VR / XR engineering.

Headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; engineering team operates remotely across the EMEA region. English- and German-speaking. Tech stack includes C++, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Unity, Three.js, WebGL, OpenGL, OpenCV, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vue.js, React, Quasar, Node.js, and .NET.


Luminocity AG

Luminocity AG is a Swiss software-development agency in Schaffhausen specializing in real-time 3D, AR/VR/XR, AI integration, and AEC plugin engineering. Products include GeoVision (cloud BIM viewer), Lemonate (open-source browser-native 3D game engine), and 3D Replicas (productized 3D Gaussian-Splatting digital twins). 

Cordax is an emerging construction technology company focused on transforming how mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems are designed and coordinated in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Positioned at the intersection of artificial intelligence and building design, Cordax addresses one of the most persistent inefficiencies in construction workflows: the manual, time-consuming, and error-prone process of MEP coordination.

Traditionally, MEP design requires engineers and contractors to spend days or even weeks manually routing ducts, pipes, and conduits on top of architectural drawings. This process is not only labor-intensive but also highly susceptible to errors, often resulting in clashes, rework, and costly delays during construction. Cordax aims to eliminate these inefficiencies by automating the entire process. Its platform converts 2D architectural plans into coordinated, build-ready MEP layouts in minutes, significantly reducing the need for manual drafting and iteration.

At the core of Cordax’s technology is an AI-powered design engine that interprets architectural intent and generates optimized system layouts. Users can upload floor plans in formats such as PDFs or images, after which the platform automatically routes HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems while avoiding conflicts. The system also produces material takeoffs, cost estimates, and BIM-ready 3D models, enabling teams to visualize and validate designs before construction begins. This capability helps teams identify potential issues early, reducing the likelihood of costly on-site corrections.

Cordax is particularly focused on serving small to mid-sized contractors and engineering firms, a segment of the industry that has historically been underserved by advanced design technologies. Many of these firms still rely heavily on manual processes or simplified tools, leading to inefficiencies and lost margins. By offering an intuitive and accessible platform, Cordax lowers the barrier to entry for advanced digital workflows, enabling these teams to compete more effectively and scale their operations.

The company’s value proposition extends beyond speed. By automating MEP coordination, Cordax helps reduce material waste, improve design accuracy, and enhance overall project outcomes. Its system optimizes routing for constructability and efficiency, ensuring that generated designs are not only technically sound but also practical for real-world installation. This can lead to significant cost savings, as rework and design errors can account for a meaningful percentage of total project value in construction projects.

Founded in Canada and associated with innovation ecosystems such as Queen’s University and NEXT Canada, Cordax represents a new generation of AEC startups leveraging AI to modernize legacy workflows. Its mission is to empower engineers, consultants, and subcontractors to design faster and with greater confidence, ultimately improving productivity across the construction lifecycle.

In a broader industry context, Cordax reflects a growing shift toward automation and intelligence in design and preconstruction. As AEC firms increasingly seek ways to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and adopt digital tools, platforms like Cordax are poised to play a key role. By bridging the gap between architectural intent and build-ready systems, the company is helping move the industry toward a more integrated, data-driven future.

Looking ahead, Cordax has the potential to expand its impact by integrating more deeply with existing BIM ecosystems and construction workflows, including platforms like Revit and cloud-based collaboration tools. As interoperability becomes increasingly important in the AEC industry, the ability to seamlessly connect design, coordination, and construction data will be critical. If successfully executed, this could position Cordax not just as a design automation tool, but as a foundational layer in the future digital infrastructure of building delivery.

CORDAX

Cordax is an AI-driven platform transforming MEP design in the AEC industry. It automates the creation of coordinated HVAC, plumbing, and electrical layouts from architectural plans, reducing manual work, errors, and costs. By enabling faster, more accurate, and build-ready designs, Cordax helps teams improve efficiency and project outcomes. 

We are a national interdisciplinary design firm rooted in architecture and engineering. We believe that the best design results from deep insight into the people and passions that animate each unique environment. Our 1,200 people in offices from coast-to-coast work to make a positive, lasting impact for clients in healthcare, arts and culture, community, corporate, education, government, science and technology, and energy markets. 

HGA employs a holistic, research-based approach to design. Our work is always built upon a foundation of deep, penetrating insight into client needs; it is fueled by empathy, curiosity, and our resolve to deliver the extraordinary. We are driven to understand broad social and technological developments and market-specific challenges, and to delve deeply into our clients’ organizations. In addition to the insight from our design teams, our unique collective of in-house specialists—process engineers, design thinking specialists, evidence-based researchers, and others—work together to help us understand what is critical to the quality of our clients’ work, and thus to ours. On this foundation of fresh understanding, we help clients create purposeful design with an enduring impact.

As a multidisciplinary design firm, we are uniquely adept at working together to create holistic solutions. Our team-based process encourages vital knowledge sharing, allowing the diversity of a project’s needs to be integrated early on. This results in a more powerful, efficient process, a better design experience, and a higher-performing, more purposeful, and more enduring solution for our clients.
Research is foundational to our work and philosophy. It is a fundamental link between the curiosity that propels us to dig deeper and the knowledge that enables us to help our clients and communities to thrive. The scope of our research work is broad—from the innovations that will drive our clients’ future business to the technological and social changes that will enable unique and inspiring design solutions. We also aim to learn from individual projects through leveraging technology, data collection, and ethnography—to inform the next project and translate into the next great idea. 

We are national leaders in Lean and Integrated Project Delivery for healthcare clients; we have had significant success in design-build projects for higher education; and we have built incredibly strong relationships with developers who lead projects for workplace. Regardless of process, early involvement of owners, design teams, contractors, and users is paramount to developing solutions suited to each client.
Technology elevates our understanding of decisions made during the design phase and the ultimate impact they have on the built environment. HGA has long been a leader in the use of in BIM, Computation, Visualization, and Fabrication, and has continued to innovate by not only developing new technologies to explore and analyze building information, but also to build empathy for all those who inhabit the spaces we design. Our Digital Practice Group is committed to utilizing pioneering technology and is a trailblazer in its implementation to make a positive impact.

Sustainability is at the heart of our holistic design approach and guides us as we shape our future. We aim for every project to be a commitment to a healthier planet, incorporating decarbonization, healthy communities, and/or climate adaptation goals. Explore our projects, commitments, and recognition. With more than 70 years of experience as an interdisciplinary design firm, we have developed an integrated approach to our work. Teams collaborate across disciplines to consider environmental impact and resilience, setting ambitious yet achievable goals. Our high-performance projects, industry commitments, and collected metrics are evidence: we have the knowledge and tools to design for mitigation and adaptation. With vision and strategy, we have made progress toward aligning our internal structure to position our company and clients to create the greatest possible impact. 

As we build physical environments that are sustainable and resilient, we are also building relationships with other leaders and changemakers in the form of clients, employees, and partners.
Equity is a living, breathing part of HGA—woven into the fabric of our culture, it is reflected in our work, our people, and our strategy. Great design is equitable design: fueled by curiosity, informed by diverse perspectives, and elevated by insight directly from those who inhabit our spaces. Our Community Action program makes design accessible to nonprofits and community organizations that lack access to professional services. 

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HGA is a national interdisciplinary design firm rooted in architecture and engineering.

Vision 
To create and provide innovative solutions that inspire and empower designers and engineers to create and produce a better world.
Mission 
Symetri enables businesses to gain a competitive advantage by using leading edge technologies and solutions to improve performance.
Purpose Why does Symetri exist
We challenge people to work smarter for a better future.

Strategic positioning
Symetri’s leading edge technologies and industry experts enable businesses to accelerate their digital transformations to work smarter for a better future.

Brand promise
Symetri provides and creates technology solutions that empower design, engineering, construction and production businesses to accelerate digital transformation, improve performance and gain a competitive advantage
BUSINESS VALUE WE DELIVER
We challenge people to work smarter for a better future. 
Attributes
•	APPROACHABLE
We get to know our customers by listening to and understanding their business challenges and providing the right solutions. We are accessible, inclusive and welcome new opportunities and ideas. 
•	KNOWLEDGEABLE
We are industry leaders and can provide expert guidance and support during every interaction. We substantiate our messaging and advice with facts, figures and our experience whenever possible.
•	INSPIRING
We are a dynamic organisation which seeks to inspire our employees, partners, customers, and customers’ customers. We empower our customers to stay competitive in their markets by providing them with best practices to work smarter.
•	AUTHENTIC
We remove unnecessary information and communicate in a clear and relatable way. We save our customers’ time and give them the advice and facts they need to make better decisions. 

