Large capital projects face engineering workflow bottlenecks that delay schedules, inflate costs, and consume senior engineering capacity on tasks that should be automated.
Formwork design, concrete volume calculations, rebar takeoffs, and structural steel quantities consume 2-3 weeks per building – senior engineers measuring, calculating, and generating material lists that software should automate.
Large projects generate hundreds of clashes between structural, architectural, MEP, and specialty disciplines – tracked manually in Excel with 3-5 days average resolution time and massive coordination overhead.
Engineering teams model detailed BIM data in Revit or AutoCAD, then manually extract equipment specifications and material lists into spreadsheets for procurement – losing days to data entry and introducing errors that cause wrong material orders.
Project teams spend hours every week extracting data from drawings for progress reports, client deliverables, quantity updates, and compliance documentation – time that should focus on problem-solving and coordination.
Purpose-built automation tools that address specific workflow bottlenecks on construction and EPC projects – not generic platforms, but engineering-grade solutions built around the CAD systems and formwork standards your teams already use.
Automated formwork engineering that reduces design costs by 70% and compresses weeks of calculation into hours. FormCalc reads AutoCAD structural drawings, automatically identifies concrete elements, applies formwork engineering rules, calculates optimal panel configurations, optimizes for reuse, and generates complete material takeoffs and layout drawings – all without manual calculation.
Learn MoreIntelligent clash detection platform that replaces spreadsheet tracking – 80% fewer errors while reducing clash resolution time from days to hours. ClashFlow automatically detects clashes between all disciplines (structural, architectural, MEP, specialty systems), eliminates duplicates (90% reduction), prioritizes critical conflicts, routes to responsible parties, tracks resolution progress, and verifies fixes – all with real-time dashboards replacing manual status reports.
Learn MoreAutomated synchronization between BIM systems (Revit, AutoCAD) and ERP (SAP, Oracle) that eliminates manual data transfer – saving 1,200+ engineering hours annually while reducing errors by 87%. DesignBridge connects Revit and AutoCAD directly to SAP or Oracle, automatically extracting equipment specifications, material quantities, and asset data and posting to material requisitions, equipment masters, and procurement modules.
Learn MoreAutomated extraction of equipment lists, room schedules, quantity takeoffs, and project data from CAD/BIM – eliminating manual data collection for reporting and deliverables. DrawExtract reads Revit models, AutoCAD drawings, and BIM databases to automatically generate formatted reports: equipment schedules, room data sheets, finish schedules, door/window schedules, material summaries, and compliance documentation.
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We are not a generic software development shop that happens to take construction projects. We are engineers who build automation tools for engineers.
Our team has deep domain knowledge in formwork calculation, temporary works design, and construction-specific CAD workflows. When we built POSforAFS, we worked with the client's actual formwork system – specific panel sizes, connection hardware, load ratings – not a generic panel library. The optimisation algorithm works with real available components, and the output is directly usable for procurement. This is the difference between a developer who can write an AutoCAD plugin and an engineering team that understands what the plugin needs to calculate.
AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, AVEVA E3D – we develop at the API level of the tools your teams already use. Our solutions integrate directly into the existing engineering environment with no intermediate file exports, no data format conversions, and no workflow disruption. BIM Level 2, ISO 19650, COBie compliance – we build automation that respects these standards, not ignores them.
Our outreach and project work spans construction firms, formwork suppliers, temporary works consultants, and EPC contractors across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia, and North America. We understand the operational realities of international construction projects: multi-site coordination, contractor-specific formwork systems, and the compliance requirements that vary by market. Our automation works within these constraints – not around them.
We automate four categories of engineering workflow bottlenecks: formwork and quantity calculations (including panel configuration, reuse optimisation, and material takeoffs), multi-discipline clash detection and coordination management, BIM-to-ERP data synchronisation (connecting Revit or AutoCAD with SAP or Oracle), and automated data extraction and reporting from CAD/BIM models. Each solution is built around the specific CAD platform and standards your team uses – not a standalone generic tool.
Our formwork automation tool integrates directly into AutoCAD at the API level. It reads structural outline drawings, identifies concrete elements, applies formwork engineering rules specific to your formwork system (e.g., DOKA, PERI), calculates optimal panel configurations, optimises reuse across pour stages, and generates complete material takeoffs and layout drawings – all automatically. When the design changes, recalculation runs from the current drawing state without restarting from scratch. On our POSforAFS project, this approach delivered a 70% reduction in formwork calculation cost and an 85% improvement in turnaround time.
Yes. We build bi-directional integration between BIM systems (Revit, AutoCAD Plant 3D) and SAP S/4HANA. The integration automatically extracts Bills of Materials, equipment specifications, and asset metadata from the CAD model, validates and maps the data to SAP-compliant formats, and posts to procurement, material master, and equipment modules. Changes in either system propagate automatically. On a midstream gas processing project, this integration cut BoM data entry time from ~4 hours to under 15 minutes per package and reduced manual data errors from ~15% to under 2%.
ROI depends on your specific workflows, but our documented case studies provide concrete benchmarks. Formwork calculation automation (POSforAFS): 70% cost reduction, paying for itself within the first large project. BIM-to-SAP integration: approximately $120,000 per year saved in engineering labour alone, with additional savings from reduced procurement errors and faster handover. Clash management automation: 60% efficiency improvement, with review cycles compressed from 10 days to 3–4 days. We offer a free 30-minute workflow audit where we analyse your processes and estimate ROI based on your actual project volumes and engineering rates.
Book a 30-minute workflow audit – we'll quantify the waste and show you exactly where automation delivers ROI. No generic pitch – we analyze your actual processes and demonstrate solutions specific to your construction or EPC workflows.
