Feature
Workspace
Spreadsheets and documents that behave like Excel and Word.
The business runs on workbooks and documents: the trade breakup, the RFI log, the tender comparison, the letter that has to go out today. The workspace takes those files as they are, opens them in an editor that behaves like Excel and Word, and keeps them beside the drawing set they describe.
Project files
Trade breakup.xlsxv7
BCA report.docxv3- RFI log.xlsxv12
- Consent conditions.docxv2
Trade breakup.xlsx=SUM(D3:D6)| Trade | Qty | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Blockwork | 1,240 m² | $186,000 |
| 04 | Waterproofing | 310 m² | $41,200 |
| 05 | Screed to wet areas | 310 m² | $28,900 |
| 06 | Tiling to wet areas | 310 m² | $52,400 |
Row 06 added by CIM from the scope register · accept or reject
AI layer
- Report template populated from the assessment
- Consent conditions pulled into an action checklist
- Every AI edit highlighted to accept or reject
Versions
v4 · v5 · v6 · v7 current
Excel and Word as they behave everywhere else, with the AI layer over the top and a version of every file kept against the job.
The old way
The workbook sits on a drive, away from the documents it prices
The trade breakup is priced against a revision nobody can name
The workbook lives on a drive, the drawings live somewhere else, and the two drift apart.
A new tool means a new format and a fortnight of relearning
So the team stays in Excel and the project record stays incomplete.
Every job rebuilds the same workbook by hand
The last job's template gets copied, renamed and reformatted again.
With CIM
Excel and Word as your team already uses them, inside the project
Excel and Word files open as they are
Drop an .xlsx or .docx anywhere on the page. Formula bar, autocomplete, cell references, the fill handle and undo. Export back in the same format.
A cadet is productive in ten minutes
The grid behaves the way Excel does, so there is nothing to relearn.
Templates carry across jobs, beside the drawings
Files sit in folders next to the set. A change asked for in plain English happens in the document, with every AI edit highlighted for a person to accept or reject.
What it does for your team
Builders
Familiar interfaces, version-controlled
Excel and Word as your team already uses them, with every version of a workbook kept against the project rather than in someone's drive.
Certifiers and surveyors
Your report template, populated
The assessment output written into your own BCA report format, with compliance statuses your practitioners use, ready for review.
Consultants
The admin half of the report
Consent conditions pulled into action checklists and consultant PDFs checked for signatures, qualifications and revision matching.