Core Capabilities/Cornerstones
•	LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
Symetri’s technologies allow businesses to work smarter and more competitively. Our software saves time and resources by optimising processes used in design, engineering and related industries. We proactively develop our own technologies when they make a difference and add real business value, and partner with leading technology vendors when it makes sense. 
•	KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE
Symetri’s international network of experts collaborates across borders to ensure every one of our customers has access to the competencies they need – when they need it. We maintain a local presence while having a global mindset. We understand the challenges of the industries we serve and use that knowledge to deliver efficient solutions. 
•	WORK SMARTER
Symetri is constantly challenging our customers - and ourselves - to work smarter. We use our innovative thinking and passion for technology to save time, resources, and downtime. We listen to our customers and develop products and services that solve their challenges and deliver value.
•	TRUSTED PARTNER
Symetri’s experts partner with businesses to help them reach new heights. We enable companies to thrive with our relentless dedication to their success. We inspire them with our market knowledge and the exciting opportunities that our technology and services provide. 
Symetri Story
Symetri creates and provides technology solutions and services for design, engineering, construction and manufacturing businesses. We empower people to work smarter for a better future by ensuring they have access to the expertise and technology they need to improve their performance and sustainability. We build long-term relationships with our customers and save their business resources by making technology easier to implement and use.

Sustainability Initiative
At Symetri, we are always looking for new ways to improve energy-efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Our research has given us insights into how we can empower businesses to make more informed decisions about the impact their choices have on the environment - enabling us to create a better future for everyone together.


Symetri

We empower you with expertise, leading-edge technology and services
We work with you to tailor digital BIM, product design and lifecycle solutions to help you work smarter and do more with less.
That’s why our partnerships are long lasting.

Structured is building the AI workforce for construction design engineering. Our platform automates QA/QC on engineering drawing sets, using cross-discipline vision-language agents. Every finding is returned deterministically with the exact page, location, rule, and fix. Our agents review drawing sets against code, spec, and firm standards in 30 minutes, solving the QA/QC bottleneck behind $177B in annual rework. Structured AI deploys vision-language agents that review every set against code, spec, and firm standards in 30 minutes, turning a weeks of monotonous work into a frictionless QA/QC gate. 


The platform combines vision-language models with OCR to parse drawings and identify symbolic and image-based elements (MEP symbols, structural callouts, annotations), a multi-agent review system that runs cross-discipline checks in parallel, and internal fine-tuned LLMs for natural-language reasoning over codes, specs, and firm standards. A built-in chatbot copilot handles software navigation and onboarding for a frictionless user experience.

70% of construction rework starts with errors in design drawings. Structured AI deploys vision-language agents that review every set against code, spec, and firm standards in minutes through a frictionless QA/QC gate, solving a 177bn rework problem. 

Our vision is an AECO industry where design errors no longer reach the field, where the tacit expertise engineers is translated to every project on earth. The documents that govern the built environment become a verified, defensible source of truth. The billion-dollar tax that rework imposes on construction goes to zero.

Our competitive advantage is years of domain expertise, compounded with elite commercial talent. Our CTO has spent nearly a decade building AI for the AEC industry, scouted at 18 to build innovation tools for Syska Hennessy Group. We've compounded this depth as we've scaled. Our engineering hires include software engineers with direct mechanical and electrical engineering experience, and architects.  People who have stood on jobsites and reviewed drawings themselves. Our team understands the customer because, in many cases, our team has been the customer.

Structured AI is built on agentic AI throughout the stack: vision-language models with integrated OCR parse engineering drawings and recognise symbolic, image-based, and tabular elements; a multi-agent design-review system runs code, coordination, spec, and standards checks concurrently; proprietary fine-tuned LLMs reason over project documentation with engineering-grade accuracy; and a natural-language chatbot provides in-product navigation and contextual onboarding — so the entire experience, from review to interrogation, runs on emerging AI technology. We’d love to work with architecture and engineering firms across MEP, structural, civil, and architectural disciplines: the teams that author the drawing sets every building, road, and piece of infrastructure is built from. 

We’d love to hear from design engineers, QA/QC managers, engineering directors, and principals: the people responsible for ensuring drawing sets are accurate, code-compliant, and aligned with firm standards before issuance. We serve the full size spectrum, from boutique multi-disciplinary studios to enterprise AE firms producing thousands of sheets per month. We also love to work with general contractors and owners who inherit these drawings downstream who feel the same pain  (RFIs, change orders, rework) and benefit directly when the upstream QA layer is automated.




Structured AI

Structured is building the AI workforce for construction design engineering. Our platform automates QA/QC on engineering drawing sets, using cross-discipline vision-language agents.

HitechDigital is a globally recognized digital solutions company specializing in end-to-end business process management, operational optimization, and technology-driven services. With more than 30 years of industry experience, the company has established itself as a trusted global partner for businesses looking to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and accelerate digital transformation. HitechDigital serves clients across more than 50 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Canada, and the Middle East.

The company provides customized and scalable solutions designed to meet the changing needs of modern businesses. HitechDigital works with organizations across multiple industries including Manufacturing, Construction, Architecture, Engineering, Real Estate, Retail, Healthcare, ITES, eCommerce, and Finance. By combining industry expertise with innovative technologies, the company helps businesses improve productivity, reduce operational costs, and achieve long-term growth.

HitechDigital offers a wide range of professional services including Data Collection, Data Processing, Data Annotation, AI Training Data, Business Intelligence, BIM Services, CAD Drafting, Engineering Support, Software Development, Image Editing, Document Management, and Digital Transformation solutions. The company focuses on delivering high-quality services that support better decision-making, operational efficiency, and business scalability.

One of the major strengths of HitechDigital is its experienced team of more than 1,200 skilled professionals. The company supports over 5,000 customers worldwide and is committed to delivering reliable, accurate, and cost-effective solutions. HitechDigital follows a customer-centric approach where every project is customized according to client requirements, business goals, and industry standards. This approach has helped the company build strong long-term relationships with global clients.

HitechDigital leverages advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Automation, and Data Analytics to develop future-ready solutions for businesses. These technologies help organizations automate repetitive processes, improve data accuracy, manage large volumes of information, and enhance overall business performance. The company continuously invests in innovation and process improvement to deliver efficient and scalable digital services.

The company is widely recognized for maintaining high standards of quality, operational excellence, and financial stability. HitechDigital has received recognition from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) for business credibility and market reliability. Additionally, CRISIL, an S&P Global company, has awarded HitechDigital its highest ratings for financial strength and operational excellence. These recognitions reflect the company’s commitment to transparency, quality assurance, and long-term business sustainability.

Customer satisfaction is a key focus area for HitechDigital. The company’s strong commitment to quality services and client success has resulted in a customer attrition rate of less than 10 percent. HitechDigital believes in creating value-driven partnerships that benefit clients, employees, and strategic partners. By delivering customized solutions and maintaining consistent communication, the company ensures successful project execution and measurable business outcomes.

HitechDigital also emphasizes employee development and continuous learning. The company encourages innovation, teamwork, and skill enhancement to help employees stay updated with the latest technologies and industry trends. This strong work culture enables the organization to consistently deliver high-quality services to clients worldwide.

As businesses continue to adopt digital transformation strategies, HitechDigital remains committed to helping organizations adapt to changing market demands through reliable and technology-enabled solutions. With decades of experience, a strong global presence, a highly skilled workforce, and a customer-focused approach, HitechDigital continues to empower businesses with innovative digital services that drive efficiency, growth, and long-term success.

HitechDigital Solutions

HitechDigital delivers end-to-end, technology-driven digital solutions, helping global enterprises optimize processes, enhance efficiency, and build long-term value-driven partnerships.

AIDA (AI Interior Design Assistant) is an AI-powered design partner purpose-built for interior design firms. Developed under INTON Business Strategy Consultant, AIDA is the AI layer that helps design studios move faster from idea to execution, reduce administrative overhead, refocus designers on creative work, and protect profit margins on every project. Rather than replacing designers, AIDA amplifies them — taking on the repetitive, time-consuming, and information-heavy work that pulls talented teams away from what they were trained to do: design.
What AIDA Does
AIDA supports interior designers across the full project lifecycle through a single conversational interface. Designers interact with AIDA the same way they would with a senior consultant on the team — by asking questions, sharing context, and requesting deliverables in plain language. AIDA's core capabilities include:
Concept Ideation. AIDA helps designers explore creative directions, generate visual mood boards, and develop concept narratives in minutes rather than days. It draws on deep domain knowledge across materials, finishes, FF&E, lighting, spatial planning, and design history to support exploration without limiting creative authorship.
Project Planning. AIDA assists with programming, scope definition, milestone planning, and resource allocation. Designers can describe a new project and receive structured planning documents, phase breakdowns, and timeline frameworks ready for refinement.
Meeting Minutes. AIDA captures, structures, and summarizes meetings — client reviews, internal design crits, consultant coordination calls — turning hours of notes into clean, searchable records linked directly to the project file.
Administrative Work. AIDA handles the documentation, correspondence, and reporting work that consumes a significant share of every billable hour. From client emails to status reports to specification logs, AIDA drafts the first version so designers only need to review and approve.
Sustainability Compliance. AIDA brings working knowledge of WELL, LEED, and other sustainability frameworks directly into the design conversation. It helps teams identify compliant materials, document credit pathways, and integrate wellness and environmental criteria from concept through specification.
The Project Brain
What sets AIDA apart is its role as a centralized project brain. Every brief, decision, drawing reference, material selection, client conversation, and meeting note is captured and structured in one accessible place. Designers can ask AIDA any question about a project — "what finish was approved for the lobby," "summarize the last three client meetings," "what was our reasoning for the partition wall change" — and AIDA retrieves the answer with full project context in minutes. Institutional knowledge stays with the firm, not scattered across inboxes, drives, and personal notebooks.
Built for Interior Design Firms
AIDA is built specifically for the workflows, vocabulary, and deliverables of interior design practice — workplace, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use. It is not a generic AI chatbot retrofitted for design; it is a domain-trained design partner shaped by 15+ years of practitioner experience in international design and construction.
Business Impact
For firm leaders, AIDA addresses the structural economics of modern design practice: rising overhead, compressed fees, and the growing share of unbillable administrative work. By automating documentation, accelerating early-phase work, and preserving project knowledge, AIDA helps firms deliver more projects with the same team, sharpen creative output, and meaningfully improve profit margins on every engagement.

