Solibri CheckPoint is about fixing what slows BIM teams down after clashes are found. Instead of the heavy desktop setup, it runs model checks in a web browser while cloud computers handle the 3D work. More people can review models, assign issues, and track changes. This helps teams move from “problem found” to “problem fixed” faster, with less waiting and rework. In this article, we explain everything you need to know about Solibri CheckPoint.

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In this interview, we sat down with Al Dram, CEO and co-founder of Blueprints AI, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming construction documentation for architects. Al shares how design teams can turn prompts, sketches, and existing files into permit-ready drawing sets—and rapidly respond to city review comments using AI-driven revisions. The conversation highlights what this shift means for architecture and AEC firms struggling with time-consuming drafting workflows and growing documentation demands.

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As projects grow, AEC firms are rethinking data management and collaboration. This article outlines Egnyte’s six-stage Architecture Cloud Journey—a practical roadmap for moving from on-premise systems to secure, collaborative cloud environments. From assessment to continuous improvement, it shows how to streamline workflows, strengthen security, and future-proof with AI-ready infrastructure.

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<div><img src="https://aecplustech.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/8852f611-4b32-425f-a739-e9fe37fcbb5c.png" alt="SaaS Founders: Are You Timing Your GTM Right?" width="1086"></div>
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As a former construction tech founder who built SaaS products, I've experienced the exhilarating journey of bringing innovative tech to life. I vividly remember the breakthrough moments, but also the times when our incredible solution wasn't connecting with our audience as quickly as we hoped. It wasn't just about the product itself; it was about the profound adoption and impact of when we truly started strategizing its market introduction. Many founders, especially in software or deep tech, have an incredible opportunity to redefine their path: they can transform GTM from a post-development task into a foundational launchpad for success. What if embracing this early focus is the most powerful move you can make?
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">Are you truly uncovering your customer's deepest aspirations and challenges even before your design begins? </h3>
Imagine co-creating a solution that feels like a natural extension of your customer's work. What if you could gather firsthand insights from their daily realities, not just assumptions, months before your MVP takes shape? Moving beyond surface-level surveys allows you to tap into the core motivations that inspire adoption, especially for complex software with intricate integration potential. Think of the innovation sparked by an early, unfiltered conversation with a future user eager for a transformative digital tool.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">Is your message cutting through the noise and sparking genuine connection long before launch day? </h3>
In today's dynamic digital landscape, a clear, compelling story is your greatest asset. Your vision for a new analytics platform or project management tool might be perfectly clear within your engineering team, but what if you could refine that message early on to speak directly to a project manager's most critical needs on a bustling construction site? Imagine testing and perfecting this narrative before significant development resources are invested, ensuring maximum impact upon release.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">Are you strategically choosing the most impactful channels, building authentic pathways from your earliest stages? </h3>
While tech trends offer exciting possibilities, the most successful software go-to-market strategies aren't merely about following what's new. They're built on a deep, early understanding of where your specific, often niche, audience naturally seeks out new solutions. What if you could identify and engage with your future customers where they truly live and breathe, ensuring your innovative digital product connects precisely where it matters most, right from day one?
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<h2 style="line-height: 1.5;">Unlocking Exponential Growth: The Power of Proactive GTM </h2>
Consider the immense potential from a software perspective: companies that master proactive&mdash;and, critically, early&mdash;go-to-market strategies unlock incredible opportunities. They maximize their marketing investments, connect deeply with users, accelerate revenue growth, inspire their teams, and decisively lead their market segments. This isn't just about avoiding pitfalls; it's about building a robust foundation where every feature rollout is celebrated, and every capital investment drives widespread adoption.
Here's what truly excites me as a founder: the amplified opportunity. Every day your go-to-market strategy is actively evolving&mdash;and integrated from the outset&mdash;is another day you're building market leadership, nurturing invaluable customer relationships, and establishing yourself as the undeniable category leader. Imagine the competitive edge gained when your software development cycles are perfectly synchronized with market anticipation and demand.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">1. Begin with a clear-eyed vision of your strategic position, from the earliest concept phase </h3>
What aspects of your approach are currently driving significant value, and how can you amplify them? Successful go-to-market strategies are built on leaders who cultivate genuine progress, especially when launching a digital product designed with the market in mind, not in isolation.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">2. Cultivate profound customer understanding, before you even sketch your first wireframe </h3>
What if you could personally engage with early adopters to uncover their deepest needs and aspirations? Or better yet, gain invaluable insights from potential customers who are eager for a transformative software solution? Their perspectives on why an innovative approach will resonate can be more powerful than extensive market research, saving millions and inspiring a groundbreaking product.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">3. Validate your vision with agile, insightful experiments as early as possible </h3>
Instead of relying on one large, costly product launch, imagine the power of testing different messaging concepts or even interactive mock-ups with targeted audiences before committing to a full build. The early feedback, even from digital prototypes, provides invaluable guidance, illuminating the most promising path to scale.
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<h3 style="line-height: 1.5;">4. Harmonize your entire organization around the customer journey from day one </h3>
Is your engineering team crafting solutions precisely for the market your sales team is engaging? Is your marketing team narrating the same compelling story as your customer support? A unified message across all touchpoints creates a seamless experience, attracting prospects and boosting conversion rates, especially when presenting a sophisticated software solution that empowers and educates customers.
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&ldquo;The companies that truly thrive are not just those with exceptional products&mdash;they are the ones that inherently understand from the very beginning how to powerfully connect their innovative solutions with their customers' most urgent needs and ambitious goals.&rdquo;
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So here's the question that fuels immense success, particularly for software and deep tech founders: Are you ready to elevate your go-to-market strategy from a reactive checklist after product completion to the dynamic, foundational competitive advantage it truly is, integrating it into every single step of development? Your next quarter's triumphs&mdash;and your team's unwavering confidence&mdash;hinge on how you answer that question today, transforming your tomorrow.
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<img src="https://aecplustech.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/9614373b-e8d6-485e-a25e-4664d66f5fcc.png" alt="Frank Schuyer" width="184"> 
This article was written by&nbsp;Frank Schuyer. Frank is a Dutch commercial founder with 20+ years in AEC SaaS. He founded Xinaps, a cloud-based model checker, and exited to Solibri (Nemetschek) in 2024. Known for a collaborative style, he focuses on tactical/operational efficiency and great customer experiences.
Interested in a GTM chat? Contact: frank@sirrom.nl
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This article was written by Frank Schuyer, who brings firsthand experience as a founder in the software and SaaS world. In this piece, he explores how founders can unlock faster growth and stronger market traction by integrating go-to-market strategy (GTM) from the very beginning of product development—rather than treating it as an afterthought.

