Streamline Design,
Empower Construction.
We're an automation-first studio that drives innovation across the full AEC lifecycle: solving complex designs and making them buildable, digitising products for manufacturers and retailers, harnessing big data for smarter decisions, and engineering the coordination models and systems that keep projects on track.
Backed by hundreds of real projects globally, from frontend design through construction and beyond,
we've lived the pain, we know what breaks, and we build the creative, scalable systems that turn it into a competitive edge. From products to buildings to cities, we don't just deliver. We transform how things get made.
Automation Systems
Bespoke pipelines, AI agents & tools your software vendor can't build.
BIM, VDC & Coordination
ISO 19650-aligned digital engineering, clash-free models, Tier 1 delivery.
Product Digitisation
End-to-end CGI, AR, configurators & BIM content for entire SKU ranges.
Complex Geometry & DfMA
Make ambitious designs buildable. 20-30x faster fabrication drawings.
Who We Help
30+
Years Collective Experience
50+
Projects Delivered
15+
Years Industry Leadership
Trusted by industry leaders
Sectors & Capabilities
We build the tools our clients wish existed.
GIRIH X is an Applied Innovation Studio, not just a consultancy or a software vendor. We work at the intersection of geometry, design, data and automation to solve problems that conventional approaches can't touch.
We uncover the gaps in your design, delivery, or product workflow, then build a tailored system that turns that pain into a repeatable pipeline: whether that's automation that compresses timelines from months to days, dashboards that make compliance visible, or a product system that scales digital assets across channels.
It's practical R&D, built for real production.
Years Experience
Global Projects
Hours Saved
BIM Assets
From tangled workflow to structured system.
Every project has an 'X': the critical gap, the unknown variable, the bottleneck hiding in plain sight. We find it, then build the system that solves it.
Vision
An AEC industry so innovative that it rivals other advanced industries.
Mission
Discover and solve the challenges of the AEC industry with intelligent digital systems.
Discovery
We look at your workflow first. We surface the gaps, friction and unknowns that are slowing your team down, before anyone talks about a solution.
Design
We shape a system around how your team actually works. Not a generic tool, a focused plan built for your real constraints.
Build
We build it. Automation, dashboards, tools, integrations. Production ready, with quality checks baked in.
Deploy & Scale
We roll it out, train your team and make sure it sticks. The system runs day to day, and grows with you across future projects.
Discovery
We look at your workflow first. We surface the gaps, friction and unknowns that are slowing your team down, before anyone talks about a solution.
Why GIRIH X
Problem-Discovery Approach
GIRIH X doesn't ask what you want to build. We use a discovery and prototyping phase to define the real problem before we ever start building the solution. We find the problems you haven't seen yet.
Scalability Mindset
Your digital data is a long-term business asset, one that scales with GIRIH X. We create intelligent systems built to scale, converting digital assets into reusable value, saving time and money on every project.
Deep Industry Experience
We are architects, builders and critical thinkers who have spent years right where you are now. That firsthand experience built a studio that truly understands what it takes to deliver, because we've lived it.
Applied Innovation
GIRIH X is at the forefront of AEC innovation. We ensure this technology is implemented to solve real problems for your team. We don't make it more complex than it needs to be. Intelligent systems for better project outcomes.
Why GIRIH X
Problem-Discovery Approach
GIRIH X doesn't ask what you want to build. We use a discovery and prototyping phase to define the real problem before we ever start building the solution. We find the problems you haven't seen yet.
Scalability Mindset
Your digital data is a long-term business asset, one that scales with GIRIH X. We create intelligent systems built to scale, converting digital assets into reusable value, saving time and money on every project.
Deep Industry Experience
We are architects, builders and critical thinkers who have spent years right where you are now. That firsthand experience built a studio that truly understands what it takes to deliver, because we've lived it.
Applied Innovation
GIRIH X is at the forefront of AEC innovation. We ensure this technology is implemented to solve real problems for your team. We don't make it more complex than it needs to be. Intelligent systems for better project outcomes.
