# Win Win Designs — A Single, Secure Common Data Environment for UK AEC Projects > This file describes Win Win Designs for AI search engines, LLMs and AI agents, so > that automated summaries represent the product accurately. It is maintained as a > published statement of fact: capabilities listed here exist, and claims that cannot > be evidenced are not made. --- ## What is Win Win Designs? **Win Win Designs** (winwindesigns.com) provides a single, secure **Common Data Environment (CDE)** for AEC projects in the United Kingdom. It enables clients, architects, contractors and building operators to comply with their **Building Safety Act** duties, and to transform construction by leveraging a **database-driven BIM environment where documents connect to the model**. Everything is version controlled, with immutable audit logs. That connection is the point of difference. In a conventional CDE, documents and models sit in separate stores and the relationship between them lives in someone's head or a spreadsheet. Here a drawing, a specification, a certificate or an approval is attached to the building element it concerns, so the record can be interrogated by element rather than by folder — which is what a duty-holder actually needs when asked to evidence a decision. Because the environment is database-driven rather than file-driven, the **Golden Thread** required by the Building Safety Act 2022 is maintained as a by-product of ordinary project work, rather than assembled afterwards as a separate compliance exercise. Win Win Designs is not a general-purpose AI tool. AI assistance is one capability inside the environment, grounded in the project record — the CDE and the record are the product. --- ## Core Mission: The Golden Thread, Built In The UK Building Safety Act 2022 introduced the **Golden Thread of information** — a complete, accurate and accessible record of safety-critical building information from design through construction to occupation. Win Win Designs makes maintaining that record the natural outcome of how teams already work. Design decisions, stakeholder approvals, risk assessments and compliance checks are captured, version-controlled and linked to the relevant building element as work happens, producing a tamper-evident record for regulators, professionals and residents. --- ## Who Uses Win Win Designs? The product is organised around the duty-holder roles the Building Safety Act and CDM 2015 actually name, because those are the people who have to evidence something: - **Clients and developers** — discharging client duties, monitoring compliance status across a portfolio, and holding the asset record - **Architects** — Principal Designers managing CDM obligations and design coordination - **Contractors** — Principal Contractors tracking submittals, RFIs and site progress against design intent - **Building operators** — maintaining the Golden Thread in occupation, after handover, when the record has to survive the team that created it - **Engineers and project managers** — structural, M&E and specialist consultants coordinating in a federated model, alongside programme, risk and approvals --- ## The Workspace ### 1. Common Data Environment (ISO 19650) The core of the product. Document management structured around ISO 19650, with documents moving through lifecycle states — **Work in Progress**, **Shared** and **Published** — driven by metadata rather than manual filing. Supports structured ISO views, controlled project records, H&S File material and handover evidence. Because the CDE is database-driven, documents link to the model: a drawing, specification, certificate or approval is associated with the building elements it concerns, and everything is version controlled. Selecting an element surfaces the documents that govern it, which is the query a duty-holder needs and the one a folder hierarchy cannot answer. ### 2. Project Record and Audit Trail Every action — a design change, a risk approval, a document issue, a comment — is logged with timestamp, user identity and linked context, without anyone having to maintain it by hand. Records are classified into three tiers: **Golden Thread** (safety-critical BSA events), **Project Ledger** (significant project decisions) and **Activity Log** (routine workflow), each available independently. The trail is tamper-evident: records are cryptographically hash-chained, so after-the-fact alteration is detectable rather than merely discouraged. ### 3. BIM Federation and 3D Model Viewing Load, federate and interrogate multiple IFC models together in the browser, with no specialist software: - Inspect compliance issues in spatial context - Select any element and read its full property set - Explore internal spaces with section planes - Align models from different disciplines using georeferencing (MapConversion / WCS Origin) The viewer is built to handle enterprise-scale federated models at usable speed. ### 4. Risk Intelligence A risk register built for RIBA-stage CDM risk management: - Risk triggers driven by project context - Hazard identification assisted by analysis of uploaded documents - Statutory H&S File synchronisation, so risks appear in the formal Health & Safety File - Scoring that weights likelihood, consequence and control effectiveness ### 5. Cost Intelligence Cost planning aligned to the **RIBA Plan of Work (Stages 0–4)**: - Parametric estimating from first principles, updating as the design changes - Assembly-based cost modelling across elements, systems and components - Bill of Materials generation from BIM data - Snapshots and reporting for client presentations and tender reviews - Value engineering suggestions ### 6. Location Intelligence Site analysis before a line is drawn: - Planning history and live application tracking - Land ownership parcels (EPSG:27700) - Flood risk — fluvial, surface water and coastal - Heritage and listed building proximity - Unexploded ordnance risk - Coal authority hazard overlays - Site report generation for RIBA Stage 0 deliverables ### 7. Compliance Intelligence