AIDA - AI Interior Design Assistant

AIDA (AI Interior Design Assistant) helps interior design firms move faster from idea to execution, cut administrative work, and protect margins. It supports concept ideation, planning, meeting minutes, and sustainability compliance — and acts as a project brain that surfaces any detail on demand through chat. 

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BAMROC: Revolutionizing MEP and MEP vs. Structure Clash Resolution in the AEC Industry
BAMROC is the first AI-powered software in the AEC industry purpose-built to automate MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) and MEP vs. Structure clash resolution inside real-world BIM coordination workflows. Instead of spending countless hours manually reviewing clashes, modifying routes, and iterating on design options, BIM teams can now rely on BAMROC to act as an intelligent copilot that does the heavy lifting with remarkable speed and consistency.
At its core, BAMROC combines advanced AI-powered decision-making to understand how MEP services interact with structural and architectural elements. It doesn&rsquo;t just highlight problems, it actively proposes and applies optimized resolutions that respect design intent, space constraints, and constructability. This allows BIM MEP coordinators, designers, and engineers to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, high-value decision-making.
By streamlining a traditionally time-consuming and repetitive coordination stage, BAMROC helps projects meet the highest standards of accuracy, safety, and efficiency. It reduces the back-and-forth between disciplines, minimizes rework, and cuts down coordination cycles, ultimately supporting faster project delivery and more predictable outcomes. BIM professionals can focus on design quality, system performance, and client requirements instead of being stuck in manual clash-by-clash troubleshooting.
As an advanced BIM clash resolver, BAMROC analyzes design conflicts, explores multiple routing scenarios, and intelligently adjusts MEP systems to create a clash-free environment. The resolutions are generated with precision, preserving clearances, avoiding critical zones, and maintaining the logic of each system. This level of automation and reliability redefines what &ldquo;productive&rdquo; means in BIM MEP design and coordination.
Whether your team is handling dense plant rooms, complex high-rise cores, hospitals with strict service zoning, or large infrastructure projects under aggressive timelines, BAMROC ensures that BIM professionals can achieve lightning-fast coordination with uncompromising quality. Adopting BAMROC is not just a software upgrade, it is a shift toward smarter, AI-assisted project delivery and a more efficient, future-ready AEC workflow.

BAMROC

Pirros is the AI project hub for architects and engineers. Our mission is simple: make managing projects easier for firms. We reduce the burden of producing hundreds of details and families per project by giving designers instant access to everything their firm has developed in the past. Rather than spending hours digging through cluttered folders on a server or rebuilding content that already exists somewhere in the archive, Pirros centralizes every detail and family a firm has produced and makes them accessible with a simple search.
Pirros was started by two structural engineers turned entrepreneurs. Ari and Peter spent time at a handful of different design firms and kept experiencing the same problems when it came to retrieving and managing Revit content. The technology industry has overlooked the AE design space and the strategic importance of details and families to a firm's success. Pirros is on a mission to change that.
The four pillars of Pirros:
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">No upfront work. Upload and instantly search across projects without manual tagging or naming conventions. Powered by a direct ACC integration, firms get tens of thousands of details and families onto Pirros within 24 hours.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Search by composition, not tag. Find details and families based on what the element actually is, not what its tags say. Powered by a proprietary blend of AI, computer vision, and OCR.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Share universally. Share Revit details and families as universal PDFs with colleagues and partners outside of Revit, accelerating collaboration, content approvals, and new hire onboarding.</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Built-in QA workflows. Review and approve standard content automatically surfaced based on analytics across projects. Approval workflows live inside the platform instead of in committee meetings and email chains.</li>
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Pirros is backed by Y Combinator, SOC 2 certified, and trusted by leading AE firms across North America, Australia, and the UK.
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ArchiMind &mdash; Compliance Is No Longer Manual
For decades, California architects have done the same thing: finish the drawings, then spend days hunting through CBC chapters, marking up PDFs, and hoping nothing falls through the cracks before plan check.
ArchiMind ends that.
ArchiMind is a native Revit plugin that turns California building code into a live, intelligent layer inside your model. The moment you run an analysis, every room, door, stair, corridor, and restroom is evaluated against CBC 2025 &mdash; automatically, instantly, and without leaving Revit. No exports. No spreadsheets. No guesswork.
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Built for the Code That Actually Governs California Projects
California doesn't run on IBC.
ArchiMind was built from the ground up for this stack:
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<li style="color: #000000;">CBC 2025 + 2022 &mdash; both editions, data-driven, always current</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">CPC 2025 Table 422.1 &mdash; exact stepped fixture counts by occupancy, not simplified ratios</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">Chapter 11B &mdash; the strictest accessibility standard in the country, fully implemented</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">DSA IR 10-2 + IR 11B-10 &mdash; K&ndash;12 and state-funded project requirements that other tools skip entirely</li>
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This isn't a multi-jurisdiction platform retrofitted for California. This is California, done right.
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12 Domains. One Click. Everything Checked.
ArchiMind evaluates your model across every major CBC review category in a single run:
Occupancy Load &middot; Egress &middot; Stairs &amp; Ramps &middot; Fire Resistance &middot; Height &amp; Area &middot; Light &amp; Ventilation &middot; Chapter 11B Accessibility &middot; Restroom Fixtures &middot; Plumbing Fixture Count &middot; EVCS Parking &middot; Exit Signs &middot; DSA Path of Travel
Every result is tied to a specific Revit element and cited to the exact code section. Not "something might be wrong." Exactly what, exactly where, exactly why.
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Not Just Flagging &mdash; Fixing
Most compliance tools stop at flagging. ArchiMind goes further.
Click GoTo on any failing check &mdash; Revit zooms directly to the element. Click Fix &mdash; ArchiMind corrects it automatically. Door too narrow? Fixed. Handrail too low? Fixed. Ramp too steep? Fixed. Stair too narrow? Fixed. Corridor too tight? Fixed. Every fix is fully undoable with Ctrl+Z. Re-run the analysis to confirm.
Click What's Checked in the dashboard to see every check ArchiMind runs, which ones have auto-fix available, and what's on the roadmap &mdash; full transparency, no black box.
For corridor and stair width violations, the Guide Lines tool draws red dimension annotations directly on your floor plan &mdash; showing exactly how far a wall needs to move. For restrooms, blue annotation boxes appear next to each room showing required vs. provided fixture counts from CPC Table 422.1, plus CBC 11B ADA clear floor area calculations.
This is the difference between a report that tells you what's wrong and a tool that helps you fix it.
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Compliance That Runs While You Design
ArchiMind's Live mode monitors your model continuously in the background. The moment a room change triggers an egress violation or a door swap creates a width issue, you know &mdash; while it's still a 30-second fix, not a 3-day redesign.
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For the Whole Team
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<li style="color: #000000;">Architects &amp; designers &mdash; catch issues during design, not at plan check</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">BIM managers &mdash; embed compliance into your standard Revit QA workflow</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">Project managers &mdash; track compliance status across every active project from the team dashboard, no BIM file required</li>
<li style="color: #000000;">Plan check consultants &mdash; pre-check before DSA or city submission and cut review cycles in half</li>
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The Numbers
200+ compliance checks &middot; 12 CBC domains &middot; 4 California code layers &middot; Revit 2023&ndash;2026 &middot; CBC 2022 &amp; 2025 &middot; CPC 2025 &middot; Chapter 11B &middot; DSA IR 10-2 First CBC run free. No credit card required.

