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

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

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