SaaS Founders: Are You Timing Your GTM Right?

Civix

Civix are a technology forward civil engineering consultancy in New Zealand and Australia. They specialize in large scale land development projects such as master planned communities, commercial sites and underground infrastructure.

We lead the construction industry in quality control. No more stumbling blocks. Constructing flawless buildings is now easier than ever. Solibri Office imports building models from all major BIM software using the standardized IFC interface. It identifies potential problems early, preventing issues during construction and beyond, ensuring smooth project execution and long-term building performance. Solibri offers the most advanced and comprehensive library of customizable rule templates to tackle the most demanding quality assurance tasks. Choose from over 70+ predefined rule templates or customize your own to ensure no stone is left unturned. Go beyond clash detection and take your BIM quality to the next level. Solibri offers a wider range of checking capabilities than any other tool in the market: geometry, clearance, accessibility, information &amp; property checking, building code compliance, model revision, fire safety and more. Solibri understands your role and offers you a set of rules, classifications, and reporting templates that you can customize to match your company, project, local, or national needs. Use organizational tools like classifications and filters to streamline model checking, to takeoff quantities and data, or to visualize the BIM data/components in the model. Information takeoff allows you to extract quantities based on different criteria more easily. Share the information using your own customized Excel templates. Information takeoff allows you to extract quantities based on different criteria more easily. Share the information using your own customized Excel templates. Share project information and collaborate seamlessly and reliably through Solibri&rsquo;s integrations, BCF Live Connector and API. Automate tasks, such as running checks, exporting the identified issues as BCF files and creating presentations, and run them at a convenient time with Solibri Autorun. Easily integrate with your workflows: Solibri is founded on openBIM standards to foster interoperability and enable transparent, open cooperation among all project participants. This allows model authors and collaborators to connect Solibri's quality assurance capabilities with the tools of their choice.