Four types of delivery systems.
Design & Delivery Automation Systems
We build what your software vendor can't.
Digital Engineering, BIM Modelling, VDC & Coordination
Virtual Design & Construction. ISO 19650-aligned. Battle-tested on Tier 1 projects.
Manufacturer Product Digitisation
Your complete digital content partner. One studio. Every format. Every channel.
Complex Geometry & DfMA Enablement
Design for Manufacture & Assembly. We make the unbuildable, buildable.
How do we help you?
We work with every key player across the AEC lifecycle. Whether you design, build, manufacture, or manage, we engineer systems that solve your toughest challenges.
Complete lifecycle coverage. One studio.
Our four pillars combine to deliver holistic solutions across the entire built environment lifecycle. Here's how real projects utilise our integrated capabilities, powered by cutting-edge AI, automation, and research.
Automation Systems
BIM/VDC & Coordination
Product Digitisation
Complex Geometry & DfMA
Facade Contractor
Full DfMA Enablement for a Complex Facade
A facade contractor is awarded a complex curved-glass curtain wall project. The architect's design intent is ambitious but not fabrication-ready. The project requires full coordination with structural and MEP consultants, manufacturer-specific product data, and an automated production pipeline to meet tight deadlines.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish a cloud-based CDE (Common Data Environment), federate multi-discipline models, and run clash detection with structural and MEP consultants. Verify site conditions against point cloud scans.
Complex Geometry & DfMA: Rationalise the complex geometry into a kit-of-parts system: reduce panel types, optimise for waste reduction, and align every component with fabricator constraints and building tolerances.
Product Digitisation: Digitise manufacturer-specific facade components (brackets, transoms, mullions) into parametric BIM families, creating a single source of truth for specification, coordination, and procurement.
Automation Systems: Build a bespoke design automation app that auto-generates shop drawings, fabrication data, and installation sequences from the coordinated model, producing outputs 20-30x faster than manual drafting.
Outcome
A fully coordinated, fabrication-ready facade system delivered weeks ahead of schedule. The automation pipeline is retained by the contractor for reuse across their entire project portfolio, compounding value on every future bid.
Data Centre Developer
As-Built Consolidation & Digital Twin
A data centre portfolio owner needs to consolidate legacy CAD drawings from multiple facilities into a single coordinated BIM environment, establishing a reliable digital twin for ongoing facility management and future expansion planning.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Migrate legacy CAD drawings to high-fidelity BIM models (Architecture, MEP, Structural). Establish master coordinates, model federation, and a cloud CDE as the single source of truth across all facilities.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Run comprehensive coordination and clash detection across all disciplines. Verify models against point cloud scans to ensure as-built accuracy and identify discrepancies for remediation.
Automation Systems: Build BI dashboards and data extraction pipelines that pull live facility data from the BIM models: equipment schedules, maintenance timelines, and capacity analytics for expansion planning.
Outcome
A consolidated, accurate digital twin across the entire portfolio. The developer gains real-time visibility into facility capacity, reduces risk on future fit-outs, and makes data-driven decisions on expansion with complete confidence.
Healthcare Designer
AI Compliance for Hospital Room Data
An architecture firm designing a major public hospital needs to validate thousands of rooms against government state brief documents in real-time. Manual compliance checking is error-prone and consuming weeks of senior staff time.
Delivery Pipeline
Automation Systems: Integrate the Revit model with dRofus room data management. Build an AI compliance agent that cross-references every room against government state brief requirements: areas, finishes, equipment, clearances, and services.
Automation Systems: Deploy a real-time compliance dashboard that flags non-compliant rooms with specific violations, recommended remediation actions, and priority rankings for all project stakeholders.
Automation Systems: Build an AI-assisted recommendation engine that suggests compliant design alternatives based on precedent data from similar healthcare projects, reducing rework cycles by 80%.
