Arched AI is a generative engineering platform that revolutionizes bridge design and structural optimization through advanced artificial intelligence. The platform serves as a Bridge Optimization Co-Pilot, designed to help general contractors, DOTs, public agencies, engineering firms, and design-build teams accelerate their design processes while achieving superior outcomes.
The core functionality of Arched AI centers on exploring thousands of design variations simultaneously, optimizing critical parameters including cost, safety, constructability, and carbon emissions. Rather than manually evaluating individual design options, engineers can leverage the platform to find optimal solutions in hours rather than weeks, while maintaining full control over the design process.
Key features include an Automated Plan Reading system that uploads PDF plan sets and automatically extracts every structural detail - beams, spans, piers, and constraints are identified and structured, ready for simulation in minutes rather than weeks. The platform includes an Exhaustive Simulation Engine that generates thousands of structural configurations, each stress-tested through physics-driven simulation and verified against AASHTO LRFD standards. Results are ranked by lifetime cost, carbon impact, and constructability.
The Review & Data Provenance feature ensures every extracted data point is traceable back to source documents. Engineers can review parsed values side-by-side with original plans, verify provenance, and approve or override values before simulation begins. This maintains full traceability and engineer oversight throughout the process.
Arched AI runs thousands of physics-driven iterations to evaluate hundreds of design parameters. All designs undergo load testing, code verification, and constraint validation - designs that don't pass these checks simply don't appear in results. The platform delivers ranked alternatives with cost savings analysis, carbon footprint analysis, and full AASHTO compliance verification, allowing engineers to make informed decisions backed by comprehensive structural analysis. The platform is specifically designed for infrastructure projects including bridge design and is built for use by general contractors, DOTs and public agencies, engineering firms, and design-build teams. It streamlines the workflow from initial plan review through final optimization report generation, reducing design cycles and enabling faster project delivery.
