Spend time where judgement matters
Automate repeatable work so engineers and drafters can focus on the decisions that require judgement.
Reduce project delivery costs with reliable production systems.
I turn disconnected tools and scripts into production workflows structural firms can rely on across projects and teams.
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Braden Koh From useful tool to production system Your team may already be building useful tools. That alone will not make your projects cheaper to deliver.
A tool can improve one person’s task or one part of delivery. Unless it connects to the rest of the firm, project delivery still relies too much on manual work.
What a production system addsA production system brings individual tools together into one consistent way of delivering projects.
Connect the whole delivery process
Move information through modelling, analysis and documentation without re-entering it at every step.
Carry experience through the team
Make the firm's standards and checks part of the workflow so more people can apply them consistently.
Extend what works across teams
Roll proven workflows out across more projects and teams without creating a different version for each.
When the tools work as one system, project delivery becomes cheaper as a whole, not just for a single person or team.
The process
From audit to production system.
Audit & Strategy
- Map how work moves between people and tools
- Review existing scripts, automations and manual work
- Define the strategy for the system
- Agree on the right next step
Bespoke Production System
- Build the custom system and integrations
- Test rigorously with real project data
- Train the team through hands-on use
- Validate before deployment
Maintain & Grow
- Monitor the system in live project work
- Keep it working as software and requirements change
- Improve it using feedback from the team
- Scale the system without breaking what already works
How we can work together.
Computational Design
Hands-on support for complex geometry, modelling and data problems on live projects using Grasshopper, Dynamo and custom scripts.
Hourly or monthly
Discuss project support Scoped around the needs of the project
Typical work
- Grasshopper and Dynamo workflows
- Project-specific scripts and tools
- Geometry, modelling and data automation
Production Systems
Turn disconnected tools, scripts and manual processes into a consistent way of delivering projects across the firm.
Scoped to the situation
Discuss a system Fixed-price or monthly
Typical scope
- Existing tools and automations brought into one system
- Integrations across modelling, analysis and documentation
- Team rollout, training and ongoing improvements
Automation Advisory
DIY + coaching to help your team get more from the tools and automations it already has. I work alongside you on the next steps and technical decisions.
A$3,000
Discuss advisory 10-hour block · A$300/hour · plus GST
What’s included
- Discovery sessions to shape your automation strategy
- Detailed reviews of existing tools and automations
- Working sessions as your team builds
Production workflows I’ve built.
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Just a heads up
I’m not the right fit if you…
…want to hand over a brief and disappear
This work is collaborative. I need your domain expertise and input from the people who use the workflow.
…want to skip the audit and start building
The right system starts with understanding how your firm delivers projects.
…need everything finished this week
Investigation and testing with real project data take time.
A few practical questions.
Can you support a single project?
Yes. I can join the project team to work through complex geometry, modelling strategy and data workflows. The engineering and delivery problem comes first; Grasshopper, scripts and custom tools follow from that. The work can be hourly, fixed-price or reserved monthly depending on the need.
Who owns the tools and source code?
For bespoke work, you receive the agreed tool, source code and documentation. Ownership and handover terms are set out before work begins.
What happens during Automation Advisory?
It is DIY + coaching for teams building and improving their own automations. A ten-hour block can cover workflow mapping, a detailed review of an existing tool, architecture decisions or working sessions as the team develops and tests a workflow.
Can you work with our internal team?
Yes. I can review what your engineers, BIM staff, power users or developers have built, help shape the system around it, or work alongside them on testing, rollout and maintenance.
What if I am not sure where to begin?
Tell me what the team is doing now and what you want to improve. I will tell you whether project support, a production system, advisory or an existing off-the-shelf tool makes the most sense.
Ready to make project delivery work as one system?
If you have a workflow in mind, or simply want to ask a few questions, get in touch.