Checktobuild has become the first company to obtain a patent to generate a cloud-based Software, that inspects each step of the automated works using Artificial Intelligence.
This software process is now patented for BIM open formats and point clouds, which brings an automated system of increase in productivity and quality constructive to the great mass of the market; not only for software+hardware belonging to a brand, as was common up to now. It is a proven procedure, theoretical and practical, whose ultimate goal is to reduce the latency of decision making in terms of QA/QC or QA under construction of 48 hours on average to results of up to 13 minutes.
The patent is effective in Spain and with PCT requested for the United States, the EU and six other countries in LATAM and Asia. “Obtaining the Spanish patent was important, first of all because of our birth as a Spanish startup, although we were always clear that it had to have international value, especially in those countries where our competitors or our product-market-fit reside: Northern Europe, the United States and Asia”, says Alejandro Ruíz Lara, CEO and co-founder of Checktobuild. The company thus converts a Spanish patent grant into strategic international protection with only 20% additional investment and without extending the term for more than another two years.
20 years of exclusivity
Obtaining this patent allows the company 20 years of exclusivity over any software procedure that handles the automatic pre-processing of point clouds for avoid hours of post-processing of manual files as up to now.
Increases productivity in the technical office in point cloud work by more than 87%; apply Machine Learning to understand and align each construction element in it and in BIM models (architecture models); item-by-item comparison; and the display of immediate results in reports and its own 3D viewer.
It is a slow process, but with an investment of 15,000 euros to obtain this patent, Checktobuild becomes the first company in the sector to secure your IP in this regard with a globalized value, Thus, positioning itself ahead of other companies with valuations of more than 200 million dollars that today do not have this type of protection. It allows them to compete in a very strong and protected way against other players.
“The only way to achieve it was to achieve what had not been achieved before or designed and validated”affirms Ruíz Lara, and adds “We became the first in the world to improve the construction QA process in an open way for all the stakeholders of the sector that start to digitize. Regardless of your status. And, at least, for 20 years we will continue to be”.
With these results, the client has added value knowing that Checktobuild provides them with a truly unique service. It represents a backup since it is an exclusive and proper procedure. In addition, it influences the evolution of the sector.
In an era of changes and technological transitions; Several years ago, solutions for data capture began to be implemented as a first step in the digitization of QA (or Quality Control) processes under construction, and hand in hand with services with reality flat rates capture as those offered in C2BRenting, together with the digital procedure offered in the Checktobuild C2BPlatform, it will be possible to achieve frequent monitoring, collaborative work and multi-reality to optimize the construction process and therefore the sector itself.