ArchiMind

Reer is&nbsp;an Intelligent Design Environment that brings AI directly into&nbsp;Rhino (&amp;Grasshopper), Revit, and more.
While most AI tools in AEC work on downstream point solutions like documentation, compliance, and visualization, Reer works upstream, directly at the source, the CAD and BIM model files where every project decision originates.
For decades, CAD and BIM platforms have been the backbone of AEC projects worldwide. They are powerful, deeply embedded, and not going anywhere. But the way professionals interact with them has barely changed. Most tasks remain manual, repetitive, and error-prone, requiring users to translate their intent into commands, scripts, and step-by-step operations rather than focusing on the work that actually requires their expertise.
Reer brings a true CAD-native AI collaborator directly into the tools we all rely on, fundamentally changing that interaction. The agent understands the context of your model, acts on your behalf, and handles the full range of workflows professionals deal with every day:
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Beyond individual productivity, teams can build custom skills and modules on top of Reer, turning everyday interactions into reusable design intelligence that compounds over time.
The long-term vision is one intelligent environment across the entire AEC project lifecycle, from schematic design in Rhino through coordination in Revit and beyond.
Reer is currently in Free Beta in Rhino - <a class="underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current" href="https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/reer-ai">Try it now</a>
Revit coming in June!

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ArchiBoost AI is an AI-powered co-pilot built specifically for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Developed by architects and engineers rather than generic AI developers, the platform helps project teams navigate complex building regulations, activate institutional knowledge, and automatically review project documentation to identify coordination risks and compliance issues before they become costly problems.
ArchiBoost AI supports architects, engineers, developers, and general contractors working across the full project lifecycle&mdash;from early design through construction documentation and project delivery.
The platform combines three core capabilities into a unified intelligence system: Code Compliance, Knowledge Hub, and AI-powered QA/QC review.
1. Code Compliance &mdash; Project-Aware Regulatory Intelligence
ArchiBoost provides project-specific code compliance guidance, not just code search.
The system evaluates project conditions&mdash;including occupancy classification, construction type, fire separation distance, and jurisdiction&mdash;to determine the exact requirements that apply to a project. It automatically resolves the hierarchy between international, state, and municipal codes, ensuring that teams see the governing regulations rather than conflicting sources.
Each response includes clear explanations and direct citations to the applicable code sections, helping teams confidently apply requirements during design, documentation, and plan review.
By identifying compliance paths early, ArchiBoost helps teams avoid costly redesigns, permit delays, and late-stage documentation changes.
2.1. Knowledge Hub &mdash; Institutional Intelligence for AEC Firms
Architecture firms often possess vast amounts of knowledge scattered across project folders, standards manuals, specifications, and internal documentation. ArchiBoost transforms this information into a structured and searchable intelligence layer.
The Knowledge Hub organizes two key knowledge domains:
Firm Intelligence &ndash; reusable internal standards such as BIM execution plans, QA/QC checklists, documentation standards, master specifications, and lessons learned from previous projects.
Project Intelligence &ndash; project-specific information such as owner standards, design guidelines, specifications, schedules, meeting minutes, and consultant documentation.
This structure allows teams to quickly access relevant information without manually searching through large document repositories.
2.2 Detail Library &mdash; A Living Library of Proven Solutions
Within the Knowledge Hub, ArchiBoost includes a Detail Library that transforms past project details into a living, searchable resource.
The platform extracts metadata from drawing sets and organizes details based on parameters such as: - project type - construction type - occupancy classification - applicable codes - jurisdiction - client standards
Teams can quickly locate vetted details from previous projects and reuse them with confidence. The system integrates directly with Revit, allowing teams to insert editable details into their models without interrupting their design workflow.
This helps firms standardize documentation, preserve institutional knowledge, and reduce time spent recreating common solutions.
3. AI-Powered QA/QC Review
ArchiBoost automatically analyzes complete drawing sets&mdash;including architectural and consultant documentation&mdash;to identify coordination gaps, inconsistencies, scope omissions, and potential compliance risks.
Issues are surfaced through a structured ticketing system that links directly to the relevant sheet location. Teams can review findings, assign ownership, track resolution, and export issue reports for consultant coordination.
By identifying problems earlier in the documentation process, ArchiBoost helps reduce RFIs, change orders, and costly rework during construction.
Who Uses ArchiBoost AI
ArchiBoost AI is designed for: - Architecture firms working across multiple jurisdictions - Design teams producing large, multi-disciplinary drawing sets - Developers seeking early compliance validation - General contractors reviewing documentation prior to construction - Firms looking to activate and scale institutional knowledge across projects and offices
Platform Overview
ArchiBoost AI is delivered as a cloud-based SaaS platform that integrates with existing AEC workflows and documentation processes.
By combining regulatory intelligence, institutional knowledge, and automated QA/QC review in one platform, ArchiBoost enables teams to identify risks earlier, make better design decisions, and deliver higher-quality projects with fewer surprises.

ArchiBoost AI

Ark Design AI is an AI-powered platform that helps architects and developers create architectural designs for multi-family and mixed-use projects. Architects and real estate developers, create automated floor plans and feasibility reports for multi-family and mixed-use projects quickly and efficiently. Our platform is the first AI solution for architectural schematic design. Optimize profitability, density, and living standards while meeting US codes and ordinances instantly, allowing you to make better and faster decisions. How it works Ark Design AI's software analyzes architectural designs and generates optimized building designs that meet project requirements and local regulations. It can create infinite variations to optimize for density, profitability, and living standards. Benefits Ark Design AI can help architects make better and faster decisions, and cut design costs by up to 90%. It can also free up architects' time and energy for more creative endeavors. Features Ark Design AI can create automated floor plans and feasibility reports. It can also generate a unique mix of unit types for a floor layout. Trial Ark Design AI offers a 10-day free trial. Ark Design AI was built by a team of AI scientists, architects, and software developers. Stage 1 Properties Provide several basic details about your project, such as the number of Floors, the number of Dwelling units, building uses and the Zoning district; these details will help ARK suggest better options further in the process. Stage 2 Lot Type &amp; Lot Editor Please select the preferred lot type: Interior Lot (One side street lot), Corner Lot (Two side street lot), or 2 Corner Lot (Three side corner lot). Once selected, kindly click on &ldquo;Next&rdquo; to proceed. Create the property lines of the Lot and provide information on the surroundings (Streets, Adjacent buildings, and yards). Stage 3 Locate Main Floors Locate the schematic floor plate of the ground and Typical floor of the Project, use different Shapes and sizes to explore and select a floor scheme. Stage 4 Core Editor Design the Vertical Shafts focusing on the residential floors; Adjust the circulation and Determine Room size according to the market standards and building type (Rental/ Condo/ Affordable). Stage 5 Schematic Section Receive the schematic side view and 3D massing of your project. From this point forward plan the project according to your personal preferences. Control the number of floors and their types(Cellar, Ground, Mixed-use, Typical and setback), Edit the floor plans, View summarize area calculations and export it to PDF and Revit file for further design. Stage 6 Floor Plan Editor Edit the Floor plate, create recesses, courts and setbacks; plan the units layout based on your choice of units types distribution. Within minutes the Ark algorithm will generate potential floor plans that meets building code. Select and edit the best option for your project. Stage 7 Plan Unit Mix The floor layout design includes various unit types such as studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments, each with customizable settings like price per square foot and minimum area. Room distribution control ensures optimal use of rooms along window walls without exceeding the maximum available area. The process allows for creating a unique mix of unit types for the typical floor layout, balancing efficiency and market demands.

ArkDesign.AI

ArkDesign.AI Demo with Dity Ayalon (Founder & CEO)

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Generative AI & Real Estate Innovation with ArkDesign.AI

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AI-Powered Generative Design & Feasibility for Multi-Family & Mixed-Use

ARES Touch is a full-featured mobile CAD app that provides a complete set of 2D drafting and annotation commands. It's the perfect companion to quickly review a drawing shared in the cloud or received by email while on the go.