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Ichi is an AI-powered code compliance and automation platform built for architecture firms.
The platform helps architects navigate complex building codes, automate time-consuming construction administration tasks, and strengthen QA/QC across the entire project lifecycle&mdash;from early design through construction.
Designed specifically for the realities of architectural practice, Ichi augments professional expertise by automating previously manual processes, improving accuracy, and minimizing costly downstream rework. The platform supports both project-level execution and firm-wide knowledge sharing, helping teams work more efficiently while maintaining accountability and control.
Key Features
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Ichi enables architects to quickly search, interpret, and validate applicable building codes and jurisdictional requirements. AI-assisted guidance is presented alongside authoritative source language, allowing teams to confidently apply code requirements during design, documentation, and review&mdash;without relying on generic or unverified AI outputs.
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The platform helps automate and support manual construction administration workflows, including navigating construction documents, responding to RFIs, and reviewing submittals. By reducing the time spent on repetitive coordination tasks, Ichi helps keep projects moving while easing the administrative burden on architectural teams.
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Ichi strengthens QA/QC by assisting with plan set reviews, cross-sheet consistency checks, and document validation across large and complex drawing packages. This allows architects to identify issues earlier, improve document quality, and reduce risk prior to submission or construction.
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Ichi acts as a living knowledge base for architecture firms. Project-specific decisions, jurisdictional nuances, and internal best practices can be captured, shared, and reused across teams and over time&mdash;helping firms preserve institutional knowledge as staff, projects, and regulations change.
Who Should Use Ichi?
Ichi is designed for:
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Architecture firms working across multiple jurisdictions
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Design teams navigating complex or evolving code requirements
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Firms seeking to reduce QA/QC risk and rework
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Architects managing heavy construction administration workloads
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Practices looking to capture and scale internal expertise
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While built with architects at the center, Ichi also supports collaboration with engineers and contractors by improving clarity, consistency, and access to critical project information.
Why Ichi?
Ichi is purpose-built for the architectural profession. Unlike general-purpose AI tools, it is designed to operate within the constraints of real-world practice&mdash;prioritizing accuracy, traceability, and professional responsibility.
By combining AI-driven code compliance, QA/QC automation, construction administration support, and firm-wide knowledge management in a single platform, Ichi helps architects spend less time on rote tasks and more time on high-value design and decision-making. The result is better documentation, smoother project delivery, and more resilient architectural practices.
Learn More
Ichi is helping architecture firms modernize how they manage code compliance, QA/QC, and knowledge across their projects, all on one platform.
👉 Visit https://www.ichiplan.com/ to schedule a demo or learn more about how Ichi is helping architects and other AECs build cities of the future.

