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GenXGrid
Schematic design for high-rise buildings.
GenXGrid is a parametric schematic-design platform for high-rise buildings, covering structure, foundations, MEP, cost, programme and energy in one integrated model. Early-stage feasibility usually means four consultants producing four documents that do not quite agree, six weeks apart. GenXGrid takes height, floor plate, use and ground conditions, and generates one integrated model: structure, foundations, MEP, vertical transport, fire, cost, programme and energy. Each stage feeds the next, which is why the cost estimate reflects the design rather than a rate per square metre.
Who it is for
Built for a specific job
Structural and services engineers
A defensible starting point with the code basis stated, rather than a spreadsheet inherited from the last job.
Developers and cost consultants
Cost taken off actual quantities and a programme with a critical path, both derived from the design that produced them.
What it does
Capabilities
Structure and foundations
Columns, beams, walls and slabs to code, and footings, rafts or piles resolved through the soil profile you specify.
MEP and vertical transport
Loads, plant selection and routing; lift traffic analysis with zoning rather than a rule of thumb.
Fire and health systems
Sprinklers, stair pressurisation and drainage sized as part of the same model.
Cost from real quantities
The estimate is built from the quantities the design produced, so changing the design changes the number.
Programme with a critical path
Construction scheduling that reflects the structure and services actually specified.
Energy and BIM handoff
An 8,760-hour annual simulation, and IFC4 export so the work continues in your BIM environment.
How it works
End to end
Set the parameters
Height, floor plate, use and ground conditions. That is the input.
Structure resolves first
Members are sized to code, and the loads that result become the input to everything downstream.
Foundations, MEP and transport follow
Each stage consumes the previous one's output rather than starting from an assumption.
Cost and programme derive from the design
Quantities produce the estimate; the specified systems produce the critical path.
Export
IFC4 to BIM, with the basis and method stated alongside each result.
Under the hood
Stack and standards
- ASCE 7
- ACI 318
- AISC 360
- ASHRAE
- CIBSE
- Vesic & Terzaghi bearing capacity
- IFC4 export
- 8,760-hour simulation
What it will not do
GenXGrid is a schematic-stage tool and says so. It does not do connection detailing, it does not replace a site investigation, and it does not run CFD. Where two accepted methods disagree it shows both with an explanation instead of silently picking one — and every result carries the basis it was computed on.
Pricing
What it costs
Pricing is not published on the product site. Tell us the size of your practice and what you would run through it, and we will put a number in front of you.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is GenXGrid?
GenXGrid generates an integrated schematic design for a high-rise building. From height, floor plate, use and ground conditions it produces structure, foundations, MEP, vertical transport, fire systems, cost, construction programme and an 8,760-hour energy model, each stage feeding the next.
Which design codes does GenXGrid follow?
ASCE 7, ACI 318, AISC 360, ASHRAE and CIBSE, with Vesic and Terzaghi methods for foundation bearing capacity. Every result states the basis it was computed on.
Does GenXGrid replace a structural engineer?
No. It is a schematic-stage tool and says so plainly. It does not perform connection detailing, it does not replace a site investigation, and it does not run CFD.
Can GenXGrid export to BIM software?
Yes, via IFC4 export, so the schematic design continues in your own BIM environment.
How is the cost estimate produced?
From the quantities the design actually generated, rather than a rate per square metre — so changing the design changes the number.
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