Outcome
Real-time design compliance validation across 2,000+ rooms. The AI assistant reduces compliance review cycles from weeks to hours, freeing senior clinicians and architects to focus on design quality rather than spreadsheet auditing.
Product Manufacturer
Complete Product Range Digitisation
A building products manufacturer with 3,000+ SKUs needs to digitise their entire range for BIM specification, e-commerce imagery, AR experiences, and print catalogues. Current product photography is inconsistent, expensive, and cannot scale.
Delivery Pipeline
Product Digitisation: Audit the existing product data and build a parametric BIM-first asset library: every product modelled to manufacturer specifications with embedded metadata, performance data, and specification parameters.
Product Digitisation: Generate high-fidelity CGI product imagery using our Signature Product Imagery workflow, replacing traditional photography. Produce 3D turntables, AR-ready assets, and in-situ lifestyle scenes at scale.
Automation Systems: Build a multi-channel output automation pipeline: one master dataset auto-generates BIM content, web-ready images, print catalogue layouts, AR experiences, and PIM/DAM integration, all from a single source.
Outcome
3,000+ SKUs digitised and deployed across every channel in 12 weeks. The manufacturer saves 60% vs. traditional photography costs and gains a future-proof system that scales as new products launch, with zero rework.
General Contractor
Multi-Trade Coordination on a Mixed-Use Tower
A Tier 1 contractor on a 60-storey mixed-use tower is facing coordination bottlenecks across 12 subcontractors. Traditional clash reports are overwhelming, field verification is reactive, and documentation timelines are slipping.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish a federated BIM coordination environment on cloud CDE. Run automated multi-trade clash detection across Architecture, Structure, MEP, facade, and vertical transportation models on a weekly cycle.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Integrate point cloud scanning from site to validate construction progress against the coordinated model. Flag deviations early and issue field-verified coordination reports to all trades.
Automation Systems: Build automated documentation pipelines: clash reports auto-generated and distributed to responsible subcontractors with resolution deadlines, status tracking dashboards, and escalation workflows.
Outcome
Coordination cycle time reduced from 3 weeks to 3 days. The contractor reports zero critical clashes reaching site, saving an estimated $2M+ in rework avoidance on a single project.
Government Agency
Digital Delivery Framework for Public Infrastructure
A state government agency is mandating BIM on all public infrastructure projects but lacks the standards, templates, and verification tools to enforce compliance across dozens of consultancies and contractors.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Develop a comprehensive ISO 19650-aligned BIM execution framework: standards, naming conventions, LOD requirements, model audit checklists, and CDE configuration templates for agency-wide adoption.
Automation Systems: Build an automated BIM audit tool that validates incoming models against the agency's standards: checking naming, classification, geometry accuracy, and data completeness, and generating pass/fail reports.
Automation Systems: Deploy a programme-level analytics dashboard that aggregates BIM maturity metrics across all active projects, providing the agency with real-time visibility into digital delivery compliance.
Outcome
A scalable digital delivery framework adopted across 40+ public projects. Model submission rejection rates drop from 65% to under 10%, and the agency achieves measurable transparency and accountability across its entire capital works programme.
Mid-Size Architect Firm
In-House Automation Toolkit for Production Efficiency
A 50-person architecture practice is losing weeks on repetitive documentation: door schedules, sheet setup, annotation, and drawing production across multiple housing projects. Senior designers spend more time on Revit production than creative design.
Delivery Pipeline
Automation Systems: Audit the firm's Revit workflows and identify the top 10 time sinks: sheet creation, view setup, annotation placement, schedule formatting, and export routines consuming 40%+ of project hours.
Automation Systems: Build a custom pyRevit toolbar with one-click tools: auto-sheet generators, batch annotation placement, smart schedule formatters, and automated drawing export to PDF/DWG with naming conventions.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish standardised Revit templates, family libraries, and view templates that enforce consistency across all projects, eliminating ad-hoc setups and reducing onboarding time for new staff.
Automation Systems: Deploy an AI-assisted design exploration tool: generative massing studies with automated solar analysis, image visualisation renders, and video walkthroughs, allowing designers to iterate in hours, not weeks.
