What's New

Latest updates and improvements to BuildVision AI.

January 2026

Major Features

Profitability Dashboard Finally know if you're making money. Track budgets vs actuals for every project, see variance by stage, and catch problems before they eat your margin. Includes gross margin calculations, project-by-project breakdown, and historical comparison for better future bidding.

Trade Specialties Settings Tell the system what trades you work in. AI detection runs faster, your interface stays clean, and you get fewer irrelevant results. Set it once in settings and forget about it.

Demolition Trade Support Full demolition trade added - selective demo, hazmat removal, salvage, strip-outs. Complete with labor rates, crew compositions, and detection filters for demo symbols on drawings.

Metric Unit Support System now properly respects your tenant's measurement unit setting. If you set your account to metres, everything shows in metres - takeoffs, BOQ exports, material calculations, the lot.

Documentation Overhaul

Complete rewrite of the BOQ & Costing docs:

• Assemblies - Pre-built component kits with materials and labor
• Labor Rates - Full breakdown by trade, skill level, and region
• Material Calculators - Waste factors, coverage rates, UOM handling
• Excel Export - Multi-sheet workbook with trade packages
• Trade Types - All 13 CSI-based trades explained

Plus new docs for the profitability dashboard and trade specialties settings.

Improvements

• Faster AI symbol detection when trade filter is set
• Better Excel export with proper formatting
• Cleaner dropdowns with your trades shown first
• Regional labor rate adjustments (Australia, UK, Europe added)

January 2024

New Features

AI Detection Improvements

• 15% better accuracy on residential plans
• Faster processing (30% speed improvement)
• New symbol types supported

Quote Templates

• Save quotes as reusable templates
• Pre-built template library
• Template sharing across team

Mobile App Updates

• Redesigned project view
• Offline document viewing
• Improved photo upload

Improvements

• Faster page load times
• Better keyboard navigation
• Improved search accuracy
• Updated help documentation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed PDF upload timeout for large files
• Corrected calculation in area tool
• Fixed notification delivery delays
• Resolved mobile login issues

December 2023

New Features

Budget Tracking

• Project budget management
• Budget vs. actual comparison
• Overrun alerts

Integrations

• QuickBooks integration
• Slack notifications
• Zapier connectivity

Improvements

• Redesigned dashboard
• Better mobile experience
• Faster quote generation
• Improved PDF export quality

November 2023

New Features

Change Order Management

• Create and track change orders
• Budget impact tracking
• Approval workflows

Document AI Extraction

• Automatic invoice data extraction
• OCR improvements
• Multi-page support

Improvements

• New user onboarding flow
• Improved role permissions
• Better error messages
• Faster calendar loading

Coming Soon

Features in development:

• Video tutorials - In-app learning
• Advanced reporting - Custom report builder
• Team chat - In-app messaging
• More integrations - Procore, Sage, more

Version History

Feedback

We love hearing from users:

• Feature requests: feedback@buildvisionai.com
• Bug reports: support@buildvisionai.com
• In-app: Use the feedback button

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