An examination of a $30 million institutional construction project raises an important question: how many costly changes could have been identified before construction began? By John Burton, CEO and Co-Founder, Core Runway A $30 million institutional construction project ultimately generated nearly $3 million in change orders. That's approximately 10% of the original construction budget. Some changes during construction are inevitable. Building owners revise their requirement

President of Volpatt Construction brings decades of institutional construction experience to AI-powered design compliance company SAN FRANCISCO, CA — October 15, 2026 — Core Runway Inc., an AI-powered construction compliance intelligence company, today announced the appointment of Raymond A. Volpatt Jr., P.E., President of Pittsburgh-based Volpatt Construction, to its Advisory Board of Directors. Volpatt brings extensive experience in commercial and institutional construction

Finding compliance risks — and opportunities to reduce unnecessary cost A major U.S. airport used Core Runway to review project design documents against its internal design requirements and standards. Airport projects are unusually difficult to review. Requirements can span architecture, electrical systems, life safety, tenant standards, airfield operations, FAA procedures, sustainability, procurement and facilities maintenance. Those requirements are often distributed across

Finding what conventional design review misses A major U.S. research university engaged Core Runway to evaluate how AI could improve compliance checking across complex construction documents. The university maintains detailed design standards governing how buildings and infrastructure should be designed, specified and constructed. These requirements cover disciplines including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, architectural systems and equipment. The challenge is familiar to

Platform turns institutional design standards, project documents and expert decisions into a continuously applied compliance system SAN FRANCISCO, August 28, 2026 — Core Runway Inc. today announced the continued expansion of its AI-powered construction compliance platform, designed to help universities, healthcare systems, airports and other large building owners apply their internal design and construction standards consistently across every project. Large institutions often

Veteran technology founder and investor joins Core Runway to support fundraising, go-to-market strategy and the company’s next stage of growth SAN FRANCISCO, CA — August 28, 2026 — Core Runway, an AI-powered construction intelligence company focused on helping building owners identify and prevent compliance issues across complex construction projects, today announced that Peter Levy has joined the company as an Advisor and member of its Advisory Board of Directors (ABOD). Lev

A construction project can comply perfectly with an owner's standards on paper and still end up with the wrong product installed in the building. Why? Because design compliance and construction compliance are often treated as separate processes. They shouldn't be. The Requirement Starts Upstream Consider a relatively simple product such as paint. The owner's standards may establish acceptable manufacturers, sustainability requirements or performance criteria. The project spec

New workflow connects owner standards, project specifications, product requirements and manufacturer evidence in one continuous review process SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2026 — Core Runway Inc. today announced expanded capabilities that allow construction teams to carry design and compliance requirements from project specifications through the product submittal process. Construction requirements are rarely contained in a single document. A product submitted for approval may ne

The Challenge Institutional owners such as universities and healthcare systems create detailed design standards covering everything from finishes and mechanical systems to laboratories and specialist equipment. The challenge is making sure those standards are actually reflected in each new project. A single project specification can contain thousands of pages. Comparing it manually against hundreds or thousands of pages of owner requirements is extremely time-consuming, diffi

The Challenge Preparing a construction submittal requires more than choosing a product. Teams must determine exactly what the specification and drawings require, identify the correct products and finishes, collect supporting manufacturer documentation, and make sure the completed package satisfies the project requirements before it reaches the general contractor. Much of that work still involves manually searching specifications, drawings, product literature and previous subm

Universities, healthcare systems and other large building owners often maintain extensive internal design standards. They exist for good reasons. An institution may have decades of experience operating hundreds of buildings. It knows which equipment performs reliably, which materials cause maintenance problems, which systems its facilities teams can support, and which design decisions create unnecessary operating costs. That knowledge gets turned into design guidelines, techn

AI platform compares thousands of pages of project documentation against owner standards and produces source-linked findings in minutes SAN FRANCISCO, August 22, 2026 — Core Runway Inc. today announced a major expansion of its construction intelligence platform, enabling universities, healthcare systems and other institutional building owners to automatically review project specifications against their own internal design standards. Large institutional owners frequently maint

The Project Volpatt Construction completed the renovation of Newell-Simon Hall for Carnegie Mellon University, a project that required extensive LEED documentation, including Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and construction waste diversion reporting. Like many sustainable construction projects, documenting compliance required hundreds of hours of administrative effort from project engineers and managers—time that could otherwise

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2026 — Core Runway Inc., an AI-powered compliance platform for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, today announced the closing of a $75,000 micro funding round led by Dataframe.vc. The round closed on July 12, 2026. Core Runway is developing an integrated suite of AI tools designed to reduce the time, cost, and complexity involved in construction compliance, specification review, product submittals, sustainability documentation, a

Partnership expands access to material sustainability data and supports better product selection and reporting across the construction industry San Francisco, CA and Pittsburgh, PA — Core Runway today announced a strategic partnership with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) to integrate more than 7,000 asphalt Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) from across North America directly into the ConstructIQ platform through a dedicated API connection. The partner

Leading waste and recycling company leverages AI to improve diversion tracking, reporting efficiency, and customer transparency SAN FRANCISCO AND PITTSBURGH, PA — June 15, 2026 — Core Runway today announced that Michael Brothers Companies has adopted DivertIQ, the company’s AI-powered waste diversion reporting platform, to streamline the collection, analysis, and reporting of waste diversion data for construction, demolition, and industrial projects. The adoption marks an im

One of the biggest misconceptions in sustainability compliance is that Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are simple documents. They are not. While extracting data from a single-product EPD can often be straightforward, many manufacturers publish multi-variant EPDs that cover dozens—or even hundreds—of product configurations within a single document. In these cases, identifying the correct sustainability values requires far more than finding a number on a page. The Hid

Live online session will showcase how AI is reducing manual reporting workloads, improving compliance accuracy, and accelerating LEED project delivery San Francisco, CA / Cairo, Egypt — April 26, 2026 — CoreRunway, the AI-native compliance platform for the construction industry, today announced a live webinar co-hosted with sustainability expert Dr. Hoda Ibrahim titled “How AI is Transforming LEED and Sustainability Compliance in 2026.” The event will take place Thursday, Jun

Why Core Runway Adopted This Architecture in Release 4.71 Traditional search systems were built for a different era. They were designed to return links, rank pages based on keywords, and leave the human user to do the hard work of deciding what matters. That model no longer fits modern business workflows. When teams need accurate answers, structured data, or compliance-grade outputs, simply returning ten blue links is inefficient. What matters now is finding the right informa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA – April 10, 2026 — Core Runway Inc., an AI-driven compliance and reporting platform for the construction and environmental services industries, today announced that it has been featured by AngelsRound, a publication focused on early-stage innovation and emerging companies. The feature highlights Core Runway’s approach to automating complex compliance workflows, particularly in response to increasing regulatory demands such as CALGreen