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Drive mode

Done
Add Beam B12 to the Riverside report and run it.
Beam B12: UB 305×165×40, S275, 6.0 m span, into the Riverside report. Say “yes” to go ahead.
Yes.
Done. B12 passes: bending utilisation 0.86.
xlsxcalcs_beam_FINAL.xlsxWhich version did the checker see?
docxReport_B12_v7_FINAL2.docxRe-typing every clause reference
mailRE: RE: RE: check commentsAn email chain for every finding
pdfmarkup_revB_scan.pdfHand-marked, scanned, re-typed
xlsxloads_master_2019.xlsxWhich calcs used the old floor load?
zipIssued_RevB (2).zipIs this the issued one?
Outline
Project information
Design basis
Beam B12
Notes
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YOUR COMPANY LTDStructural engineers
YC
Beam B12 — bending and shear

UB 305×165×40 · S275 · L = 6.00 m · BS EN 1993-1-1 + UK NA

Design momentM,Ed = wL²/8 = 32.9 × 6.00² / 8 = 148 kN·m§5.4
Moment resistanceM,c,Rd = W,pl,y f,y / γM0 = 623 × 275 / 1.0 = 171 kN·m§6.2.5
ShearV,Ed = wL/2 = 99 kN ≤ V,pl,Rd = 319 kN — 0.31§6.2.6
Utilisation148 / 171 = 0.86 — adequate✓

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No open findings
Signed by the author
Submitted · awaiting check
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calculate · write · check · approve · issue

01 · The problem

The calculation takes minutes.
The paperwork takes the week.

Too much of an engineer’s week goes into the document around the calculation: copying results into Word, chasing check comments and working out which version was issued.

PROBLEM 01

Spreadsheets nobody else can follow.

Results without the clause behind them, and no record of which version the checker saw.

PROBLEM 02

Reports re-typed by hand.

Every clause reference and value copied into Word, then copied again at every revision.

PROBLEM 03

Checks by email chain.

Findings buried in RE: RE: RE:, mark-ups scanned and re-typed, issues nobody can verify.

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02 · Meet BuildMetrics

From first input
to issued document.

BuildMetrics turns Eurocode calculations into a finished, letterheaded report an engineer can put their name to, then carries it through an independent check, approval and a formal issue.

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Riverside · Calculation reports

Beam B12 — calculation report

Issued · Rev A
  1. DraftAuthor
  2. CheckIndependent checker
  3. ApproveSeparate approver
  4. IssueFixed revision

Independent check · reproduced by hash

Design moment · 148 kN·mMoment resistance · 171 kN·mShear · 0.31Utilisation · 0.86

People

MJAuthorSPCheckerRLApprover

Record · append-only

  1. Drafted on the fingerprinted engine
  2. Submitted for an independent check
  3. 4 of 4 results reproduced by hash · checked
  4. Approved by a separate approver
  5. Issued as Rev A · issue hash recorded
Rev A · issue hash9b1e 44c0 d2a7 …Verify a copy
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Sample project / Beam B12

Steel beam · bending & shear

engine fingerprint a3f9…
Inputs
SectionUB 305×165×40
GradeS275S355
Span6.00 m
RestraintFull lateral
Design load, w32.9 kN/m
Result
0.86
Adequate

Bending · §6.2.5

Bending148 / 171 kN·m
Shear · 0.3199 / 319 kN
ClassificationClass 1
Add to report

03Write

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Report Studio shows the real A4 page as you build it. Report health tells you exactly what’s left.

  • Clause, formula, value and unit on every line
  • No reformatting before it goes out
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Outline
Project information
Design basis
Beam B12
Notes
Sign-off
YOUR COMPANY LTDStructural engineers
YC
Beam B12 — bending and shear

UB 305×165×40 · S275 · L = 6.00 m · BS EN 1993-1-1 + UK NA

Design momentM,Ed = wL²/8 = 32.9 × 6.00² / 8 = 148 kN·m§5.4
Moment resistanceM,c,Rd = W,pl,y f,y / γM0 = 623 × 275 / 1.0 = 171 kN·m§6.2.5
Utilisation148 / 171 = 0.86 — adequate✓

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Report health
All calculations run
No inputs changed since last run
No baseline flags
No open findings
Author sign-off missing
Sign & submit for check

04Check

Checked independently.

A checker who didn’t edit the report reproduces each calculation by its hash. Findings are pinned to the block and resolved on the record.

  • Separation of duties enforced by the server
  • No email chain to close a finding
Laptop showing the independent check of Beam B12

Sample project / Beam B12 / Independent check

Check · reproduced by hash

engine a3f9… same as author
Calculations
Design moment · §5.4matches
Moment resistance · §6.2.5matches
Shear · §6.2.6matches
Utilisation 0.86matches
Findings
1 · Deflection limit not statedresolved
CheckerNot the author
StatusChecked
Send for approval

05Issue

Issued, and it stays issued.