Team members at the jobsite can collaborate efficiently with colleagues back at the office

ARES Touch helps users work more effectively while on the jobsite or  in the field

ARES Touch works on Android and iOS tablets and smartphones

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Why choose Ideate BIMLink?
Linking Revit and Excel with Ideate BIMLink enables you to export data from Revit to Excel, streamlining data management tasks and dramatically reducing the time they take to perform. By creating a bidirectional connection between the model and a spreadsheet environment, teams can extract large volumes of element data, edit parameters in bulk, validate information, and apply changes using Excel&rsquo;s powerful sorting, filtering, and formula tools. This eliminates the need to manually open and edit individual elements in Revit, significantly reducing repetitive work and the risk of human error.
Importing data from Excel back into Revit means that your models are instantly updated with approved changes, helping ensure they remain clean, coordinated, and accurate. Ideate BIMLink provides access to nearly all instance and type parameters, including many that are difficult to manage efficiently using native Revit schedules alone. This expanded access gives teams greater control over project data, improves consistency across models, supports internal standards, simplifies model auditing, and strengthens overall data governance practices. It also enables collaboration with stakeholders who may not work directly in Revit but can safely contribute through structured Excel-based workflows.
Boost the Power of Ideate BIMLink with Ideate Automation
Add Ideate Automation to your subscription* to reduce the cost of repetitive BIM tasks by letting them run in the background while your staff focuses on higher-value work. This scripting solution can be run manually or scheduled to operate at convenient times, providing just-in-time insight into key Revit model metrics while automating essential workflows such as:
Producing document issue records Exporting PDFs Exporting health check data Preparing COBie data drops Generating quantity takeoff data
By automating these recurring processes, teams improve efficiency, strengthen data accuracy, increase consistency, reduce risk, and deliver more predictable project outcomes without interrupting daily production workflows across projects.
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Gindi Studio is an architecture and interior design firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel that specializes in complex projects, such as office spaces, public interiors, and hotels. The studio's team of 20–30 architects, designers, and engineers combine architecture, interior design, graphics, and product design with advanced technologies like 3D VR, BIM, and parametric design to create innovative spaces. 

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Gindi Studio

Capacity Increase:
Gindi Studio, a renowned architectural design firm headquartered in Tel Aviv, specializes in
office space design and has catered to some of the largest corporations in Israel. Over the
years, the studio has witnessed a surge in demand for its services.

“We have a magic tool called qbiq. Using the platform, we are able to deliver preliminary plans at light-speed, increasing our capacity and allowing us to take on more projects than we could initially manage”
Vered Gindi, Founder

Gindi Studio: Capacity Increase

Qbiq is reshaping how commercial spaces are planned and visualized by leveraging advanced artificial intelligence. This innovative platform enables landlords, brokers, architects, and developers to generate test fits, floor plans, 3D walkthroughs, and material estimates in just minutes. By automating what typically takes weeks, Qbiq significantly reduces time to lease and design while increasing accuracy and scalability. Designed to work with common file formats like PDFs, CAD, and DWG, Qbiq allows users to upload floor plans, set programming requirements, and instantly receive multiple layout options. Each layout comes with full documentation&mdash;editable CAD files, BIM-ready Revit models, and rendered 3D tours&mdash;making the platform a powerful tool from concept to delivery. One of Qbiq&rsquo;s biggest advantages is its ability to support layout customization based on user-defined rules, including department sizes, adjacency preferences, and branding standards. The AI also provides quantity takeoffs, such as furniture counts and material data, helping teams better understand cost implications from the start. By streamlining both visualization and documentation, Qbiq empowers real estate professionals to move from plan to action faster and with greater confidence. The company has already made a global impact. With over 650 million square feet of AI-generated designs and clients in more than 60 countries, Qbiq has proven its value across markets. Real estate firms using Qbiq report 40% faster leasing cycles and significantly higher efficiency. For example, Colliers Japan reduced its turnaround time for test fits to under 24 hours, dramatically improving client service and deal velocity. Qbiq integrates seamlessly into existing workflows and exports fully editable plans, enabling architects and designers to build on AI-generated layouts rather than start from scratch. It also features enterprise tools like admin dashboards, user management, and custom planning engines tailored to specific corporate or project requirements. Backed by top-tier investors including Insight Partners and JLL Spark, Qbiq recently closed a $16 million Series A funding round, following a $10 million seed round in 2023. The platform is rapidly gaining traction among leading architecture firms, design studios, and property management companies looking to scale operations, improve client engagement, and accelerate space planning. Qbiq&rsquo;s combination of AI automation, customizable design logic, and real-time visualization offers a transformative approach to commercial space planning. Whether used for office fit-outs, coworking layouts, or landlord test fits, the platform delivers fast, data-driven results that align with real-world needs. Its ability to combine speed, accuracy, and design flexibility makes it a standout solution for the modern built environment. As the architecture and real estate industries continue to embrace digital transformation, Qbiq is positioned as a leader in AI-powered design technology. By reducing friction in the planning process and enabling better decision-making, it is helping reshape how commercial spaces are imagined and delivered.

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Congratulatory post for the $16M Series A funding round

SVR Commercial

Lease Signed - Deal Closed:
Vasha, a real estate agent, faced the challenge of leasing a 3,447 SF outdated property in
a post-Covid-19 market, where people were downsizing. To overcome this challenge,
Vasha utilized qbiq's capabilities to create multiple floor plans for the space and provide
realistic 3D virtual tours.

“I’ve done it - I finally leased suite 210! Thanks to qbiq, I pulled
off a seemingly impossible task. I had taken a dated and oversized space in a competitive market and turned it into a desirable one. It truly felt like magic” - Vasha Carter, SVR Commercial 

SVR Commercial: Deal Closed

Eco-friendliness and sustainability lie at the core of Victor's practices. You could see that many of his design perfectly connect nature and construction together, making the whole space full of liveliness.

Featured in this case study is a stunning plant stair visualized using D5 Render, showcasing an artful arrangement of lush, lifelike vegetation.

D5 Render's real-time viewport proved invaluable in experimenting with various plant combinations, ensuring each element harmonizes perfectly. The project highlights a captivating synergy between nature and architecture, where the glass facade reflects the sky, clouds, and verdant greenery, creating a mesmerizing play of light and color.

As a pivotal tool for real-time rendering, D5 Render's precision in depicting reflections significantly enhances the studio's design process and final output, exemplifying innovation at the intersection of technology and environmental consciousness.

Victor B. Ortiz Architecture: Advanced Green Architectural Design with D5 Render

D5 Render is a leading real-time rendering solution that revolutionizes the architectural and design workflows. Powered by AI-driven and cutting-edge technologies, D5 empowers architects, designers, and visualization artists to work more efficiently and collaboratively, accelerating creation while ensuring consistently accurate and photorealistic results. -Best balance between speed and quality -Seamless integration with your favorite design workflow -User-friendly for designers, architects, visualizers, and archviz animation professionals alike -Free access and a cost-effective teams subscription option D5 Render is transforming the world of architectural visualization by bringing real-time rendering into everyday workflows&mdash;without sacrificing quality. Designed with architects, designers, and visual storytellers in mind, D5 combines high-speed GPU processing with an intuitive interface, allowing users to create photorealistic renderings, animations, and walkthroughs almost instantly. Unlike traditional rendering engines that require long wait times and technical know-how, D5 simplifies the process through real-time preview and rendering capabilities. Users can drag and drop assets, make lighting and material adjustments on the fly, and see results in seconds&mdash;all while working within a seamless, responsive environment. It also supports live sync with popular modeling tools like SketchUp, Rhino, Revit, and Archicad, streamlining the design-to-render workflow. What sets D5 apart is not just its speed, but also its ability to handle large, complex scenes with remarkable performance. Its AI-powered denoising engine and built-in library of assets&mdash;including vegetation, lighting, and materials&mdash;help elevate visualization without external plugins or post-production tools. Architects and design firms using D5 report significant time savings, improved client communication, and enhanced design decision-making. By eliminating the barrier between modeling and rendering, D5 allows teams to visualize concepts earlier and with greater clarity&mdash;ultimately leading to better outcomes. For firms working on tight deadlines or aiming to elevate their presentations, D5 offers a powerful solution that redefines what&rsquo;s possible in real-time rendering. It&rsquo;s not just a tool&mdash;it&rsquo;s becoming a core part of the modern architectural tech stack. Check out our latest article: https://www.aecplustech.com/blog/rendering-redefined-d5-real-time-revolution-architects-design-firms

D5 Render

Featuring D5 Render at the AEC Innovate Conference

Rendering Redefined: D5’s Real-Time Revolution

Why Every Designer Needs Collaborative Rendering (Webinar)

Why Every Designer Needs Collaborative Rendering

This project included energy efficiency improvements for a community property in a city in Ontario. The focus was on optimizing energy use in the existing building and exploring energy-saving measures for potential new multi-family housing on the site. The objective was to assist in future capital management decisions, aligning with CMHC MLI Select energy efficiency criteria.

First, a baseline energy model was created using available data and suggesting various Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) for potential savings. The aim was to present scenarios achieving up to a 40% reduction in energy use from the existing building baseline, meeting CMHC criteria. The first scenario proposes around a 47% improvement with upgraded HVAC systems and enhanced window performance. The second scenario, focusing on a specific section built in 1920, achieved a 40% energy reduction with HVAC enhancements, window improvements, and increased roof insulation. The report also explores options for new construction, targeting compliance with NECB 2017 standards. These options demonstrate energy savings of up to 50%. 

An interactive dashboard provided by Adaptis's solution summarized existing conditions, design options, material breakdowns, waste, carbon, and cost benchmarks. Users could explore optimized options based on their priorities using this decision-support platform.


