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See the building.
Measure what is in it.

Upload the IFC and the model is on screen in the browser, measured by system and by level. The design review, the cost check and the site walk all work from the same model.

Consultancy AI·Larkspur House › Models › MEP coordination
LH-BME-ZZ-ZZ-M3-M-0001
MEP coordination model · 305 elements · 138 installed
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This is a live model, not a video. Drag to turn it, pick a run, then press Installed.

From the file to the figures

One model, open to everyone on the team who needs it

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Models
Larkspur House · 3 models · last received today
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ModelRevElementsState
LH-BME-ZZ-ZZ-M3-M-0001MEP coordination model · IFC · 196 MBC02—Uploading
LH-LRD-ZZ-ZZ-M3-A-0001Architecture · IFCC031,284Ready
LH-KSE-ZZ-ZZ-M3-S-0001Structure · IFCC01412Ready
Read from the file
Storeys
  • Level 0059
  • Level 0159
  • Level 0259
  • Level 0359
  • Level 0459
  • Roof10
Systems
  • LTHW Flow304 m
  • LTHW Return296 m
  • Sprinkler626 m
  • Supply Air440 m
  • Extract Air294 m
  • LV Containment256 m
Level codes matched to the drawing register · 00 to 04, RF
01

Drop the IFC. The model reads itself.

The file converts in the background and the model appears in the register when it is ready. Its storeys, systems and element families are read from the file, and the level codes are matched to the ones on your drawings.

  • Mechanical, electrical, architecture and structure sit side by side on the project.
  • Nothing to install: the viewer is a page, in the office or on a tablet on site.
  • On a project under Document Control, the model arrives through the register like every other document.
What do we need to upload?
Consultancy AI·Larkspur House › Models › Quantities
Quantities
LH-BME-ZZ-ZZ-M3-M-0001 · measured from the elements
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LTHW Flow
SystemRunsLength
LTHW FlowPipework51304 m
LTHW ReturnPipework51296 m
SprinklerPipework45626 m
Supply AirDuctwork67440 m
Extract AirDuctwork47294 m
LV ContainmentContainment40256 m
Plant4counted
Proposed pricing schedule
One section per system, one line per type, quantities from the model. Rates stay yours.
6 sections · 10 linesWrite to pricing schedule
02

Every run measured, by system and by level

Ask how much LTHW pipework there is on Level 02 and the answer is the model’s, in metres. Ducts, pipes and containment are measured along their length; fittings, terminals and plant are counted.

  • Grouped the way the work is priced and let: by system, by family, by storey.
  • One click writes the measure into a pricing schedule, a section per system, a line per type.
  • Every line says how it was measured, so the figure can be checked against the model.
Where the quantities come from
Consultancy AI·Larkspur House › Models › MEP coordination
LH-BME-ZZ-ZZ-M3-M-0001
MEP coordination model · 305 elements · 138 installed
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LTHW · Level 02
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03

Walk the job. Mark what is in.

Isolate the level, pick the lengths that are up and mark them installed. Items of plant take a percentage. It is the record of what you saw on the day, against the element you saw it on.

  • Installed turns green, part done amber; the rest of the model fades back, it never disappears.
  • A photo from the phone’s camera attaches to the mark as the evidence.
  • Every mark is dated, named and kept: the history of an element is on its card.
Consultancy AI·Larkspur House › Models › Progress
Progress by system
1,007 m of 2,216 m installed · 45% overall
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SystemInstalled%Activities
LTHW Flow54SWTFC
Level 0010059 / 59 m
Level 0110059 / 59 m
Level 027946 / 59 m
Level 0300 / 59 m
Level 0400 / 59 m
LTHW Return44SWTFC
Sprinkler35SWTFC
Supply Air50SWTFC
Extract Air40SWTFC
LV Containment62SWTFC
S SnaggedW WitnessedT Pressure testedF FlushedC Commissioned
04

Installed metres over modelled metres. No rules to maintain.

Progress on a system is what has been marked installed over what the model holds, level by level. Snagged, witnessed, pressure tested, flushed and commissioned are recorded beside it as the separate events they are.

  • By system, by level and for the whole building, from the same marks.
  • Each test is its own record with its date, its evidence and who witnessed it.
  • The agents read the same position, so a question about progress gets the model’s answer.

Questions

What do we need to upload?
An IFC file, exported from the software the model was authored in. It uploads from the Models register like any other file, and converts in the background while you carry on.
Do we need BIM software, or a powerful computer?
No. The model is converted on the platform and opens in the browser. Turning it, isolating a level or a system and reading the quantities all work on an ordinary laptop, so a surveyor or a project manager can open the same model the engineer authored.
Where do the quantities come from?
From the elements in the file: the length of every duct, pipe and containment run, and a count of everything else, grouped by system, family and storey. Where the file does not carry a figure, the platform says so beside the total instead of estimating one.
What happens to marks when a new revision of the model is issued?
A mark belongs to the element, by the identifier the element carries in the IFC itself. When a new revision of the model arrives, the progress recorded against elements that are still in it comes across with them.
Can a model be reviewed like a drawing?
Yes. On a project under Document Control, an IFC opens in 3D in the review and comments are pinned to the elements they concern. They land on the same comment register as the drawing comments and carry to the next revision until they are closed.
Can our agents work with the model?
Yes. The agent in the viewer, and Claude or Microsoft 365 Copilot through the connector, can list the models on a project, measure them, read progress by system and level, and draft a pricing schedule from the quantities. They act with your permissions and anything they change carries your name.

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