A separate approver signs off. The revision freezes with its own issue hash and goes out as PDF or Word with a transmittal.

  • Anyone on the project can verify a document
  • Change it later and a new revision starts
Laptop showing the Issue sheet
YOUR COMPANY LTDStructural engineers
YC
Beam B12

Issue Rev A

Beam B12 · Sample project

CheckedIndependent, reproduced by hashDone
ApprovedSeparate approverDone
FormatPDFWord
Company letterhead
Issuing locks this revision and creates its issue hash.
Issue & export
04 · The tools

Fifteen calculators.
Four families.

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A bolted steel plate connection
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Rows of reinforcement cages before a concrete pour
EC2Concrete
Curved glulam roof beams
EC5Timber
A propped basement excavation at night
EC7Geotechnics
Steel beamEC3Steel columnEC3Steel memberEC3Bolted connectionEC3RC beamEC2RC columnEC2RC slabEC2Pad footingEC7Retaining wallEC7Timber columnEC5Wind loadingEN 1991-1-4TWf2012 hoardingTWSection propertiesToolBar bending scheduleBS 8666Load take-downToolSteel beamEC3Steel columnEC3Steel memberEC3Bolted connectionEC3RC beamEC2RC columnEC2RC slabEC2Pad footingEC7Retaining wallEC7Timber columnEC5Wind loadingEN 1991-1-4TWf2012 hoardingTWSection propertiesToolBar bending scheduleBS 8666Load take-downTool
05 · Metric AI · Advanced

Meet Metric.
The assistant inside every report.

Metric drafts, pre-checks and flags what to validate, reading each report the way a good checker would. The engine produces every number, and the engineer decides.

Anticipates

Finds what’s missing.

Connections not covered, a deflection limit not stated, an imposed load with no source, a clause relied on but not cited.

Pre-checks

A deeper Report health.

Before you submit, Metric adds its own pre-check to the built-in checklist.

Drafts

Writes the narrative.

Narrative sections written from the project’s own data — marked “not reviewed” until you read them.

Proposes

Metric proposes.
You decide.

Every suggestion is a card showing exactly what would change. Nothing happens until you accept.

Drive mode

Change a report. By voice.

Every change is read back and waits for a spoken “yes”. It never submits, checks, approves or issues.

⌘K

Ask in plain words.

One command bar for Metric and for getting around the app.

How it works

Four steps.
You decide at each one.

  1. 01
    It reads the report.

    The beam, the loads, the clauses cited and the engine’s results, all together.

  2. 02
    It flags what’s missing.

    Each gap becomes a suggestion, the way a checker would raise it.

  3. 03
    You accept or dismiss.

    Every card shows exactly what would change. Nothing changes until you accept.

  4. 04
    You read it. Then you submit.

    Accepted text arrives marked “not reviewed” and blocks submission until it’s read.

Metric · liveBeam B12 · UB 305×165×40 · S275
Utilisation0.86
Shear0.31
Class1
M,Ed 148 kN·m§6.2.5 ✓ locked
Metric · before submission3 items
Deflection limit not stated.Design basis · SLS
Imposed load has no source.Beam B12 · loading
Connection to C3 not covered.Beam B12 · ends
Suggestion 1 of 2

Deflection limit not stated.

Add a span/360 limit for imposed load to the design basis and run the SLS check?

Suggestion 2 of 2

Imposed load has no source.

Cite EN 1991-1-1 and the project’s National Annex for the floor imposed load?

Design basis

Not reviewed · written by Metric

Deflection of Beam B12 under imposed load is limited to span/360, as accepted from Metric’s suggestion.

Submission blocked1 paragraph not yet reviewed
Mark as read
Firm limits
Proposes

Every suggestion is a card. Nothing changes until you accept it.

Never a number

The engine produces every result. Metric writes words, not values.

Marked

Accepted text arrives “not reviewed” and blocks submission until read.

Off switch

One setting turns AI off for the whole organisation.

06 · Defensible by design

Every number can be shown
to a checker, an authority or a client.

The engineer keeps design responsibility. BuildMetrics records who did what, and never certifies.

01 · To the clause

Every figure shows its working.

Clause, formula, value and unit, to the first-generation Eurocodes and the National Annex the project uses. Never a bare number. Failures are stated plainly.

