Writing on construction,
automation, and the industry.

The regulatory research that precedes every design decision is one of the most time-consuming manual processes in construction. This is the technical account of how we built a system to automate it, from the data infrastructure to the result verification layer.

Construction productivity growth has averaged below one percent annually for two decades, while manufacturing has grown at more than three. An examination of the structural causes, and the conditions that are beginning to create an opening for automation software.

BIM coordination teams repeat substantial amounts of identical work across every project. This is what we found when we mapped those workflows, what we built to address them, and what working inside the Revit API taught us about building software for design professionals.

Preconstruction research does not reach the design model automatically. Design outputs do not drive fabrication scheduling automatically. Each phase transition requires manual data transfer. This article examines why that is the case and what the architecture of a solution looks like.

A substantive review of the current construction technology market, the categories that are well-served, the categories that are not, and where we believe the next significant automation opportunities exist.