Use cases

Designed for every player in the real world

A single platform that adapts to the specifics of your profession. The AEC-RE ecosystem is interdependent. Vonbuild has been designed to resolve the bottlenecks of every player in the value chain, from design to handover.

Each scenario is based on real-world situations from the AEC industry in France, Switzerland and Germany.

Persona 1

Engineering and consultancies

Structural engineers, thermal specialists, acousticians, methods engineers. Your senior staff are retiring and taking 30 years of know-how with them. Your juniors spend 60% of their time checking standards rather than designing. The risk of calculation error engages your decennial liability.

The daily pain of engineering consultancies

Problem

The haemorrhage of knowledge

Your senior engineers are retiring and taking 30 years of know-how with them. The subtleties of DTU 39, the particular cases of the Eurocodes, the empirical rules accumulated across hundreds of projects: it all disappears. The calculation notes from former colleagues are unreadable for newcomers. When a junior asks a question, the senior spends 45 minutes explaining the context and the pitfalls. This artisanal transfer does not scale.

Problem

60% of time spent on verification, not design

Every calculation note must be checked by a senior. You have 3 seniors for 35 engineers. The bottleneck is permanent. Juniors wait 3 to 5 days for a verification that takes 2 hours. Projects fall behind. Clients complain. Recruiting a senior structural engineer takes 9 months and costs EUR 85,000 per year.

Problem

Decennial liability at stake

The Eurocodes, DTU, seismic standards evolve. Tracking every update, verifying that previous calculation notes remain compliant, training the teams: it is a full-time job that nobody does properly. A non-compliance discovered too late means a costly remedy, a professional dispute and your decennial liability engaged.

System Output Viewer

The haemorrhage of knowledge

Your senior engineers are retiring and taking 30 years of know-how with them. The subtleties of DTU 39, the particular cases of the Eurocodes, the empirical rules accumulated across hundreds of projects: it all disappears. The calculation notes from former colleagues are unreadable for newcomers. When a junior asks a question, the senior spends 45 minutes explaining the context and the pitfalls. This artisanal transfer does not scale.

The Vonbuild revolution for engineering consultancies

Solution

Determinism: the agent does not guess

The engineering agent does not hallucinate a load distribution calculation. It uses your own calculation software via its web browser (Computer Use). It connects to your SaaS platforms, enters the parameters, runs the calculation and extracts the result. The result is deterministic, reproducible and auditable.

Solution

Tool creation: the agent codes its own scripts

Do you need a specific verification? The agent codes its own Python script (for example, DTU 39 glazing dimensioning), tests it and creates a new reusable Skill for all your colleagues. Your seniors' know-how is encoded in Company Skills. Every particular case, every pitfall, every empirical rule is structured and versioned. Their knowledge survives their departure.

Solution

Proactive standards monitoring

The engineering agent is updated with every standards revision. When a DTU is revised, it automatically identifies which ongoing projects and which previous calculation notes are potentially affected. You receive an impact report with recommended corrective actions. Zero non-compliance discovered too late.

Result

Twice as many complex projects with the same team

Verification time reduced by 75%. Seniors specify the method (Skills), juniors execute at senior quality. 100% of critical knowledge encoded and transferable. 2 autonomous juniors in 3 months instead of 18. Senior knowledge is digitised in the OS. With the same team, you absorb twice as many complex projects.

System Output Viewer

Determinism: the agent does not guess

The engineering agent does not hallucinate a load distribution calculation. It uses your own calculation software via its web browser (Computer Use). It connects to your SaaS platforms, enters the parameters, runs the calculation and extracts the result. The result is deterministic, reproducible and auditable.

Persona 2

Contractors and specialist firms

Main contractors, facade specialists, MEP, structural works, trades. Your 2-3% margins evaporate without you noticing. A missed time bar prevents you from claiming your additional costs. Your site managers are exhausted chasing subcontractors.

The daily pain of contractors

Problem

The melting margin

With 2-3% net margin, a single administrative error absorbs the profit of an entire project. A forgotten price revision clause in a variation, an invoice validated without verification, a discrepancy detected too late in the annual accounts. Last year, a single error cost EUR 180,000. The money was owed. It will never be recovered.

Problem

Missed time bars

A missed time bar (often 15 days under the CCAG) prevents you from claiming your additional costs. Your administrative manager handles 47 simultaneous projects. Each project has dozens of contractual deadlines: claim periods, variation deadlines, warranty prescriptions. A missed time bar on a EUR 320,000 dispute renders the claim inadmissible.

Problem

Exhausted site managers

1,200 subcontractor invoices per month. Each must be verified against the purchase order, the interim payment, the subcontract, the retention. The accounts team is overwhelmed. Errors slip through. Double payments occur. Site managers exhaust themselves chasing subcontractors instead of being on the ground.