Optimized Retrofit, Adaptive Reuse and Extension

We are on a mission to make decarbonization management intuitive, scalable, and affordable. Our tools help building owners and AEC professionals reduce energy needs and emissions, minimize the embodied carbon of construction, divert waste from landfills and extend building life. We use proprietary, patent-pending methodologies and AI-powered technology to do this 20X faster and at one-tenth the cost of traditional consultants, delivering 20%+ lower whole lifecycle costs and immediate payback. Team Adaptis is a diverse and highly technical team of architects, engineers, and sustainability experts, devoted to creating a decarbonized, resilient and circular built world. We draw on our extensive collective experience at industry-leading firms and advanced research experience (95%+ of team with PhDs/MScs in Engineering and Sustainability). Challenges The construction industry is responsible for massive consumption and GHG emissions: -Consumes 50% of all raw materials. -Produces over 40% of all GHG emissions. Large degree of unnecessary demolition and not enough salvage and reuse: -60% of building demolitions could have been avoided with timely renovations, retrofits, and adaptive reuse. -85%+ of demolished materials end up in landfills, making up 25% of landfills. Mandates for decarbonization are expanding globally: -45%+ emission reduction by 2030 (Canada, US, EU). -Net-zero carbon by 2050, which requires retrofitting 80%+ of today’s buildings (Ontario, US, EU). The current linear model of decarbonization is slow, complex, and expensive. -It takes a multi-disciplinary team of 5+ consultants, 6+ months to develop recommendations for one building. -These consultants charge $100K+ per building. -Even with the best-laid plans, 20% of projects end up over budget. Solution Adaptis is pioneering a circular model of decarbonization that is fast, affordable, and lives in real-time. At Adaptis, we: -Design: Simulate design options and generate recommendations that meet carbon, cost, waste diversion and compliance requirements; -Validate: Assess actual carbon impact during construction and occupancy; and -Optimize: Track and continuously optimize maintenance, capital flow, and plans for future adaptation or deconstruction. We use proprietary, patent-pending methodologies for whole life cycle decarbonization assessment, optimization, and capital planning. In addition, our engines augment compliant methodologies and datasets for energy modelling, embodied carbon, and cost-benefit analysis. Our methodologies adhere to industry standards, including ISO 14044:06, ISO 14064:2019, and the GHG Protocol. We fulfill all compliance criteria for mandatory reporting, such as ASHRAE, NECB, CAGBC, FCM, CIB and CMHC.

Adaptis

- Digital Twin Capture: Scan a 67,350 sq. ft K12 school in an hour, with just an iPad.
- Our Deliverables: Detailed 2D Floorplans and 3D CAD/BIM Models
- Turnaround Time: 3 business days

67,530 Sq.ft K12 School Scanned in A Few Hours

1. How It Works: 3 steps ONLY from Scan to BIM - Scan, Texture, Upload. 2. Solutions: 2D Floorplans, 3D BIM models and Digital Twins 3. PointCloud Post-processing 4. NO Size limit!

OpalAi - ScanTo3D & Floorplan

Coastal Construction's team of eight estimators spend about 50% of their time manually tracing, clicking and dragging lines on a set of plans to perform a takeoff. With Togal.AI, Coastal saved 14.5 hours per plan set with the use of automated takeoff, automated naming, sharing, uploading, and collaboration features. They averaged 10 bids per month. 

That's 1,160 hours per month, or
13,920 hours per year!

Bringing a total first year savings of 
~$1 MILLION!

Coastal Construction’s Miami Office Saves ~$1 Million in First Year Using Togal.AI

Togal.AI is a pre-construction platform built to automate time-consuming estimating tasks from architectural drawings. It helps teams detect, measure, compare, and label project spaces and features more efficiently, reducing the manual effort involved in takeoffs and early bid preparation.
The platform is especially relevant for estimators, general contractors, and pre-construction teams that need faster plan analysis and more consistent quantity workflows. In addition to measurement automation, Togal.AI also supports collaboration and document search through features like shared takeoffs and TogalCHAT.
For teams evaluating Togal.AI pricing, free trial access, demo availability, and estimating workflows, the platform stands out as a focused AI tool for improving speed and accuracy in pre-construction. It is particularly useful when bid teams need to review drawing sets, compare project documents, and prepare estimates more efficiently.

Explore Togal.AI for AI-powered estimating, takeoffs, and pre-construction workflows. Review pricing, 7-day free trial details, demo options, and how Togal.AI helps teams detect, measure, and label pr

Togal AI Pricing, Free Trial & AI Estimating Software

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Allen & Company

“So now we fly all of the ALTAs that we have and mainly send it to you guys [AirWorks] and work on that. It streamlined our process and allows now the project managers to take in more work.” – Allen and Company

AirWorks saves Allen & Company between 60-70 percent of plan drafting time while they pay 25 percent of what it would cost them to perform the same tasks in-house. We complete in one day what would take them four days!

Allen & Company Completes Projects Quickly and Cost-Effectively Thanks to Aerial Mapping and AirWorks’ Automated Drafting Software

AirWorks is currently able to generate linework on 14 layers autonomously, including both planimetrics and topography. Some projects require additional features which is why we offer more layers upon request, our team will add them during the QA process. The Airworks Automate™ platform is built on more than 30 thousand hours of data perpetration by processing thousands of acres of remote sensing data at varying GSD levels. The platform autonomously identifies and classifies features, and generates planimetric and topographic basemaps fast. What types of projects can be uploaded to the platform? What industries does it serve? Any type of engineering/land surveying project where you have collected aerial imagery and need feature extraction works for us. We currently only do work above ground, which includes: ALTA surveys, land development, corridor/transportation/highway work, as-builts, and many more. We serve clients within the AEC industry: civil engineering (top 100 ENR firms), land surveying firms, drone service providers, state DoTs, architecture firms, land developers, real estate, and many more.

AirWorks

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. stays a step ahead of modern-day obstacles despite labor shortage, by embracing our technological solutions!

Some of the benefits that AirWorks’ software offers CEC are:
- Tight turnarounds through parallel workflows
- An economical cost per acre
- Efficiency that complements safety

Despite Labor Shortage, CEC Continues to Expand Footprint and Meet Tight Deadlines through AI and Technology

Skanska AB is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to Construction Global magazine.

Skanska USA

Skanska is a world leading project development and construction group

The office building with its strong sustainability profile will be 36 storeys high, corresponding to 144 meters, and will have a total leasable area of approximately 42,000 square meters. 'Reconstruct' is being used everyday on the job site to track the development of the construction. 

Learn more at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU2RWPqH0Oc&ab_channel=GlimpseoftheFuture

Citygate office tower

How Reconstruct Works Reconstruct is the only solution that allows you to truly visualize your project by combining reality capture, design, and construction schedule. And best of all, virtually anyone on the job site can conduct reality capture using equipment as simple as a smartphone or 360 camera. Reap the benefits of reality capture at any budget. Only Reconstruct’s cutting-edge technology generates precise, measurable 2D floor plans and 3D models using site footage captured on virtually any device—including smartphones, 360 cameras, and drones. Virtually anyone on site can perform a reality capture walk. Overlay design against reality. Comparing plans to your job site side by side isn't enough. Reconstruct’s patented overlay technology gives you unmatched clarity into what’s been installed versus what was initially planned. Use your findings to course-correct mistakes before your project becomes delayed or derailed by costly rework. Remotely measure and monitor every inch. Only Reconstruct’s reality mapping engine combines all forms of photo and video and automatically positions that footage in space and over time. The end result? A frictionless, immersive digital twin of your job site as it stands today and as it appeared in the past. Act on issues as soon as you spot them. Immediately identify issues without traveling to the job site, then drop a pin directly where problems are visualized to jump-start resolution long before the costs and consequences of these little mistakes add up. Bring your construction schedule to life. Integrate your project timeline, then upload plans to unlock cutting-edge 4D BIM visualization that sequences your project's next steps for all teams to see. Improve coordination, enhance safety, and save time and money by getting even the most complex installations right the first time. Rewind construction with the click of a button. See through sealed walls by turning back the clock in the Visual Command Center. Whether preparing for renovations, answering tenant questions, or responding to liability claims, you'll know exactly how your project was built—no demolition required.

Mitigate risks with 4d schedule integration

Use any tool-from smartphone to 360 camera to laser scanner to drone-to capture footage of your jobsite

Create precise, mappable digital twins of your physical assets in 2D

Reconstruct automatically generates a 3d point cloud that helps ensure construction projects stay on track, meet quality standards, and minimize risks and errors

Transform 360-degree or standard photos and videos into interactive 3D point clouds, that's yours to measure, inspect, and explore 

Reconstruct

Overlay BIM against your 3d model and compare what's been built to what's been planned 

GBBN

GBBN are an architecture practice with offices in Beijing, Cincinnati, Louisville, Minneapolis & Pittsburgh

GBBN used AR to present the design of a Medical ICU fit-out on the 12th floor of UK HealthCare’s Chandler Hospital. This process significantly increased participant engagement as we stood within the shell of the space. A myriad of comments like, “oh… that’s what that would look like” or “that’s what the drawing meant…” made it clear that the end-users understood the design with more confidence. It’s one thing to know abstractly that patient rooms have windows of a given dimension that are located so far off the ground. It’s quite another experience to stand in the building core (where the central nursing station would be located) and look down the hall to see what kind of a view that provides.

