Technology & Innovation
AI is poised to shapethe future of architecture.
Proprietary AI tools — QikBIM and PlanAid — applied across architectural design and project delivery, turning weeks of manual work into minutes of calibrated intelligence.
[01] Overview
OFA AI Services
The Company's focus on developing and integrating AI and other technology tools for architectural design and project management sets it apart in the industry. This not only enhances efficiency but also positions the Company at the forefront of technological innovation in architecture.
Currently, the Company utilizes Houzz, a commercially available software platform that includes automated visualization capabilities, to enhance its design and project management processes and provide exceptional services to its clients.
Digital Tools: the Company leverages technologies including Building Information Modeling (BIM), VR, and AR to improve project visualization, client engagement, and project management.
[02] Our AI Role
Transforming the AEC Industry
As the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry undergoes rapid evolution, artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing in tandem, driving significant enhancements across the sector. AI technologies are transforming the design process by enabling the swift analysis of numerous design variations, thereby identifying optimal solutions and ensuring adherence to relevant guidelines with remarkable efficiency.
[03] Our AI Tools
Advanced Software Suite
Our designers and consultants harness the full potential of advanced AI tools throughout our work processes, utilizing a range of sophisticated software to enhance design and project efficiency.
[QikBIM — OFA AI]
Our AI solution for Architectural, Structural and MEP BIM models.
About QikBIM
QikBIM is an AI-powered service that automatically converts architectural drawings into comprehensive Building Information Models (BIM). Using intelligent drawing recognition technology, it generates a complete set of Architectural, Structural and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) BIM models without manual intervention.
How QikBIM Works
QikBIM creates fully integrated BIM models across five key disciplines: Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing. The system automatically recognizes uploaded drawings and completes the entire modeling process in just a few hours, ensuring data cross-coordination while adhering to local design codes for precise, code-compliant results.
Hours, Not Months
Traditional BIM preparation takes over a couple months. QikBIM delivers the same results in just a few hours.
Fraction of the Cost
Eliminates expensive consulting fees while delivering comprehensive Architectural, Structural, and MEP BIM models.
Automated Intelligence
Intelligent drawing recognition automatically generates complete BIM models across five disciplines without manual intervention.
Improved Collaboration
Enhances collaboration efficiency, allowing your team to focus on design innovation rather than repetitive technical documentation.
OFA proudly launches QikBIM Version 2.0
Now available for pilot testing by architectural design firms worldwide.
[QikBIM Platform]
BIM Models and Material Schedules in Minutes
Upload a drawing set and QikBIM returns a coordinated BIM model together with a matching material schedule — the two deliverables that normally take weeks of manual effort, produced while you wait.
Built for Low-Rise Work
QikBIM is tuned for buildings up to three stories — homes, schools, retail, and small commercial builds, the core of most practices' work.
Complete BIM Model
Architectural, Structural, and MEP models generated together from your uploaded drawings — coordinated across disciplines with no manual modelling.
Material Schedules
Itemised material take-offs produced alongside the model, ready for costing, procurement, and specification review.
[PlanAid — OFA AI]
The future of your project, calculated.
PlanAid is OFA's proprietary AI platform that automatically validates architectural blueprints against the California Building Code — detecting egress violations, travel distance failures, and occupancy issues in seconds. Built for architects, code officers, inspectors, and project managers, it turns hours of manual code checking into minutes.
About PlanAid
PlanAid ingests architectural drawing PDFs, automatically extracts geometry, and validates every relevant CBC requirement — exit door widths, travel distances, dead-end corridors, and occupancy-based egress capacity. Every check links directly to the official building code section, ready for AHJ submission.
How PlanAid Works
Upload a PDF blueprint, define occupancy zones with rectangle and polygon tools, and let the AI engine validate compliance in one click. Pass, fail, and warning results come with direct code references. Ask the AI assistant about any failure for guidance and resolution strategies.
Automated Blueprint Analysis
Upload PDF blueprints and receive instant AI-powered extraction of walls, doors, egress paths, and annotations — with vector-grade precision.
CBC Code Validation
Automatic validation against the California Building Code — exit widths, travel distances, dead-end corridors, and occupancy-based egress capacity.
AI Chat Assistant
Ask code-aware questions about your blueprint in plain language and get direct CBC section references, occupancy calculations, and resolution guidance.
Scale & Calibration Engine
Auto-detects drawing scale from title blocks with manual override for every standard architectural scale — every measurement anchored to real-world dimensions.
PlanAid — Compliance Review
Egress, travel distance, and occupancy compliance validated in minutes. Start with a 30-day free trial.
Begin Your Project
Harness AI foryour next project.
Contact OFA to learn how our AI services can transform your design and construction processes.
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