Outcome
Documentation production time reduced by 60%. The firm submits thousands of drawings ahead of programme deadlines. Senior designers reclaim 30+ hours per week to focus on creative design, winning more competitive bids with faster turnaround.
Bathroom & Kitchen Retailer
3D Product Configurator for Showroom & E-Commerce
A national bathroom and kitchen retailer wants to let customers design their own spaces online and in-store. Current showroom experiences are limited to static displays, and online sales rely on flat product images that don't convey the real experience.
Delivery Pipeline
Product Digitisation: Build high-fidelity 3D models of the entire product range: vanities, tapware, tiles, cabinetry, and accessories, each with configurable finishes, dimensions, and material options.
Product Digitisation: Create photorealistic room scenes and lifestyle imagery from the 3D models: bathroom, kitchen, and laundry settings that replace traditional photography across all marketing channels.
Automation Systems: Develop an interactive web-based 3D configurator powered by ShapeDiver: customers select products, swap finishes, adjust layouts, and see real-time pricing with an instant quote-to-order pipeline.
Automation Systems: Integrate AR try-before-you-buy functionality: customers scan their bathroom with a phone and place configured products in their actual space before purchasing.
Outcome
Online engagement increases 3x. Average order value rises 25% as customers confidently specify complete room packages. The retailer eliminates $200K+ in annual photography costs and updates product imagery instantly when ranges change.
Building Product Supplier
BIMobject Strategy for Architect Specification
A building products supplier with 500+ products across insulation, cladding, and waterproofing wants architects and specifiers to find and specify their products easily. Currently, their products are invisible in BIM workflows, losing specification opportunities to competitors with BIM-ready catalogues.
Delivery Pipeline
Product Digitisation: Convert the full product range into parametric Revit and ArchiCAD families with embedded technical data: thermal performance, fire ratings, warranty info, installation details, and compliance certificates.
Product Digitisation: Publish the entire BIM library to BIMobject, Australia's most-used BIM content platform, with optimised metadata, search tags, and category placement to maximise discoverability by architects and interior designers.
Automation Systems: Build an automated update pipeline: when product specs change or new products launch, the BIM content and BIMobject listings update automatically from a single data source, ensuring accuracy across all channels.
Automation Systems: Deploy analytics dashboards tracking BIMobject downloads, specification rates, and geographic demand, giving the sales team actionable intelligence on which products architects are specifying and where.
Outcome
Product specifications by architects increase 40% within 6 months. The supplier gains real-time visibility into specification trends across Australia and becomes the default choice for specifiers who need BIM-ready content.
Volume Home Builder
CAD-to-BIM Migration with Modular Automation & Change Management
A volume home builder running 800+ dwellings per year is stuck on legacy CAD workflows with inconsistent documentation, manual take-offs, and no standardisation across project teams. Every customisation request triggers hours of redrafting, and management has no visibility into production bottlenecks or material waste.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Audit the existing CAD library and develop a structured BIM implementation roadmap: standardised Revit templates, modular townhouse and detached-dwelling families, and a catalogue-ready BIM library of standard products (windows, doors, fixtures, finishes) with embedded specification and procurement data.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Build a modularised Revit template system where townhouse typologies are linked so a single design change propagates across the entire series of units at once, eliminating repetitive manual edits and saving hundreds of hours per project phase.
Automation Systems: Deploy automation systems for one-click quantity take-offs, Bills of Quantities (BoQs), drawing sheet production, and site-wide planning layouts. Even when customisations are required, the system intelligently adapts schedules and documentation without manual rework.
Automation Systems: Implement a change management strategy with targeted team upskilling workshops, role-specific training programmes, and on-demand BIM management assistance on-call to ensure proper adoption, usage, and long-term sustainability of the BIM migration across all teams.