YOUR COMPANY LTDYC

Beam B12 — bending and shear

UB 305×165×40 · S275 · L = 6.00 m

Design momentM,Ed = 32.9 × 6.00² / 8 = 148 kN·m§5.4
Moment resistanceM,c,Rd = 623 × 275 / 1.0 = 171 kN·m§6.2.5
ShearV,Ed 99 ≤ V,pl,Rd 319 kN — 0.31§6.2.6
Utilisation148 / 171 = 0.86 — adequate✓
02 · The result

Governing utilisation, Beam B12.

Bending governs at 0.86 under §6.2.5. At 6.5 m the same beam reaches 1.01 — and the report says it fails.

UB 305×165×40 · S275 · L = 6.00 m
0.86/ adequate · §6.2.5
M,Ed 148 / M,c,Rd 171 kN·m · shear 0.31 · Class 1
00.51.0 limit
A riveted steel truss node against a violet dusk sky
03 · Reproduced by hash

The check is independent and exact.

Every calculation runs on a fingerprinted engine. The checker reproduces it by its hash on the same version, and anyone who edited the report cannot check it.

04 · The record

Issued means fixed.

An issued revision can never be changed. Every action sits in an append-only, chained audit log — including every AI suggestion and voice command.

  1. DraftedAuthor · Beam B12 added, engine run
  2. SubmittedAuthor signs · checker chosen
  3. CheckedChecker reproduces each result by hash
  4. ApprovedA separate approver signs off
  5. Issued · Rev AFixed revision · issue hash recorded
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05 · Verify

Anyone on the project can verify it.

The issued PDF or Word file goes out on your letterhead with a transmittal record, and any copy can be checked against its issue hash.

07 · Who it’s for

Built for structural engineers
and the people who check their work.

Consulting practices, sole practitioners and contractors’ design teams — and the checkers, approvers and graduates working alongside them.

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Consulting practicesPacks a checker can follow.

Calculation reports for checkers, approving authorities and clients, with the working shown.

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Sole practitionersEvery calculator, free.

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TWf2012 hoarding, load take-down and the member checks your designs need.

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Checkers & approversFree seats.

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08 · Pricing

Free for engineering.
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09 · Safety & data

A reporting system.
Your judgement, recorded.

BuildMetrics is a calculation and reporting system, not a substitute for engineering judgement. Every result must be reviewed and validated by a suitably qualified engineer before it is relied on.

SAFETY IN THE WORKFLOW
  • The engine produces every number. Metric never writes inputs or results.
  • Separation of duties. Anyone who edited a report cannot check it, enforced by the server.
  • Nothing silent. No defaults that change results; failures are stated plainly.
  • It never certifies. BuildMetrics records who did what; the engineer keeps design responsibility.
DATA PROTECTION
  • Sign-in. Passwords and session tokens are stored as hashes, and sign-in attempts are rate-limited.
  • Your data. Export your data and delete your account yourself.
  • AI. Report content sent to Metric goes to Anthropic and isn’t used for training. One switch turns AI off for the organisation.
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10 · Questions

Answered
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Is BuildMetrics really free?

Yes. Basic is free: all 15 calculators, the full draft, check, approve and issue workflow, and your company letterhead. Checker, approver and viewer seats are free on both plans, and starting free asks for no card.

Does Metric make engineering decisions?

No. Metric proposes and the engineer decides. Every suggestion is a card, and nothing changes until you accept it. Metric never writes inputs or results: the engine produces every number. Accepted text arrives marked “not reviewed” and blocks submission until it’s read.

Which National Annexes can I use?

Each project chooses its National Annex: the UK National Annexes or the EN recommended values. The Malaysian, Singapore and Irish annexes are coming soon.

Which calculations are included?

Steel beam, steel column, steel member, RC beam, RC column, RC slab, pad footing, retaining wall, bolted connection, timber column, wind loading to EN 1991-1-4, TWf2012 hoarding, section properties, BS 8666 bar bending schedule and load take-down. They run inside reports or as standalone quick calculators.

How does the independent check work?

The author chooses a checker, and anyone who edited the report in that cycle can’t check it. The server enforces this. The checker reproduces each calculation by its hash on the same engine and raises findings tied to specific blocks. A separate approver signs it off.

What happens when a report is issued?

It becomes a fixed revision, Rev A or Rev B, with its own issue hash, and an issued revision can never be changed. It goes out on your letterhead as a PDF or Word file with a transmittal record. Anyone on the project can later verify a document against its hash.

Whose name is on the report?

Yours. Reports wear your company’s letterhead, and BuildMetrics appears only as fine print. A fully custom-branded app, with your logo, colours and web address, is available by enquiry.

What happens if we stop paying for Advanced?

The organisation drops to Basic. Nobody is ever locked out of their work.

Is our report content used to train AI?

No. Report content sent to Metric goes to Anthropic and isn’t used for training. You can export your data and delete your account yourself at any time.

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