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EGNYTE CONTENT CLOUD Unlock the full potential of your mission-critical content by simplifying collaboration, improving productivity with AI, and addressing information governance. PLATFORM The Egnyte Platform provides robust, secure, and compliant infrastructure that can be customized and scaled to match your business needs. Faster Time to Value Egnyte delivers immediate value with little or no customization but can tailor its offering to meet your business needs and integrate with your environment. Trusted by IT Leaders Thousand of IT leaders appreciate Egnyte&rsquo;s ease of deployment combined with a secure and compliant architecture. Loved by End-users End-users love working with Egnyte because of its accessibility from wherever they work, without forcing them to alter established processes and behavior. COLLABORATION Collaborate on mission-critical content with distributed teams working from an office, from home, or on the go. Collaborate Efficiently Empower teams to work efficiently and confidently, accelerating project timelines while protecting valuable content. Manage Complex Files Efficiently collaborate on mission-critical content and empower teams that work with large, complex files (up to 250 GB) in the cloud. Streamline Workflows Enhance workflows, improve productivity, drive project momentum, and ensure secure interactions across teams and partners. INTELLIGENCE Drive productivity and innovation with private and secure AI grounded in your company's data. Get fast answers, surface insights, create summaries, and perform actions via a simple, intuitive interface built into users&rsquo; workflows. Private Egnyte&rsquo;s AI respects your governance model and adheres to user-specific permissions, protecting your data with stringent privacy, compliance, and security standards. Purposeful Get accurate, relevant, and traceable answers from your data, with complete control over data sources and AI prompts. Practical Integrate AI seamlessly into existing workflows without moving data out of Egnyte, eliminating the need for new tools or special skills. GOVERNANCE Proactively Address Rapidly Evolving Cyberthreats and Manage Compliance Requirements Defend Against Ransomware Proactively manage the threat of ransomware; detect known ransomware artifacts; keep pace with rapidly-evolving ransomware variants; take immediate action when users experience attacks; and recover quickly from successful attacks using Snapshot Recovery. Protect Sensitive Content Identify and review sensitive content including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) data, and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI); take immediate corrective action to protect exposed data; strengthen your compliance with global data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CPRA; and continuously improve sensitive data protection. Manage Regulatory Compliance Comply with cybersecurity and data privacy standards, such as CMMC, ISO 27001, and the CPRA; detect data that&rsquo;s subject to compliance and data privacy standards; keep pace with rapidly-evolving international privacy and cybersecurity standards; and benefit from Egnyte&rsquo;s deep compliance experience. Remediate Security Issues Mitigate risk associated with common security vulnerabilities like publicly exposed document links and potential ransomware; automatically respond to suspicious Egnyte login attempts; and enable your team to focus on threats most likely to significantly impact your company. Keep Data Confidential Create virtual data rooms (VDRs) for secure collaboration with external entities; generate Document Rooms in support of M&amp;A, asset sales, and investment fundraising initiatives; watermark previewed files to limit the risk of data breaches; gain real-time insights into users&rsquo; document access activity; and terminate external entities&rsquo; access when projects are completed, for peace of mind.

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Solibri CheckPoint is a browser-based BIM model checking platform that helps architecture, engineering, and construction teams improve model quality, coordination, and compliance&mdash;without heavy installs or steep training. Open a browser, review Revit and IFC models side by side, run standardized QA/QC checks (clash detection, data/property rules, clearances), and manage issues in one collaborative workspace that fits your existing CDE and project tools.
<h2 data-start="758" data-end="783">Why Solibri CheckPoint</h2>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="784" data-end="888">Zero install, fast adoption: Web-based model checking reduces IT overhead and speeds onboarding.</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="889" data-end="985">Native Revit &amp; IFC support: Review the same source data&mdash;no exports or lossy conversions.</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="986" data-end="1090">Standardized QA/QC: Enforce modeling standards with reusable rule sets, filters, and data views.</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1091" data-end="1208">Collaborative issue management: Assign, track, and resolve clashes/data issues with transparent audit trails.</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1209" data-end="1370">CDE-friendly: Practical integrations with Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore keep models and issues in sync via direct connections or BCF.</li>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1392" data-end="1460">Clash detection &amp; constructability checks across disciplines</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1461" data-end="1541">Property/data validation to enforce BIM standards and naming conventions</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1542" data-end="1611">Clearance/free-space rules for safety, access, and operations</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1612" data-end="1702">Data Viewer to inspect quantities, attributes, and patterns alongside the 3D model</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1703" data-end="1804">Project Library to publish shared, repeatable templates (rules, filters, views) across projects</li>
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<h2 data-start="1806" data-end="1832">Integrations &amp; Workflow</h2>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1833" data-end="1939">Sync models and issues with Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore (reduce duplicate uploads)</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="1940" data-end="2021">Export/import issues via BCF to keep coordination moving across platforms</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2022" data-end="2138">Fit lightweight checks into more milestones&mdash;from schematic coordination to preconstruction and punch-list closeout</li>
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<h2 data-start="2140" data-end="2155">Who It&rsquo;s For</h2>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2156" data-end="2237">Architects &amp; BIM Managers standardizing QA/QC and modeling best practices</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2238" data-end="2319">General Contractors &amp; VDC Teams driving constructability and coordination</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2320" data-end="2394">Owners/Consultants requiring transparent, auditable BIM deliverables</li>
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<h2 data-start="2396" data-end="2407">Benefits</h2>
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<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2408" data-end="2474">Higher BIM quality with consistent templates and rule sets</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2475" data-end="2544">Fewer rework loops thanks to faster clash and data validation</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2545" data-end="2608">Lower overhead via web-based access and simpler rollout</li>
<li style="font-size: 15px;" data-start="2609" data-end="2682">Better traceability with centralized issue records and auditability</li>
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Learn more: <a href="https://www.solibri.com/checkpoint?utm_campaign=3706145-Solibri%20CheckPoint&amp;utm_source=AEC%20Tech">www.solibri.com</a>