Outcome
Full CAD-to-BIM transition completed across the organisation. Documentation production time drops 70%, take-off accuracy improves to 98%, and customisation requests that previously took 2 days are resolved in under 2 hours. The modular template system compounds savings across every new estate, and the upskilled team operates independently with on-call support as a safety net.
Design Studio
Generative Design App with AI Visualisation
An innovative design studio wants a bespoke generative design tool that lets designers rapidly explore massing options, facade variations, and spatial layouts for competitions and feasibility studies, infused with AI-driven image and video creation for client presentations.
Delivery Pipeline
Complex Geometry & DfMA: Develop parametric design algorithms for massing generation, facade patterning, and spatial layout optimisation, with real-time performance feedback on solar access, views, GFA, and embodied carbon.
Automation Systems: Build an interactive web application where designers manipulate design parameters via sliders and see instant 3D model updates: floor plate shapes, tower heights, facade density, and material palettes.
Automation Systems: Integrate AI image generation to produce photorealistic renders of each design option in seconds, and AI video creation for animated flythrough sequences, eliminating weeks of manual visualisation work.
Automation Systems: Deploy a multi-criteria comparison dashboard: designers shortlist options by performance metrics, export presentation-ready boards, and share interactive 3D links with clients for real-time feedback.
Outcome
Design exploration time drops from 4 weeks to 2 days. The studio generates 50+ massing options with photorealistic renders for every competition submission, winning 3x more bids with visually compelling, data-backed proposals.
MEP Contractor
Automated Services Coordination & Spool Drawing Production
A mechanical and electrical contractor delivering complex hospital MEP systems is drowning in manual coordination. Spool drawings are hand-drafted, RFIs are constant, and field clashes are costing hundreds of thousands in rework across every project.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Build a fully federated MEP coordination model across HVAC, hydraulics, fire, and electrical disciplines. Run automated clash detection against architectural and structural models on a weekly sprint cycle with prioritised resolution workflows.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish hanger and bracket coordination with structural penetration validation. Verify routing against ceiling zones, access panels, and maintenance clearances to eliminate field-discovered conflicts.
Automation Systems: Deploy an automated spool drawing generator: from the coordinated model, the system auto-produces fabrication-ready spool sheets with dimensions, weld callouts, material tags, and cut lists for every pipe run and duct section.
Automation Systems: Build a live coordination dashboard tracking clash resolution status, spool production progress, and RFI metrics per zone and discipline, giving project managers real-time visibility into coordination health.
Outcome
Spool drawing production accelerated 15x. Field clashes reduced by 90%, saving $500K+ in rework avoidance on a single hospital project. The contractor retains the automation pipeline across their entire healthcare and commercial portfolio.
Interior Fit-Out Specialist
Design-to-Fabrication Automation for High-End Interiors
A premium interior fit-out company delivering luxury hotel and corporate office projects is struggling with the gap between designer intent and fabrication reality. Custom joinery, feature walls, and ceiling systems require extensive back-and-forth between designers and fabricators, delaying every project by weeks.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Convert interior design concepts into detailed BIM models with every custom element fully modelled: joinery units, feature walls, ceiling rafts, bulkheads, and built-in furniture, all coordinated with base-build services and structure.
Complex Geometry & DfMA: Rationalise complex decorative geometries (curved ceiling features, parametric wall panels, intricate timber screens) into fabrication-ready panel systems with optimised material nesting and CNC-ready cutting patterns.
Automation Systems: Build a design-to-fabrication pipeline that auto-generates shop drawings, material schedules, and CNC files directly from the coordinated model, eliminating manual translation between design and workshop.
Automation Systems: Deploy an integrated finish schedule management system that tracks every surface specification, sample approval status, and lead time across all rooms, feeding procurement timelines and installation sequencing.
Outcome
Design-to-fabrication cycle reduced from 6 weeks to 10 days. Material waste drops 35% through optimised nesting. The fit-out company delivers 3 concurrent luxury hotel projects on time with zero design-to-site discrepancies.