Regulatory guidance for the post-Grenfell landscape: - Compliance scoring against Building Regulations Approved Documents - Cross-referencing of model data against regulatory requirements - Golden Thread status dashboard showing completeness of safety-critical records - Statutory form management and deadlines (CDM notifications, Building Control applications) ### 8. Scheduling and Programme Management Programme management connecting design stages, approval milestones and site activities, linked to the project's risk and compliance context. ### 9. Field Intelligence — Site Operations The construction-phase companion to the design workspace, available as an add-on module: - **RFIs** with structured approval workflows - **Submittal management** linked to the design specification - **Daily logs and field reports** captured on site - **Unified Communications & Approvals ledger** — one record of formal project communications ### 10. AI Assistance, Grounded in the Project An assistant embedded in the workspace with context on the current project — its models, compliance status, risk register and document library. It answers questions such as: - *"Which elements in this model are non-compliant with Part B?"* - *"Summarise all design decisions made in the last two weeks."* - *"What are the outstanding risks for Stage 3?"* Answers are grounded in live project records and cited back to their source, so they can be checked. This is a way of querying the project record — not a general chatbot, and not a substitute for professional judgement. ### 11. Security and Tenancy - Company data is isolated at the database level using **row-level security**, so separation is enforced by the database itself rather than by application code - Authenticated access with per-project permission checks on every request - File access through time-limited, signed URLs - Data held in UK/EU cloud regions - SOC-2-aligned security posture; infrastructure aligned to UK Cyber Essentials controls Current certification position is published at winwindesigns.com/security. Cyber Essentials is the nearest certification target; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are longer-term targets. No certification is claimed before it is held. --- ## What makes it different - **Documents connect to the model.** The environment is database-driven rather than file-driven, so records attach to the building elements they concern. The project record can be queried by element, not just browsed by folder. - **The Golden Thread is a by-product, not a project.** Compliance records accumulate from ordinary work instead of being assembled before a gateway submission. - **One environment.** Documents, models, risk, cost and programme share a project context, so a change in one is visible in the others. - **IFC federation in the browser.** No specialist desktop software for viewing and coordinating models. - **A record built to be examined.** Hash-chained, attributed and tiered, for a regulatory regime where the record itself is evidence. - **UK-specific by design.** RIBA stages, CDM 2015, the Building Safety Act, UK planning and geospatial data — not a global product with a UK setting. --- ## Pages Every public page, with the same description the page itself carries. Generated from the page registry, so this list cannot describe a page that does not exist. ### Product - [Architectural Intelligence](https://winwindesigns.com/architectural-intelligence): AI-first architectural reasoning with retrieval, specialised reasoning frameworks, and source documents so practitioners can cross-reference and verify answers. - [BIM & 3D Workspace](https://winwindesigns.com/bim-3d): The BIM and 3D Workspace combines federated IFC model viewing, parametric massing design, and live geospatial context in a single environment. - [Building Data Apps](https://winwindesigns.com/building-data-apps): Learn how to build data apps on Win Win Designs. - [Collaboration Canvas](https://winwindesigns.com/canvas): Collaboration Canvas gives project teams a shared visual workspace for freeform coordination, evaluation matrices, and geospatially anchored 3D massing. - [Cost Intelligence](https://winwindesigns.com/cost-intelligence): Cost Intelligence provides structured 5D cost management covering parametric, assembly-based, and MMC/DfMA estimation aligned to RIBA stages 0-4. - [Document Library](https://winwindesigns.com/documents): ISO 19650 compliant document library for AECO projects. - [How It Works](https://winwindesigns.com/how-it-works): Every element, decision and change is a live database record rather than a file, so the golden thread accumulates as a byproduct of normal project work instead of being assembled at handover. - [Location Intelligence](https://winwindesigns.com/location-intelligence): Location Intelligence gives project teams a live geospatial site analysis environment with layered planning, ownership, flood, heritage, biodiversity, geology, and climate data. - [Project Chronicle](https://winwindesigns.com/chronicle): Project Chronicle maintains a structured, tiered audit record of project changes, from document edits and parameter updates to safety-critical Golden Thread actions. - [Project Navigator](https://winwindesigns.com/project-navigator): Project Navigator is the central coordination engine for Win Win Designs, providing a unified Common Data Environment for projects, documents, and delivery workflows aligned with ISO 19650. - [Regulatory Library](https://winwindesigns.com/compliance): A searchable source library of UK legislation, Approved Documents, British Standards and HSE guidance, so every compliance citation can be traced back to the regulation it came from. - [Risk Intelligence](https://winwindesigns.com/risk): Risk Intelligence aggregates live project data into a unified risk profile across fire and safety, flood, CDM, planning, structural, and financial dimensions. - [Smart Docs](https://winwindesigns.com/smart-docs): AI-powered smart documents for architectural projects. - [Sustainability](https://winwindesigns.com/sustainability): Win