Understanding the challenge

The challenge: managing an overwhelming volume of repetitive building designs.

In residential construction, many new housing projects look remarkably alike. Yet every design still has to be drawn in full detail by a team of technical draftsmen. The reason is simple: past designs are hard to find, scattered across old projects and stored in inconsistent formats. As a result, it’s often quicker to start from scratch than to spend hours searching and adapting existing work. 

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This means valuable time is lost redrawing what already exists, adding unnecessary pressure to an already overloaded team.

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Key challenges: 

• A shortage of skilled draftsmen: there are few well-trained professionals available.
  
  
• Repetitive work: drawing similar projects again and again instead of reusing existing designs.
  
  
• Inefficient workflows: finding and reusing old projects costs more time than starting from scratch.
  
  

The result: growing workloads, rising costs, and delays in project delivery.

Making a long-lasting impact

Our solution: data-driven design matching.

We transformed 3D building files into efficient data structures (graphs). On top of this dataset, we built a matching algorithm that automatically finds similarities between new and existing projects.

How it works:

• Data structuring: 3D models are converted into standardised, searchable graphs.
  
  
• Smart matching: every new project runs through the algorithm, generating the top 10 most similar past projects.
  
  

Faster reuse: draftsmen can instantly pull up relevant reference projects, reducing time spent on repetitive tasks.

Results

The impact: faster work, less pressure.

• 25% faster drawings: projects that once required weeks of manual effort can now be completed significantly quicker.
  
  
• Lower workload: draftsmen spend less time repeating the same tasks.
  
  
• Smarter workflows: instead of searching for past projects manually, the right references surface automatically.
  
  

Talent bottleneck relief: by working more efficiently, the company can better cope with the shortage of skilled draftsmen.