Prefab Housing Startup
End-to-End Configurator-to-Factory Automation Ecosystem
A startup entering the prefabricated modular housing market wants to build a complete digital ecosystem: a customer-facing housing configurator for buyers to design their dream home, connected to backend manufacturing automation that translates every customer choice into fabrication data, assembly instructions, and ready-to-ship kit-of-parts for on-site assembly.
Delivery Pipeline
Complex Geometry & DfMA: Design the modular kit-of-parts system: standardised structural modules, wall cassettes, floor panels, and roof assemblies engineered for flat-pack transport and rapid on-site assembly, with a parametric rule engine governing valid configurations and dimensional constraints.
Product Digitisation: Build a comprehensive digital product library of every component: structural frames, cladding options, window types, kitchen modules, bathroom pods, and interior finishes, each with embedded manufacturing data, material BOMs, and assembly sequencing.
Automation Systems: Develop an interactive web-based housing configurator: customers select floor plans, room counts, cladding materials, kitchen layouts, and interior finishes. Each choice updates real-time 3D visualisation, pricing, and delivery timeline estimates.
Automation Systems: Build the backend manufacturing data pipeline: every confirmed customer configuration auto-generates CNC cutting files, assembly drawings, packing lists, transport manifests, and site installation guides. Factory production scheduling auto-updates with each new order.
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish a BIM-based quality assurance and compliance framework ensuring every modular configuration meets NCC requirements, with automated certification documentation and council submission packages generated per project.
Outcome
A fully integrated configurator-to-factory ecosystem launched in 6 months. Customer order-to-delivery reduced from 16 weeks to 8 weeks. Manufacturing waste drops 40% through optimised cutting. The startup scales to 200+ homes per year with a 3-person office team, the technology handling everything from customer engagement to factory floor.
National Builder
Intelligent AI Project Assistant Across 100s of Jobs
A national builder managing 300+ active residential and commercial projects wants to create a proprietary AI assistant engine that ingests every project's documents, models, specifications, and communications, then deploys a customised AI assistant per project, accessible to site teams, design managers, and subcontractors through their existing platforms like SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.
Delivery Pipeline
Automation Systems: Architect a secure, scalable AI platform on Azure/AWS/Google Cloud that ingests project data from CDE platforms, SharePoint libraries, email archives, and BIM models. Build intelligent document parsing to extract specifications, RFIs, variations, programme data, and compliance requirements per project.
Automation Systems: Develop project-specific AI assistants that are automatically configured when a new project is created: each assistant is trained on that project's unique documentation, design models, contract terms, and programme milestones, providing contextually accurate answers.
Automation Systems: Deploy seamless integrations into the builder's existing digital ecosystem: AI assistants available as SharePoint web parts, Microsoft Teams bots, and mobile apps, so site supervisors and project managers query project knowledge without leaving their daily platforms.
Automation Systems: Build compliance and risk intelligence layers: the AI flags design non-compliance, identifies specification conflicts between trades, monitors programme risk indicators, and proactively recommends corrective actions to project managers across all 300+ jobs.
Outcome
AI assistants deployed across 300+ projects within 3 months. RFI resolution time drops 60% as teams find answers instantly. Design compliance issues caught 4x earlier. The builder estimates $3M+ annual savings in reduced rework, faster decision-making, and fewer contractual disputes.
Precast Contractor
3D Precast Tracker: BIM-to-Site Intelligence Platform
A precast concrete contractor fabricating and installing 5,000+ panels across multiple high-rise projects needs a connected platform that bridges BIM design data, factory production tracking, logistics, and on-site installation validation, with real-time schedule risk intelligence and automated progress reporting.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish the BIM-based digital backbone: every precast panel modelled with unique IDs, embedded manufacturing specifications, connection details, and installation sequences, hosted on a cloud CDE as the single source of truth for all stakeholders.
Automation Systems: Build a custom 3D precast tracker application with three connected modules: Factory (cast dates, curing status, QA results, dispatch readiness), Logistics (transport scheduling, delivery manifests, crane sequencing), and Site (installation status, survey verification, snag tracking).