System Output Viewer

The melting margin

With 2-3% net margin, a single administrative error absorbs the profit of an entire project. A forgotten price revision clause in a variation, an invoice validated without verification, a discrepancy detected too late in the annual accounts. Last year, a single error cost EUR 180,000. The money was owed. It will never be recovered.

The Vonbuild revolution for contractors

Solution

Relentless deadline tracking

The legal agent reads 100% of your contracts (Particular Administrative Conditions, Technical Specification) and tracks every time bar. It drafts the Formal Notice (recorded delivery letter) with the exact legal article. 30 days before a critical deadline, you receive an alert with the full context: the relevant contract, the exact clause, the file history and a pre-drafted reservation letter. Zero time bars missed since deployment.

Solution

Procurement validation: 3-5% direct savings

The procurement agent automatically cross-references every subcontractor invoice against the original contract and the project progress status. Amount discrepancies, incorrect VAT, non-commissioned services: everything is identified and presented in a summary table. It instantly detects overbilling. The accounts team only handles exceptions.

Solution

The cascade effect under control

When a variation arrives, the legal agent automatically analyses its impact on prices, timescales, penalty clauses and guarantees. The estimation agent quantifies the financial impact. The operations agent assesses the programme impact. You receive a synthesis in 20 minutes instead of 3 days. Subcontractors are automatically chased with the contractual context.

Result

Your margin is protected

Losses avoided (time bars, invoicing errors, missed variations). Administrative teams redeployed to value-added tasks. Your site managers return to the field. The cost of Vonbuild: a fraction of what a single error costs you today.

System Output Viewer

Relentless deadline tracking

The legal agent reads 100% of your contracts (Particular Administrative Conditions, Technical Specification) and tracks every time bar. It drafts the Formal Notice (recorded delivery letter) with the exact legal article. 30 days before a critical deadline, you receive an alert with the full context: the relevant contract, the exact clause, the file history and a pre-drafted reservation letter. Zero time bars missed since deployment.

Persona 3

Property development and client/employer organisations

Property developers, project sponsors, employer's agents. You manage a dozen projects in parallel. You receive thousands of documents from your contractors and architects. Are you certain that what is invoiced corresponds exactly to the original Technical Specification?

The daily pain of the client/employer

Problem

Document chaos at scale

You manage a dozen projects in parallel. Each project generates thousands of documents: drawings, variations, invoices, interim payments, meeting minutes. Information is scattered between stakeholders. Nobody has a consolidated view. Coordination errors between work packages are detected too late, when they have become additional costs.

Problem

The certainty that what is invoiced equals the Technical Specification

Your contractors and architects send you payment applications, interim payments, final accounts. How do you verify that every line invoiced corresponds exactly to the specifications of the original Technical Specification? Manually, it is impossible at the scale of dozens of projects. Discrepancies slip through. Additional costs accumulate.

Problem

Environmental standards compliance

RE2020, environmental certifications, energy performance requirements: obligations multiply. Verifying that execution drawings comply with your original requirements at every iteration is a colossal task. A RE2020 non-compliance discovered at handover means a permit refusal or remedial works costing hundreds of thousands of euros.

System Output Viewer

Document chaos at scale

You manage a dozen projects in parallel. Each project generates thousands of documents: drawings, variations, invoices, interim payments, meeting minutes. Information is scattered between stakeholders. Nobody has a consolidated view. Coordination errors between work packages are detected too late, when they have become additional costs.

The Vonbuild revolution for the client/employer

Solution

360-degree vision across all your projects

The orchestrator ingests the chaos from all your stakeholders. It reads, classifies and automatically structures data into 17 semantic categories. The Knowledge Graph instantly links a technical variation, its invoice and its calculation note. You have a consolidated, real-time view of the status of every project.

Solution

Continuous automated audit

The OS verifies in real time that execution drawings and payment applications comply with your original requirements: the brief, RE2020 environmental standards, the Technical Specification. Every discrepancy is identified, quantified and flagged before it becomes an additional cost.

Result

Total transparency on your investments

Total transparency on your investments (CapEx) and a drastic reduction in additional costs from coordination errors. Every euro invoiced is justified against the original contract. Non-compliances are detected upstream. Your decisions are informed by reliable data, not by approximate reports.

System Output Viewer

360-degree vision across all your projects

The orchestrator ingests the chaos from all your stakeholders. It reads, classifies and automatically structures data into 17 semantic categories. The Knowledge Graph instantly links a technical variation, its invoice and its calculation note. You have a consolidated, real-time view of the status of every project.

Safety Protocol

15 days. 10 EUR/CHF. Your documents. Your results.

Take the most complex file from your current project. Upload it. Let the agent restructure the data and deploy its expert masters. Whether you are an engineering consultancy, contractor or developer: the OS adapts to your profession.