Medical ICU Mockup with AR

Fologram’s software provides designers with a toolkit to create mixed reality experiences within design software they already use, and view and share these experiences through the Fologram app running on mobile phones or Microsoft's mixed reality headsets the Hololens. Fologram’s clients include leading universities, multinational architectural firms, industrial designers, engineers and artists who using Fologram to create mixed reality applications for full scale construction, public art, architectural fabrication, sculpture, automotive design and visualisation. Fologram is a software ecosystem that allows Mixed Reality hardware running our standalone application to talk to desktop design software running the Fologram plugin. Geometry and other model information from your design software is streamed to your headset or mobile phone, and spatial information like device or hand positions are sent back in real time. By using this spatial information to trigger changes in design models, designers can use Fologram to build interactive mixed reality experiences. A feature rich free mobile version is avaible at https://fologram.com/download, and a 14 day trial for Hololens users.

AllBrick using Fologram on the Hobart Hospital Redevelopment

Jack Hunter from Uni of Washington using Fologam for robotic control and path visualization 

Akio Hamada Architects & Eri Sumitomo Architects using Fologram to guide a chainsaw operator in producing furniture

UAP using Fologram in their production of large scale public art

Fologram

Artillion studio using Fologram as part of their fabrication process

<h2>What Is Rhino 3D?</h2>
Rhino 3D, also known as Rhinoceros 3D, is a professional 3D modeling software developed by Robert McNeel &amp; Associates for architects, industrial designers, engineers, product designers, jewelry designers, and digital fabrication professionals. Unlike traditional CAD applications that primarily focus on drafting or Building Information Modeling (BIM), Rhino is built around precise NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) geometry, allowing users to create highly accurate freeform surfaces and complex shapes without sacrificing modeling precision.
Rhino is widely recognized for its flexibility. It supports conceptual design, detailed modeling, visualization, analysis, rendering, and manufacturing workflows within a single environment. Whether you&rsquo;re designing a building fa&ccedil;ade, a consumer product, furniture, a yacht, or a complex parametric structure, Rhino provides the tools needed to transform ideas into production-ready geometry.
Unlike dedicated BIM platforms such as ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/revit">Revit</a> or ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/archicad">Archicad</a>, Rhino is primarily a geometry-driven modeling platform. However, thanks to its extensive plugin ecosystem and interoperability, it integrates well into modern AEC workflows and is commonly used during early-stage design, computational design, fa&ccedil;ade engineering, digital fabrication, and advanced geometry development.
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<h2>What Is Rhino 3D Used For?</h2>
Rhino 3D is used for creating accurate 3D models that require flexibility beyond traditional CAD or BIM software. Because it is based on NURBS modeling instead of polygon-only geometry, designers can build smooth freeform surfaces with engineering-level precision.
Rhino is commonly used for:
<ul>
<li>Architectural design</li>
<li>Conceptual building modeling</li>
<li>Computational design</li>
<li>Fa&ccedil;ade development</li>
<li>Industrial and product design</li>
<li>Furniture design</li>
<li>Jewelry design</li>
<li>Marine design</li>
<li>Reverse engineering</li>
<li>3D printing</li>
<li>CNC fabrication</li>
<li>Laser cutting workflows</li>
<li>Visualization and rendering</li>
</ul>
Many architecture firms use Rhino during the conceptual design phase before moving project documentation into dedicated BIM platforms. Others continue using Rhino throughout the project for complex geometry, custom fa&ccedil;ades, parametric components, and fabrication-ready models that would be difficult to create in conventional BIM software.
<hr>
<h2>Key Features</h2>
<h3>Precise NURBS Modeling</h3>
One of Rhino&rsquo;s defining strengths is its NURBS-based modeling engine. Unlike polygon modeling applications that approximate curved geometry with meshes, Rhino creates mathematically accurate curves and surfaces suitable for design, engineering, manufacturing, and fabrication.
This makes Rhino particularly valuable for projects involving organic architecture, freeform structures, industrial products, and highly detailed fabrication models where precision is critical.
<hr>
<h3>Flexible 3D Modeling Workflow</h3>
Rhino allows users to work with curves, solids, surfaces, meshes, and SubD geometry inside a single modeling environment. Designers can move quickly between conceptual sketches and highly detailed production models without changing software.
Unlike many specialized applications, Rhino does not force users into one predefined workflow. This flexibility has made it popular across multiple industries, from architecture and engineering to jewelry, automotive, and industrial product development.
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<h3>Grasshopper Integration</h3>
One of Rhino&rsquo;s biggest advantages is its seamless integration with Grasshopper, the visual programming environment used for computational and parametric design.
Grasshopper allows designers to build rule-based design systems instead of manually modeling every object. Parameters, algorithms, and mathematical relationships can generate complex geometries that automatically update when design inputs change.
Although Grasshopper is included with Rhino, it has grown into an extensive ecosystem with hundreds of plugins supporting structural analysis, environmental simulation, optimization, robotic fabrication, and generative design. Because of its importance, Grasshopper deserves its own dedicated guide rather than being covered in depth here.
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<h3>Extensive Plugin Ecosystem</h3>
Rhino offers one of the largest plugin ecosystems in the design industry.
Popular extensions support:
<ul>
<li>Rendering</li>
<li>Environmental analysis</li>
<li>Structural engineering</li>
<li>CFD simulation</li>
<li>Generative design</li>
<li>Fabrication</li>
<li>Robotics</li>
<li>CAM workflows</li>
<li>Reverse engineering</li>
<li>BIM interoperability</li>
</ul>
This flexibility allows firms to customize Rhino around their own workflows rather than adapting their workflow to the software.
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<h3>Interoperability</h3>
Rhino supports a wide range of industry-standard file formats, making it easy to collaborate with consultants using different software.
Supported formats include:
<ul>
<li>DWG</li>
<li>DXF</li>
<li>STEP</li>
<li>IGES</li>
<li>SAT</li>
<li>STL</li>
<li>OBJ</li>
<li>FBX</li>
<li>IFC</li>
<li>3DM</li>
<li>SKP</li>
<li>Parasolid</li>
<li>3DS</li>
</ul>
Rhino also integrates well with platforms such as ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/autocad">AutoCAD</a>, ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/sketchup">SketchUp</a>, and major BIM workflows through plugins and open exchange formats. This interoperability allows design teams to move geometry between conceptual design, documentation, analysis, visualization, and fabrication with relatively little friction.
More information about supported formats is available on the official Rhino website.
<a href="https://www.rhino3d.com/features/">https://www.rhino3d.com/features/</a>
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<h3>Rendering and Visualization</h3>
Rhino includes built-in rendering capabilities together with support for many third-party rendering engines.
Designers commonly use Rhino together with visualization tools for:
<ul>
<li>Client presentations</li>
<li>Concept visualization</li>
<li>Architectural competitions</li>
<li>Product marketing</li>
<li>Design reviews</li>
</ul>
Its compatibility with popular rendering plugins makes Rhino an excellent platform for producing high-quality visualizations without rebuilding project geometry.
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<h3>Digital Fabrication</h3>
Rhino has become one of the industry&rsquo;s most widely used tools for digital fabrication.
Its accurate geometry makes it well suited for:
<ul>
<li>CNC machining</li>
<li>Laser cutting</li>
<li>Waterjet cutting</li>
<li>3D printing</li>
<li>Robotic fabrication</li>
<li>Panelization</li>
<li>Complex fa&ccedil;ade fabrication</li>
</ul>
This is one of the reasons Rhino remains extremely popular among architects working on complex buildings and custom building components.
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<h2>Pricing &amp; Free Trial</h2>
Unlike many professional design applications that have moved entirely to subscriptions, Rhino continues to offer a perpetual commercial license.
A Rhino commercial license is purchased once and can continue to be used without recurring subscription fees. Major version upgrades are optional and typically offered at discounted upgrade pricing for existing customers.
Rhino also provides:
<ul>
<li>Evaluation version</li>
<li>Educational licenses</li>
<li>Student pricing</li>
<li>Faculty licenses</li>
</ul>
Current pricing, educational eligibility, licensing options, and trial availability can be found on the official Rhino licensing page.
<a href="https://www.rhino3d.com/buy/">https://www.rhino3d.com/buy/</a>
<hr>
<h2>Pros &amp; Cons</h2>
<h3>Pros</h3>
<ul>
<li>Industry-leading NURBS modeling</li>
<li>Excellent freeform geometry tools</li>
<li>Powerful Grasshopper integration</li>
<li>Huge plugin ecosystem</li>
<li>Strong interoperability</li>
<li>Perpetual licensing available</li>
<li>Cross-platform support for Windows and macOS</li>
<li>Widely used across architecture, engineering, product design, and fabrication</li>
</ul>
<h3>Cons</h3>
<ul>
<li>Not a complete BIM platform by itself</li>
<li>Requires practice to master advanced modeling workflows</li>
<li>Large computational models can become demanding on hardware</li>
<li>Some advanced workflows depend on third-party plugins</li>
<li>Construction documentation capabilities are not as comprehensive as dedicated BIM software</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Best Alternatives</h2>
The best Rhino alternative depends on the type of project and design workflow.
For BIM documentation and multidisciplinary coordination, ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/revit">Revit</a> and ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/archicad">Archicad</a> are stronger choices. For conceptual architectural modeling, ⁠<a href="https://www.aecplustech.com/tools/sketchup">SketchUp</a> offers a faster learning curve. Engineers and manufacturers may also compare Rhino with Fusion 360 or SolidWorks depending on their production requirements.
<hr>
<h2>Who Should Use Rhino 3D?</h2>
Rhino 3D is best suited for architects, computational designers, fa&ccedil;ade consultants, industrial designers, engineers, product developers, digital fabrication specialists, and creative professionals who need precise freeform modeling rather than a documentation-first BIM workflow.
It is particularly valuable for organizations working with complex geometry, parametric design, fabrication, and advanced architectural forms. Firms that combine Rhino with BIM software can benefit from Rhino&rsquo;s modeling flexibility while continuing to use dedicated BIM platforms for documentation and project coordination.
For professionals whose work depends on accurate geometry, computational design, and an open ecosystem of plugins and integrations, Rhino 3D remains one of the most capable modeling platforms available today.