Model view IFC and Revit - Solibri CheckPoint

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InspectMind AI helps engineers review hundreds of pages of drawings in minutes instead of hours.
InspectMind AI is an AI-powered plan review and code compliance platform built for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. The platform automatically analyzes construction drawings, engineering plans, and technical documents to identify code violations, design inconsistencies, and constructability issues before projects move into permitting or construction.
Traditional plan review and QA processes require engineers, architects, and reviewers to manually analyze hundreds or thousands of pages of drawings. This process is time-consuming, expensive, and prone to human error. InspectMind AI accelerates this process by using advanced artificial intelligence models trained on construction drawings, building codes, and engineering standards.
Users upload their project plans directly to InspectMind, and the AI system analyzes the drawings sheet-by-sheet. The platform detects issues such as missing details, dimension conflicts, structural inconsistencies, accessibility violations, and code compliance risks. InspectMind then generates a structured report highlighting the detected issues along with visual references to the affected drawings.
The platform is designed for engineers, architects, developers, contractors, plan reviewers, and government agencies who want to reduce risk and improve design quality. By catching issues early in the design process, InspectMind helps teams avoid expensive rework, delays during permitting, and construction change orders.
InspectMind AI supports a wide range of building codes and standards including IBC, ADA, NFPA, and local jurisdictional codes. The system can analyze architectural drawings, structural plans, engineering reports, and construction documentation.
Typical workflow:
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Upload drawings Users upload their architectural or engineering plans directly into InspectMind.
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AI plan analysis The AI analyzes the full drawing set, identifies potential issues, and compares plans against applicable building codes.
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Review results Users receive a detailed issue report showing potential risks, code conflicts, and recommended corrections.
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InspectMind AI dramatically reduces manual review time, improves plan quality, and helps project teams move faster from design to construction.

