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Testing better ways to coordinate design, information and decisions.

I am exploring how AI and automation can support design teams with clearer information, traceable decisions and human review. Each study explains the question, the approach and what still needs to be tested.

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Governed agent workflow connecting a defined task, scoped context and tools, evidence validation, human approval and an audit trailR1

AI · Orchestration · Governance

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Governed AI Agents & Agentic Workflows

Exploring how AI agents can work across tools and structured context without removing human accountability.

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Illustrative ACC review workflow linking source evidence, controlled registers, deterministic reconciliation, a draft report and human approvalR2

ACC · Agents · SharePoint · Governance

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ACC Review Agent

A governed workflow for consolidating ACC review issues, comments, responses and evidence into controlled draft reports.

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Conceptual federated BIM model coordinating architecture, structure and building-services packagesR3

BIM · ISO 19650 · Application Design

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BIM Federation Strategy Generator

A rule-based prototype for translating project configuration into an editable BIM federation and model strategy.

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Conceptual architectural source model inside the Design Prompt Studio workspace with brief, constraint and structured-prompt controlsR4

Design AI · Schemas · Product Development

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Design Prompt Studio

A workspace for preparing design prompts with clear source references, constraints and review checks.

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Illustrative local-first AI conversation board showing thread status, checkpoints, context health and next actionsR5

AI Operations · Browser Extension · Product Design

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AI Chat Thread Manager

Tracking AI conversations across providers, with checkpoints and next actions stored locally.

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Research agenda

Questions I am continuing to explore.

  1. 01Governed AI agents and agentic workflows
  2. 02ACC review orchestration
  3. 03BIM federation strategy generation
  4. 04Structured design-AI workflows
  5. 05AI conversation continuity and handoff
  6. 06Resource-planning agents and operational decision support
  7. 07Future digital-delivery methods