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Architecture & building supply

In architecture and building supply, the valuable knowledge is how a drawing becomes a correct order, and whether a set meets the code. It usually lives in two or three senior heads. We write it down as data, then let AI apply it to every drawing.

The rules · written down once, as data, instead of held in two heads

Where the week goes

A drawing arrives as a PDF with a few pencil marks and a request to price it. Turning it into a quote means counting openings, sizing each one, working out the componentry, looking up codes and typing the order — most of a day for an experienced estimator.

The counting is not the hard part. The rules are: which track goes with which panel system, how many brackets at what spacing, what changes past a certain width. In most suppliers those rules have never been written down, because the people who know them have always been in the building. A wrong count does not fail in the office. It fails on site, on install day.

Practices meet the same problem at the other end. Consent sets are checked by eye, clause by clause, on the afternoon they are due. Sheet setup and standard details are redrawn on every project by the people best able to design.

What we solve for

In action

What the AI does here

The agent does the mechanical reading and counting. The estimator and the architect make every call that matters.

Building supply · Takeoff

Quote from a drawing

The estimator marks up the elevation. The agent applies your product rules — board lengths, clip centres, corner and jointer logic — and produces a quantified order line by line, with every assumption flagged.

When a rule is ambiguous it asks the estimator instead of guessing. Orders export to your quoting or ERP format.

Quote from a drawing →
Architecture · in build

Check the set before council

The agent reads the set against the clauses that apply to the building type — dimensions, heights, clearances, and the relationships between elements across sheets.

It returns a per-sheet list: pass, look again, and where. The architect decides what changes.

Pre-consent drawing check →
Architecture · Revit Drafting · in development

Draft the repeats in Revit

From a finished model and a plain-language instruction, the agent builds the sheet structure to your standard, places plans and elevations, and dimensions doors and windows.

It shows what it proposes to change before it changes anything, then reviews the set against your internal checklist. First release planned for Q1 2027.

Repetitive Revit drafting →

What it runs on

Nothing about the drawing process changes. The rules become data, and the agent works on the files you already produce.

Revit / AutoCADPDF drawing setsEmail & PDFsExcel / Google SheetsXero / MYOB

Configuring Takeoff takes a day with your estimator: the item list and a formula for each item, your stock lengths and rounding, then the first ten drawings marked up together. Revit Drafting needs your sheet-setup standard, your review checklist and a finished model — nothing else.

How it starts

Every engagement follows the same four steps, in the same order, whatever the size of the job.

01DiagnoseFree · half a dayWe spend half a day at your business and find the three tasks that cost the most staff time. A written note within two working days.
02DesignFree · one weekA proposal, a working demo on your own data and a fixed quote. You decide after the demo, not before.
03BuildWeeks 1–6Data first, then connections, then the agent — in phases of one to two weeks, each seen running before the next starts.
04OperateMonthlyWe keep it running and change it as the business changes. A monthly report says what ran and what it did.

The full terms are on How we work and Offerings.

Products for this industryTakeoff →Revit Drafting →
Book a free diagnostic
Free diagnostic

Tell us the three jobs that eat your week.

Four steps, two minutes. Within two working days: can AI take them on, what it needs, roughly what it costs.

Step 1 of 4 · Your business

What kind of business is it?

Team size
Step 2 of 4 · The jobs

Which three tasks cost the most staff time each week?

Plain words are fine. We ask the detailed questions on the call.
Step 3 of 4 · Your systems

Where does the data live today?

Step 4 of 4 · How to reach you

Where should we send the reply?

An email or a phone number is enough. We don't share what you tell us and we don't add you to a list.

Thanks — we'll reply within two working days.

You'll get a short written note from Fan: whether the three jobs are a fit, and if so what a first phase would look like and roughly what it costs.