In development and field testing

Buildings hold the evidence.
BIMM brings it together.

BIMM, the Building Intelligence Modeling Machine, is being developed to assemble evidence about existing buildings into a connected, source-backed model of their structures, equipment and systems.

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The building, thinking

Every unit reports. Every room listens.

Each vessel, compressor, tank and system carries its own measurements and passes them up: equipment to room, room to maintenance, maintenance to the people who decide.

SITE · EVERY SYSTEM CONVERGING
PRESSURE VESSELS
COMPRESSORS
FUEL STORAGE
LIFE SAFETY PATHWAY
MAINTENANCE
EXECUTIVE VIEW
One system, any operation

Every operating system, one control room

Plants run on many control systems, each speaking its own language. BIMM is being built to understand them all and bring them under one control room, hand-built for each customer, shaped by their own data.

MANUFACTURING
PROCESS
PORTS AND HEAVY LIFT
ENERGY
YARDS AND MATERIALS
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The challenge

Why existing buildings are hard to understand

Existing buildings contain valuable information, but it is often difficult to find, connect and trust. BIMM is being developed to bring scattered evidence together into one coherent, building-wide model.

Fragmented records

Information lives in many places: drawings, reports, manuals and the knowledge of people who may no longer be available.

Hidden systems

Structure, equipment and piping are concealed in walls, ceilings and below grade, and hard to verify without investigation.

Uncertain completeness

It is difficult to know what information exists, what is current, and where the gaps are.

The approach

How BIMM is being developed

BIMM builds a model through a structured progression: every physical item is registered once, then brought to completeness step by step, with each step backed by evidence.

01

Named

Each component is identified once and given a consistent name.

02

Placed

Components are located within the building in real space.

03

Sized

Physical size and key dimensions come from source evidence.

04

Shaped

Geometry represents the object as closely as the evidence allows.

05

Connected

Relationships to other components and systems are mapped.

06

One body

Everything comes together into one connected, building-wide model.

Trusted by design

Evidence stays attached

Every component in BIMM is linked to its evidence, so you can see what is documented, what is estimated, and where information is still needed.

Documented fact
Supported by source evidence
Estimate
A reasonable assumption, clearly labelled with its basis
Open gap
Information not yet available, with the route to close it
A method that can be reused

Every building teaches the next

BIMM records the fastest reliable route to each kind of building record for each city, county and state. That routing playbook is part of the method: each building makes the next one faster.

Compliance at the centre

Building intelligence in layers

Building items connect to the requirements that apply to them. The spatial model and the operations layer support that same building record.

3D twinA source-backed model of the building's structure, spaces, equipment and systems.
Operations layerLinks assets to operational information, read-only first.
Compliance layerConnects the codes, standards and requirements that apply to each physical item.
The company family

A broader vision for the built world

Interactive Convergence

The holding company and the builder of BIMM.

SEP

Seismic repair coordination in Portland.

PUMA

Advocacy for the seismic community.

Collaborate

Bring us a building

Building owners

Explore what BIMM could help you understand about a building you are responsible for.

Technology partners

Work with us on 3D, data and AI infrastructure for building intelligence.

Cities and agencies

Talk with us about making building records usable for the people who rely on them.

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