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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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One Click LCA is the world&rsquo;s leading end‑to‑end sustainability platform, purpose-built for the construction and manufacturing sectors. Founded in Helsinki in 2001, the company has grown to a team of over 200 professionals across all continents and now serves users in more than 170 countries  At its core, this cloud‑based platform offers streamlined, automated Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), enabling users to scientifically measure and reduce environmental impacts of structures, infrastructure, renovations, and manufactured goods. Beyond LCA and EPDs, it also supports assessments of circularity, life‑cycle cost, and biodiversity. A standout feature is its extensive global database with over 250,000&ndash;300,000 datasets&mdash;covering supplier-specific and generic material data&mdash;fully verified and regularly updated. This empowers users to make informed, data‑driven decisions. The platform supports over 80 compliance standards, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB, CALGreen, and various country‑specific regulations. One Click LCA seamlessly integrates with more than 20 leading BIM and design tools, such as Autodesk Revit, Tekla Structures, Bentley iTwin, Rhino, and Grasshopper. This allows for real‑time feedback and early‑phase embodied carbon optimization&mdash;notably through its Carbon Designer 3D tool, which enables quick, BIM‑integrated carbon hotspot analysis and comparison of design scenarios. In some cases, Carbon Designer 3D helps identify carbon footprint variations up to 50% during conceptual design. Leading global players&mdash;including Skanska, WSP, Foster+Partners, Turner, ArcelorMittal, Arcadis, ARUP, Geberit, and Saint‑Gobain, among others&mdash;rely on One Click LCA to drive their decarbonization efforts. AECOM, for instance, equipped its ScopeX&trade; platform with One Click LCA to target a 50% carbon reduction across its projects. Its visibility among industry analysts reflects its market leadership: One Click LCA was featured in Verdantix&rsquo;s 2025 Buyer&rsquo;s Guide for LCA tools and is the first platform validated by RICS under its Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) programme. One Click LCA also makes parts of its platform freely accessible via its Planetary embodied&ndash;carbon calculator&mdash;a tool for benchmarking cradle‑to‑gate carbon impacts across building designs and supporting EPD usage worldwide. In summary, One Click LCA stands out with its: - Massive, high-quality global dataset (250&ndash;300k records) - Broad compliance across 80+ standards - Deep BIM integrations for early and ongoing carbon management - Recognition by major firms and standards bodies It remains the go-to platform for turning sustainability goals into measurable, actionable outcomes across construction and manufacturing value chains.

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Featuring One Click LCA  at the AEC Innovate Conference

BAMDOC is a next-generation clash management tool designed to enhance efficiency in BIM-based construction projects. Unlike conventional clash detection software, BAMDOC not only identifies conflicts but also streamlines the documentation and reporting process, ensuring a seamless workflow for MEP and structural coordination. 1. Automated Clash Detection for Accurate Model Validation BAMDOC precisely detects clashes within BIM models, ensuring that conflicts between MEP and structural components are identified before construction begins. By automating clash detection, BAMDOC helps teams create more reliable designs, minimizing errors and reducing costly rework on-site. Its accuracy ensures that potential issues are flagged early, allowing project teams to make informed decisions during the design phase. 2. Customizable Documentation & Reporting BAMDOC enhances project documentation by generating detailed and structured reports tailored to specific project needs. These reports provide a clear overview of detected clashes, their locations, and project-wide coordination insights. With customizable reporting options, project teams can extract relevant data efficiently, ensuring all stakeholders have the necessary information for effective collaboration. 3. AI-Powered Integration with BAMROC for Enhanced Clash Management While BAMDOC specializes in identifying and documenting clashes, it integrates seamlessly with BAMROC to facilitate AI-powered clash resolution. This integration enables smarter processing of detected clashes, ensuring that conflicts can be analyzed and resolved efficiently when used alongside BAMROC. The synergy between BAMDOC and BAMROC creates a streamlined workflow for managing design conflicts in BIM projects. 4. Seamless BIM Workflow Integration BAMDOC is designed to work effortlessly within existing BIM environments. It is compatible with major BIM platforms, allowing construction teams to incorporate its clash detection and documentation features without disrupting their workflows. This seamless integration ensures smooth coordination between different project disciplines, improving communication and reducing project delays. 5. Enhancing Project Efficiency Through Advanced Clash Management By focusing on precise clash detection, structured documentation, and seamless BIM integration, BAMDOC optimizes construction workflows and reduces inefficiencies. It ensures that all detected clashes are well-documented, improving collaboration and preventing oversight in project execution. With its advanced capabilities, BAMDOC is an indispensable tool in modern construction management, helping teams maintain accurate designs, minimize errors, and improve overall project coordination.

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Case Study: 5 Five-Story Mixed-Use Apartment & Commercial Buildings

Background
A developer had completed designs for five mixed-use buildings using traditional steel frame and concrete construction. With plans to build 65 more similar buildings over the next decade, the release of upcoming New Zealand decarbonisation legislation posed a serious risk to project viability. Compliance uncertainty threatened cost overruns, feasibility issues, and the overall deliverability of the remaining developments. To mitigate these risks, the developer turned to V-Quest to assess and optimize their design strategy.