Explore Rhino 3D pricing, features, free trial, and alternatives. Learn how Rhino 3D software supports architecture, design, engineering, and 3D modeling.

Rhino 3D Pricing, Features, Free Trial & Alternatives

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Peikko Group is a global operating specialist of fastening technology for concrete constructions and composite beams for slim floor structures.

Peikko Group

Peikko Group Corporation is a Finnish supplier of Slim Floor Structures, Wind Energy Applications and Connection Technology for Precast and Cast-in-situ.

Our first operational 3D printing Micro-Factory, installed on Peikko site in Lahti for two weeks. Hyperion's 260-square-meter Micro-Factory was set up in Finland's top-class environmental city and demonstrated how it is possible to improve the sustainability and productivity of the construction process with the help of automation. In our Micro-Factory, we printed 20 different fully reinforced concrete pad foundations. Representatives from different cities, universities and industry leaders came to visit us as well as our partners and investors.

Construction companies can learn from industry and agriculture success stories where productivity has been improved through automation. With automated construction processes, lead times are shortened, and at the same time, worker safety, material efficiency and ecological sustainability during the entire life cycle of the building can be improved. Hyperion's Micro-Factory is a comprehensive solution that combines Industrial Robots with patented hardware and software, and produces optimized reinforced concrete structures for construction projects with the help of automation.

Read more at: https://www.hyperionrobotics.com/projects/micro-factory-lahti

Hyperion Robotics 3D Concrete Printing Micro-factory Deployed in Lahti

Micro-factory Lahti

Hyperion Robotics is a Finnish technology company formed by experts in engineering, construction, 3D printing and robotics. To build a better future we need to rethink the way we build. ‍ Our mission is to bring automation and sustainable practices to the construction industry.

DESIGN & ENGINEERING OF 3D PRINTABLE OBJECTS

Hyperion Robotics

Brayman is a leading heavy civil and geotechnical contractor with office headquarters in suburban Pittsburgh.

Brayman Construction Corporation

Project Intro:

The Koppel Bridge project was a $27 Million effort to replace the previous bridge. TyBOT performed bulk tying operations on this project in April of 2019 to assist the crews of Brayman Construction Corporation. The Koppel Bridge is located in rural Western Pennsylvania and serves as a crucial link between the towns of Koppel, and Ellwood City. It is a 4-span bridge that is 43 feet wide and 1,240 feet long. The new Koppel bridge opened in October of 2019. 

Role in Project:

TyBOT® is an autonomous rebar tying robot that ties up to 1,000 intersections an hour. TyBOT deploys to any job site that has screed rails in place and will do the work of an average crew. TyBOT easily deploys anywhere in the country to work on horizontal reinforcing steel installation projects. TyBOT performed the bulk tie portion of the Koppel Bridge deck reinforcing steel installation for two out of the four spans of the bridge.

Description of Project:

The Koppel Bridge project, located in Koppel, PA, began in January 2017 and opened to traffic in October 2019. The bridge carries two 12 ft travel lanes and 8 ft shoulders. The deck of the Koppel Bridge consists of 1 million pounds of rebar and 6,000 cubic yards of concrete. The structural steel supporting the deck weighs approximately 4.3 million pounds.

Project Features/Advancements:

Manhour savings: 34%
Schedule savings: 34%

Brayman Construction Corporation (BCC) meticulously recorded production data for the deck reinforcing steel installation of the project so that this case study could provide meaningful results. While self-performing the rebar installation on two spans that did not utilize TyBot, BCC expended 20% of their total manhours on the bulk tie sub-activity that TyBOT would perform on the other two spans.

When TyBOT executed the bulk tie on these two spans, the data showed that BCC not only saved the expected 20% of manhours for bulk tying but also saved another 14% for a total savings of 34% of their budgeted manhours. These additional savings was attributed to a couple of different factors.

BCC chose to augment their deck rebar crew with TyBOT meaning they did not reduce the level of manpower performing the installation. Not having to perform the 

bulk tie sub-activity allowed the crew to focus manual efforts on the remaining sub-activities associated with deck rebar installation. This allowed these activities such as carrying and placing the rebar to occur faster and more efficiently.

The use of TyBOT also prompted the operations team to perform more pre-planning of the deck rebar work to ensure the time TyBOT was waiting on placed rebar to tie was minimized. Typically, deck rebar work planning is done in the field where the crew often reacts to the daily changes and challenges that are frequent on construction projects. When using TyBOT, the manual labor was very focused on planning the work to make sure that “the robot didn’t catch up to them”. This created a sense of competition between the robotic TyBOT and the crew, pushing the work along faster.

With BCC augmenting their crew with TyBOT, the project realized both a 34% manhour savings and a 34% savings in the duration of the work. Experiencing schedule and productivity improvements that result in manhour savings is a great example of the power of utilizing robots in construction. With widespread shortages in skilled labor, using TyBot to augment and not replace the rebar crew is the best way to accelerate projects, meet tough schedule constraints, and best utilize the skills of workers.

Who was/is Involved:
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: CLIENT

Brayman Construction Corporation: MAIN CONTRACTOR

Advanced Construction Robotics: SUBCONTRACTOR

Awards:

Associated Bridge for Construction & Design awarded the Koppel Bridge Project two awards: 

(1) Outstanding New Major Bridge Award (Brayman Construction as the main contractor) (2) Outstanding New Special Purpose Structure Award for Permanent Sheet Pile Wall System – Brayman Construction (Brayman Construction as subcontractor & Trumbull as the main contractor)

Source: https://www.constructionrobots.com/post/tybot-case-study-koppel-bridge

Koppel Bridge

ACR is a world leading innovator of autonomous robotic equipment. Our robots are transforming the construction industry by filling the skilled labor gap and increasing overall productivity of the construction industry. Our products give construction firms the ability to meet a rapidly growing demand. Check out more case studies at: https://www.constructionrobots.com/projects

Rebar-Tying Robot Debuts on Pennsylvania Bridge

Wekiva Parkway Section 8 - Bridges 23 & 25

Advanced Construction Robotics

Advanced Construction Robotics Aims to Disrupt Construction Industry With TyBOT and IronBOT 

The Brigade Group, a leading property developer in India, wanted to reduce the turnaround time for commercial testfits significantly. To do this, they realised that the client-facing sales team had to be empowered to make minor design changes without the intervention of the design team to speed up decision-making. 

The Client
The Brigade Group is one of the largest property developers in India, with well over 70 million sqft of developed space across the country. Their portfolio boasts developments across diverse property segments, including commercial, residential, retail and hospitality. They recently launched their own co-working brand 'BuzzWorks' with a portfolio of over 5 million sqft.



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Citygate office tower

Medical ICU Mockup with AR

Micro-factory Lahti

Koppel Bridge

Commercial Testfits Delivered in 90mins

Cleaning up the drywall finishing process

Savannah Convention Centre

Monad Granville

Automating Solar Mounting Designs

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Queen’s Wharf Brisbane

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