Automation Systems: Integrate IoT sensors and QR/RFID tagging on panels for automated position tracking on site. The 3D viewer overlays real-time installation status onto the BIM model: green (installed and verified), amber (on site, pending), red (not yet shipped).
Automation Systems: Deploy a predictive schedule intelligence engine that analyses production rates, logistics lead times, and installation progress to flag upcoming bottlenecks, recommend construction sequence adjustments, and suggest optimal crane positioning to recover programme delays.
Outcome
Real-time visibility across 5,000+ panels from factory to installed position. Schedule risk identified 3 weeks earlier on average. Installation productivity improves 25% through optimised sequencing. The platform becomes the contractor's competitive differentiator, winning them 3 new major contracts.
PropTech Venture
Cloud-Based Defect Management & Handover Platform
A property technology startup wants to build a SaaS platform for construction defect management and building handover. The platform needs to connect BIM models with on-site defect logging, automate rectification workflows, generate compliance certificates, and deliver a complete digital building manual to owners at handover.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Design the BIM integration layer: the platform ingests IFC and Revit models, spatially indexes every element, and provides a 3D navigable interface where users tap on building elements to log defects with photos, annotations, and severity classifications.
Automation Systems: Build the defect lifecycle engine: automated assignment to responsible subcontractors, rectification deadline tracking, re-inspection scheduling, photo evidence comparison (before/after), and escalation workflows for overdue items with contractual penalty calculations.
Automation Systems: Develop automated compliance documentation: the platform aggregates all inspection records, test certificates, warranty documents, and as-built data per element, auto-generating the complete building manual and compliance handover package.
Automation Systems: Deploy on Google Cloud/AWS with multi-tenant architecture, role-based access for builders, subcontractors, consultants, and owners, real-time dashboards, and a mobile-first PWA for on-site use with offline sync capability.
Outcome
Defect resolution time reduced by 50%. Handover documentation that previously took 8 weeks is auto-generated in 2 days. The startup onboards 15 builder clients in year one, managing 40+ projects on the platform with a lean development team.
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Facade Contractor
Full DfMA Enablement for a Complex Facade
A facade contractor is awarded a complex curved-glass curtain wall project. The architect's design intent is ambitious but not fabrication-ready. The project requires full coordination with structural and MEP consultants, manufacturer-specific product data, and an automated production pipeline to meet tight deadlines.
Delivery Pipeline
BIM/VDC & Coordination: Establish a cloud-based CDE (Common Data Environment), federate multi-discipline models, and run clash detection with structural and MEP consultants. Verify site conditions against point cloud scans.
Complex Geometry & DfMA: Rationalise the complex geometry into a kit-of-parts system: reduce panel types, optimise for waste reduction, and align every component with fabricator constraints and building tolerances.
Product Digitisation: Digitise manufacturer-specific facade components (brackets, transoms, mullions) into parametric BIM families, creating a single source of truth for specification, coordination, and procurement.
Automation Systems: Build a bespoke design automation app that auto-generates shop drawings, fabrication data, and installation sequences from the coordinated model, producing outputs 20-30x faster than manual drafting.
Outcome
A fully coordinated, fabrication-ready facade system delivered weeks ahead of schedule. The automation pipeline is retained by the contractor for reuse across their entire project portfolio, compounding value on every future bid.
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Ali Tehami
Founder - Director of Design & Construction Automation
Melbourne, Australia & Dubai, UAE
Architect and AEC digital strategist with 15+ years at the forefront of computational design, automation, and digital construction innovation. Founder of GIRIH X: transforming how products, facades, and infrastructure are designed and built through intelligent automation.
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Mark Datiles
Co-Founder - Director of BIM & Digital Engineering
Melbourne, Australia
Mark delivers BIM and digital engineering outcomes across the AEC sector, specialising in advanced modelling, asset development, and automation-driven workflows across the AEC sector. Safeguards programme certainty and minimises onsite remediation through proactive coordination and model management.
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