Results
Within 48 hours of using V-Quest, the developer uncovered significant design optimisation opportunities:
✅ 3,750 tonnes of carbon emissions eliminated through smarter material selection.
✅ 1,000 tonnes of weight reduction, removing the need for expensive piling—saving $750,000.
✅ Structural efficiency gains enabled two additional floors, increasing project yield and profitability.

The outcome? Higher returns, cost savings, and a future-proofed portfolio against incoming legislation—Win, Win, Win.

How V-Quest Delivers Value
V-Quest integrates real-time, data-driven analytics into the design workflow, allowing architects and engineers to rapidly identify and implement optimisation opportunities. Unlike conventional design processes constrained by tight timelines, competitive tendering, and misconceptions about decarbonisation, V-Quest automates deep carbon, cost, and mass analysis without disrupting the workflow.

This enables fast, comparative analysis of materials and construction methods, ensuring every project is cost-efficient, regulation-ready, and environmentally responsible.

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High Street Apartments

nezo embeds Cost, Carbon and Weight analytics directly into your design workflow.
Design teams are under pressure to reduce embodied carbon, control budgets and meet compliance targets. Yet the data sits in spreadsheets, PDFs and disconnected tools. Carbon LCA is done too late. Cost surprises cause redesign. Material data is hard to manage.
nezo removes that friction.
Inside your existing software, it automatically quantifies materials and shows the live impact of your decisions on cost, carbon and structural weight. You can compare materials and methodologies early, before changes become expensive.
nezo automates full carbon LCA and compliance reporting, including NABERS-aligned outputs. Compliance becomes a real-time design input, not a post-design burden.
Our Ops Console lets you build and manage your own material database, including supplier rates, EPD data and custom assemblies. Your team gains control, consistency and scalable internal intelligence.
AI works in the background to clean data, map units and reduce noise, without taking control of the design.
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<h3 data-start="1140" data-end="1160">Why Choose nezo?</h3>
+ USE YOUR OWN WORKFLOW Live cost, carbon and weight data as you design inside Revit, ArchiCad and SketchUp
+ SAVE TIME Automated quantification, instant LCA and compliance-ready reporting.
+ CONTROL YOUR DATA Build and manage your own material library or leverage our existing library.
+ MAKE BETTER DECISIONS EARLY Compare options with clear performance insight from concept to delivery.
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<h3 data-start="1492" data-end="1512">Who is nezo for?</h3>
ARCHITECTS Manage cost and carbon from concept to compliance within your model.
ENGINEERS Compare structural systems and understand mass, cost and carbon impacts instantly.
DESIGN &amp; BUILD CONTRACTORS Reduce redesign, replicate efficient outcomes and protect margin.

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Client: Aedifice
Local Engineer: Civix
Project Name: Selo
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Project Size: 11 acres
Road Network: 5 miles
Tech Solution: Allsite.ai - Service AI 1.0

Project Overview
Aedifice, a leading property development firm, sought to develop the Selo project, a 11-acre residential community in Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand. The project encompassed 243 buildings across 210 lots, with an extensive utility infrastructure involving over 5 miles of sanitary sewer, wastewater, and water supply pipes. To address the complexity of this large-scale development, Aedifice partnered with local engineers Civix who leveraged the innovative Allsite.ai platform, specifically Service AI 1.0, to optimize the design and construction process.


The Challenge
The Selo project faced several challenges due to its size and scope, including the need to design a highly efficient underground pipe network. The requirements were substantial:

555 (2.7 miles) storm drain pipes

385 (1.7 miles) sanitary sewer pipes

536 (2.6 miles) water supply pipes

The intricate design had to meet stringent engineering rules, including proper pipe cover, minimum clearance between pipes, and minimum grades. Additionally, the design needed to be cost-effective, balancing both capital (CAPEX) and operational (OPEX) expenses while minimizing risks of structural conflicts like pipes too close to retaining walls. Flood resilience was also a critical concern, as the area was prone to flooding.


