CIM TECHNOLOGY / ELEMENTS
A new building block for
construction intelligence.
Every floor. Every wall. Every window. Broken down into its parts and connected, so CIM can work with the building behind the drawings.
Explore an Element
THE CONSTRUCTION DATA TYPE
A wall is an assembly of parts. A window belongs to an opening. A floor connects spaces. Those relationships matter as much as the objects themselves.
Elements bring those parts into a construction ontology: a shared structure for what things are, what they contain and how they relate. It gives CIM the context to reason about construction.
INSIDE AN ELEMENT
From lines on a drawing to Elements in a knowledge graph. See the parts, requirements and relationships come together.
FROM THE DRAWING
Illustrative mapping · Octagon House basement plan · HABS / Library of Congress ↗
ELEMENTS / THE FOUNDATION FOR NEW USE CASES
Elements give the construction ontology its understanding of the building: what each part is, how it relates to other parts, and what a complete assembly needs.
That elemental understanding opens up new use cases in construction. CIM can reason about what should be there, follow relationships across the set, and recognise intent that a drawing never puts into words.
See the Construction Intelligence Management stackKnowing the parts a building needs makes absence meaningful. Follow an Element to the details, connections and scope that should support it, and surface the gaps.
An awning appears on an elevation, but its support detail is missing from the structural set.
Some conflicts only emerge after several reasoning steps. Follow the chain from a design requirement through the spaces, assemblies and components it applies to, across multiple documents.
Fire strategy → room use → wall assembly → door schedule. A mismatch can sit several connections away from the original requirement.
Understand what the design is trying to achieve, even when the notes leave it unstated. Use the relationships between Elements to surface likely intent, with supporting context for a person to review.
A wet-area layout points to waterproofing and junction details, even where the drawing does not spell out every interface.
Introducing Elements.
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