Pre-design capital intelligence for architects. Energy performance, resilience certification, insurance incentives, and contract structure — connected before the owner's commitments are made.
Sign in →The data needed to make the case for responsible design has always existed. It lived in silos. Certification requirements in one place. FORTIFIED incentives in another. RSMeans cost data behind a paywall. AIA contracts in a separate library. Manual J in different software. Insurance discount data buried in state statutes.
No single resource connected these into a decision-support framework an architect could use at the beginning of a project to show an owner the real cost, the real return, and the right contract structure. Arch Datum is that resource.
Built on published research and regional averages. All calculations are estimates — not site-specific engineering. Real contractor cost data overrides all regional defaults. Not affiliated with RSMeans, USGBC, IBHS, Phius, ILFI, NAHB, or AIA Contract Documents. Not legal, financial, or engineering advice.
Nearly 24 years in architecture and construction. The tools that exist in AEC were built for the architect as document producer — downstream of the owner's decisions. Arch Datum is built for the architect who shapes those decisions before they become expensive.
BIM was supposed to move the architect from document producer to decision leader. What it delivered was faster drawing production and better clash detection. The tools got better. The role did not.
If you designed BIM for an architect who shapes the owner's decisions before they become expensive, you would build something different. Arch Datum is that something different.