Technology in Action: Allsite.ai's Service AI 1.0
To overcome these challenges, Civix utilized Allsite.ai's Service AI 1.0, an intelligent tool designed to automate and optimize engineering designs. Service AI 1.0 provided a comprehensive solution for the pipe network by:

Setting all pipe invert levels to ensure compliance with engineering rules.
Automatically designing the pipe network to minimize CAPEX and OPEX costs.
Implementing built-in QA checking to detect potential design conflicts, such as pipes near retaining walls.
Automatically sizing pipes based on specified catchments and performing a full flow analysis to ensure optimal performance.
Generating detailed pipe long sections, capacity tables, and plan views that adhered to Auckland City Council standards, eliminating the need for manual drafting.
Calculating trench volumes and setting excavation methods (shoring or benching), improving communication between developers and construction teams.

In addition, semi-automated flood modelling was conducted using the Tuflow flood engine, ensuring the design was resilient against future flood events.



Client Feedback

According to the projects Professional Engineer from Civix, “Using Service AI 1.0 and Allsite.ai, iterations of servicing design took less than an hour. Every pipe invert was designed with no overrides. I was blown away by how accurate it was, creating a design better than a human could—the design had lower construction and operational costs, giving a great result for the client.”



Selo Residential Development

You can book a demo of our technology at https://allsite.ai we then will run a pilot project with you to demonstrate how the tools can integrate into your workflows. Level AI is a grading optimizer that can perfectly balance large sites whilst designing levels such that roading complies with local rules and all lots can be services with careful consideration of flooding. The inputs to Level AI are a 2d site plan, topographical survey, local rules are pulled from the closest previous project run. The Allsite.ai platform runs on massive GPU clusters in the cloud running billions of iterations to ensure the site perfectly balances. Service AI 1.0 automatically designs the servicing network in 3D given a 2d network, sizing pipes and avoiding clashes whilst meeting local clearance requirements. Service AI 2.0 (ready early 2025) will automatically lay out the servicing network in 3d placing pipes in an optimal routing. Level AI has demonstrated 100x speed-ups on large scale projects, this speed-up allows more layouts to be explored and better outcomes for clients. Case studies in the US have demonstrated the power of the tool, generating over $1 million in earthworks savings on one project alone. Changes to the design are easy, even after construction has started as the site can be rebalanced within hours and a new servicing network designed.

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Sensori is revolutionizing reality capture technology by providing a cost-effective and highly automated photogrammetry solution specifically designed for capturing and monitoring construction sites. Our innovative platform has democratized 3D modeling by enabling anyone with a standard 360 camera to generate accurate, professional-grade models for milestone scans, as-built documentation, and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) projects.
The compact and user-friendly nature of 360 cameras makes them ideal for construction environments, particularly in challenging spaces like ceiling voids, cramped mechanical rooms, and confined areas where traditional scanning equipment struggles to operate effectively. Unlike conventional solutions that require specialized personnel and expensive equipment, Sensori empowers construction teams, project managers, and field workers to capture comprehensive site data independently.
While the industry has traditionally relied on dedicated LiDAR hardware and complex, fragmented post-processing workflows that often require significant technical expertise and substantial investment, Sensori delivers exceptional value through a fundamentally different approach. Our technology harnesses the power of advanced photogrammetry algorithms to achieve high-accuracy 3D reconstruction using nothing more than standard 360 imagery or video footage.
This breakthrough creates unprecedented opportunities that competitors have yet to explore. Users can now generate rich, measurable 3D data directly from affordable consumer-grade cameras, eliminating the barriers that have historically limited reality capture to specialized teams and high-budget projects. The result is accurate, detailed 3D models that provide the same level of precision as traditional methods but with dramatically reduced complexity and cost.
Sensori isn't about replacing existing methods entirely; it's about unlocking new potential and making professional-grade reality capture accessible to everyone. By transforming how 3D reconstruction is approached, we're enabling construction professionals to document, analyze, and monitor their projects with unprecedented ease and affordability, opening doors to applications that were previously impractical or economically unfeasible.&nbsp;
Our mission is to transform how construction teams see, measure, and manage their projects by turning everyday video into precision point clouds that drive better decisions and outcomes.
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