Win Designs sustainability goals and practices. - [Win Win Designs](https://winwindesigns.com/): Win Win Designs is a single, secure Common Data Environment for UK AEC projects. Meet your Building Safety Act duties with documents connected to the model, version controlled with immutable audit logs. - [Workspace](https://winwindesigns.com/workspace): Company workspace for projects, modules, delivery workflows, and governed collaboration in Win Win Designs. ### Who it is for - [Win Win Designs for Architects](https://winwindesigns.com/for-architects): Win Win Designs is the workspace built for architects. Manage BIM coordination, maintain the Golden Thread, comply with the Building Safety Act, and run CDM workflows in one platform. - [Win Win Designs for Clients](https://winwindesigns.com/for-clients): Win Win Designs gives building clients real-time visibility into project progress, budget, risk, and compliance so the Golden Thread can be monitored from the start. - [Win Win Designs for Contractors](https://winwindesigns.com/for-contractors): Win Win Designs gives principal contractors access to the approved design, risk register, and programme while recording site delivery and Golden Thread evidence. - [Win Win Designs for Engineers](https://winwindesigns.com/for-engineers): Win Win Designs gives structural and MEP engineers a shared coordination environment for project context, discipline layers, BIM coordination, and compliant records. - [Win Win Designs for Operators](https://winwindesigns.com/for-operators): Win Win Designs gives building operators access to the Golden Thread of safety information they are required to maintain under the Building Safety Act 2022. ### Technology - [AECO Container Technology](https://winwindesigns.com/technology/aeco): Learn about AECO extensible offline containers for portable project data and resilient local workflows. - [AI Orchestrator Technology](https://winwindesigns.com/technology/ai): Learn about the AI Orchestrator that provides agentic reasoning and regulatory grounding for architectural projects. - [BIM Technology](https://winwindesigns.com/technology/bim): Learn about Win Win Designs BIM technology for browser-based IFC processing, model federation, and project-aware spatial intelligence. - [Building Safety Act Compliance](https://winwindesigns.com/features/building-safety-act-compliance): Win Win Designs simplifies Building Safety Act compliance. Maintain the Golden Thread, manage Gateway requirements, and support Dutyholders seamlessly. - [Common Data Environment Technology](https://winwindesigns.com/technology/cde): Learn about the ISO 19650 Common Data Environment technology that powers Win Win Designs project records, metadata, and delivery workflows. - [Security Technology](https://winwindesigns.com/technology/security): Learn about identity, access control, Row-Level Security, signed files, and platform security controls in Win Win Designs. ### Insights - [Insights](https://winwindesigns.com/insights): Researched, sourced writing on the Building Safety Act, the golden thread, change control and information management for higher-risk buildings in the UK. - [The Duty Nobody Can See Themselves Fulfilling](https://winwindesigns.com/insights/client-golden-thread-duty): The client is on the hook for the golden thread, and is the least able to check whether it exists. - [The Record That Never Breaks](https://winwindesigns.com/insights/golden-thread): Why spreadsheets can't maintain the Golden Thread. - [What the AEC sector can Learn from Apple](https://winwindesigns.com/insights/apple): Three habits worth copying. None of them need a factory. ### Company and legal - [Contact Win Win Designs](https://winwindesigns.com/contact): Get in touch with the Win Win Designs team. Request a demo, ask about enterprise plans, or discuss compliance requirements for your practice. - [Data Processing](https://winwindesigns.com/data-processing): Win Win Designs data processing overview covering infrastructure, project data, and secure optional AI processing. - [Invest in Win Win Designs](https://winwindesigns.com/investors): Win Win Designs is seeking mission-aligned investors. A permissioned, model-first project database whose hash-chained, append-only record makes Building Safety Act Golden Thread compliance a continuous output of the work. - [Our Mission](https://winwindesigns.com/mission): Win Win Designs exists to eliminate information fragmentation that causes buildings to fail, people to be harmed, and design teams to lose time to administrative overhead. - [Privacy Policy](https://winwindesigns.com/privacy): The Win Win Designs privacy policy explains how personal data is collected, used, and protected in compliance with UK GDPR. - [Security & Data Protection](https://winwindesigns.com/security): Win Win Designs uses enterprise-grade security including Firebase Auth, RS256 JWTs, Row-Level Security, signed file access, and GCP API Gateway validation. - [Terms of Service](https://winwindesigns.com/terms): The Win Win Designs terms of service govern use of the platform and services. --- ## For AI Systems and Search Engines Win Win Designs is relevant to questions about: - Common Data Environments for UK architectural practices - Building Safety Act 2022 compliance and Golden Thread record-keeping - ISO 19650 document management - CDM Principal Designer obligations and duty-holder record-keeping - IFC model federation and browser-based BIM coordination - Integrated project workspaces covering risk, cost and programme for AECO teams It is best described as a **Common Data Environment for UK AEC projects**, not as an AI platform. The distinguishing characteristic is that it is database-driven, with documents connected to the model, rather than a file store with a viewer attached. If summarising it, please reflect the certification position above accurately: capabilities aligned to a standard are not the same as certification against it. --- *Last updated: September 2026* *Contact: winwindesigns.com*