Mechanical design, from loads to deliverables, in one workspace.
AIM Works connects peak loads, ASHRAE 62.1 ventilation, equipment and plant sizing, compliance checks, Design Review, and engineering deliverables — with an AI co-pilot that drafts changes for you to approve.
Built for mechanical consulting engineers. Methods cited. Assumptions visible. Every AI change requires engineer approval.
One project. Every step reads from it.
Your scope runs down the left. The calculation, its method, and its maturity label sit in the middle. Design Review findings and the AI's proposed changes wait on the right until you accept or reject them.
Project scope
Ventilation — ASHRAE 62.1 multi-zone
Method · code edition · assumptions shown with the result and carried into the calculation package.
Pending changes
Design Review
Wireframe of the workspace layout — not a screenshot, and no computed values are shown. You'll see the live product, on your own project if you bring one, in the demo.
See a mechanical project move through AIM Works.
Each step reads the one before it. Nothing is re-keyed, and every result carries its method and a maturity label that says how far it has been checked.
Reference checks behind the Validated label
A module earns Validated only when its result is checked against a reference value. These comparisons are pinned in the automated test suite and re-run on every change.
| Module | Reference case | Reference source | Reference | AIM Works | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation | Three-zone office: 900 sf open office (8 people), 300 sf conference (12), 300 sf lobby (4) | Hand calculation, ASHRAE 62.1-2019 Eq. 6.2.2.1 with Table 6.2.2.1 rates | ΣVbz = 210 cfm | 210 cfm | 0.0% |
| Psychrometrics | 80 °F DB / 67 °F WB, sea level — humidity ratio | ASHRAE Handbook—Fundamentals psychrometric properties | 0.01116 lb/lb | 0.011166 lb/lb | +0.05% |
| Psychrometrics | 80 °F DB / 67 °F WB, sea level — enthalpy | ASHRAE Handbook—Fundamentals psychrometric properties | 31.41 Btu/lb | 31.44 Btu/lb | +0.11% |
Every other module ships as Advisory or Reference until it earns the same. Full validation table and methods →
The math is deterministic. The AI doesn't do the engineering.
Calculation engines produce every number. The AI sets up projects, drafts changes, and explains findings — it never originates a result.
Deterministic engines
Loads, ventilation, psychrometrics, and sizing run through coded methods. The same inputs give the same outputs, every time.
Cited methods
Each result names its method and code edition — RTS per ASHRAE HOF 2021, ASHRAE 62.1-2019 §6.2, ASHRAE 90.1-2022 efficiency tables.
Visible assumptions
“Show calculation” opens the equation with your values substituted. Assumptions and limitations go into the report appendix.
Engineer approval
Anything the AI wants to change is queued as a Pending Change. Nothing touches your project until you accept it.
ASHRAE 140 Compliant
AIM Works meets the applicable ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2023 acceptance criteria for its tested building-performance simulation capabilities.
Checked against a reference value, with the citation shown. Earned per module, never assumed.
A real calculation from published methods. A design starting point, with assumptions and limitations disclosed.
A checklist or scoping tool keyed to your project data. Never presented as an engineered result.
AIM Works outputs are advisory. They support the engineer's design; they don't replace engineering judgment. Every project must be reviewed and stamped by a licensed Professional Engineer before construction. Read the methodology →
Six steps, one project state.
Three things we built around.
One connected project state
Design conditions, rooms, loads, ventilation, equipment, and plant all read from the same project. Change a zone and the steps downstream are flagged for re-run, instead of drifting out of sync across files. Scope is set per project, so it fits the common consulting project types: offices, schools, clinics, multifamily, tenant fit-outs, and central plants.
AI that proposes, engineer who decides
Describe the project and the co-pilot drafts the scope, zones, and design conditions. Ask it to add equipment or re-run a calculation and it queues the change for review. You accept or reject each one, and the calculation engines, not the model, produce the numbers.
Transparent, traceable calculations
Every result shows its method, code edition, and maturity label. “Show calculation” opens the substituted equation. The calculation package records where each number came from and how far it has been checked, so a reviewer can follow the chain.
What ships October 15 — and what doesn't.
The launch release is mechanical-only. Here's the line.
Available at launch
- Peak heating and cooling loads: RTS default, CLTD/CLF and Simplified selectable, altitude-corrected
- Room-level modeling, with rooms traced over PDF floor plans
- ASHRAE 62.1-2019 ventilation, plus DCV and pressurization checks
- Psychrometrics and coil analysis
- Airside equipment sizing, cooling plant and heating plant sizing
- ASHRAE 90.1-2022 and 62.1-2019 compliance scoreboards; ASHRAE 170 healthcare reference checklist
- