> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.cim.build/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction to CIM Build

> CIM Build is an AI-powered platform that analyses construction documents to surface design risks, track drawing changes, and verify specification compliance.

CIM Build transforms the way construction teams work with project documents. You upload your PDF drawings and specifications — architectural, structural, MEP, and more — and the platform's AI pipelines process them automatically to detect design risks, identify clashes between disciplines, track changes across revisions, and check compliance against your specifications. Instead of manually reviewing hundreds of pages, you get structured, actionable insight the moment processing completes.

## How it works

CIM Build follows a straightforward workflow that mirrors how construction projects actually progress:

1. **Upload** your drawings and documents as a Tender Set, Contract Set, or Revision.
2. **Process** the revision set — CIM Build splits, analyses, and indexes every page.
3. **Set a contract baseline** to lock in the issued-for-construction drawing set.
4. **Run analysis** — the Risk Register, Change Register, Clash Analysis, and Audit Checklist all operate against the processed documents.
5. **Interrogate** your project using AI Chat, asking questions in plain language about any drawing or specification.

## Key features

| Feature                      | What it does                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Risk Register**            | Surfaces AI-detected design risks — compliance gaps, missing details, and coordination issues — grouped by severity and workstream. |
| **Change Register**          | Compares drawing revisions against the contract baseline to identify what has changed and flag potential scope impacts.             |
| **Clash Analysis**           | Detects conflicts between disciplines (e.g. structural versus MEP) across your drawing set.                                         |
| **Audit Checklist**          | Runs structured compliance checks derived from your specifications and project quality gates.                                       |
| **AI Chat**                  | Lets you query your drawings and specifications in natural language, with `@` mention support for specific files.                   |
| **Specification compliance** | Extracts requirements from your spec documents and cross-references them against the drawing set.                                   |

## Explore the docs

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Upload your first drawings and run your first analysis in minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Upload Documents" icon="upload" href="/platform/uploading-documents">
    Add tender sets, addenda, contract sets, and revisions to your project.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Risk Register" icon="shield-alert" href="/platform/risk-register">
    Review AI-detected design risks across your drawings and specifications.
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  <Card title="Change Register" icon="git-compare" href="/platform/change-register">
    Compare drawing revisions and track scope changes between versions.
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  <Card title="AI Chat" icon="message-circle" href="/platform/ai-chat">
    Ask questions about your project in natural language.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Audit Checklist" icon="clipboard-check" href="/platform/audit-checklist">
    Run structured compliance checks against specifications and quality gates.
  </Card>
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