FAQ
What CIM Build checks, how it handles your data, and how to try it on your own project.
CIM Build is construction intelligence management software for general contractors, developers and the consultants who work with them. It reads every drawing, specification, consultant report and brief on every revision, checks them against each other and against the IBC, and keeps the findings in live registers with the sheet and clause behind each one.
Product overview →ChatGPT and Claude can read the files you upload to one conversation, and they are useful for drafting and for questions about a single document. CIM Build reads the whole set together, checks each document against the others, cites the sheet and clause for every finding, and runs again on every revision, which is the work a bid review needs.
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Copilot for construction →CIM Build reads each consultant report (geotech, acoustic, ESD, fire, traffic, waste) and checks every requirement in it against the drawings and schedules. A fire door scheduled at a lower fire rating than the fire engineering report requires, or a wall drawn at a lower acoustic rating than the acoustic report calls for, comes back as a finding cited to both documents.
Report compliance →CIM Build compares each new revision against the last one sheet by sheet and lists every change, including the changes nobody clouded. Each change is boxed on the sheet and recorded against the revision it arrived in.
Revision tracking →Yes. CIM Build reads each subcontractor quote against the trade scope from the drawings and specification, lines the quotes up item by item, flags the allowances one quote carries and the others leave out, and exports the comparison to Excel for the estimator to check.
Bid leveling →Yes. CIM Build runs the OPR and the drawing set against each other in both directions on every issue, so a requirement in the brief that the drawings don't show, or a drawn item the brief doesn't allow for, comes back as a finding.
OPR vs the drawings →The IBC and the state amendments that apply to the job are preloaded, so the team can query them directly.
Code assessment →Every finding cites the sheet, the clause and the document it came from, so the person reviewing it can open the source and confirm it in seconds. The team triages each finding as reviewed, needs action or RFI, and nothing goes to a consultant until a person sends it.
AI-suggested RFIs →CIM Build does the reading and the cross-referencing, and the estimator or design manager makes every call on what a finding means for the price or the schedule. Because each finding links to its source, juniors see exactly where the problem sits in the documents.
Yes. CIM Build connects to Procore, syncs the drawings and documents as they are issued, and runs its audits on the current revision, with every finding traced back to the sheet and revision in Procore.
Procore integration →Yes. CIM Build connects to Aconex, Autodesk Construction Cloud, SharePoint, Google Drive and Outlook, so documents come in from wherever the project keeps them.
All integrations →CIM Build's standard hosted environment keeps customer data in Australia. The sub-processor list, architecture overview and data processing terms are published at trust.cim.build.
No. Your documents, prompts and configured checks remain yours, they are not used to train models made available to other customers, and you can request deletion at any time and receive written confirmation.
CIM Build attained SOC 2 Type I in July 2026. An independent web application penetration test in June 2026 returned zero critical findings, and all findings have been remediated.
Book a briefing and bring a current bid set or a set from a job you know well. The team runs it through CIM Build and walks you through what comes back, cited to your own sheets.
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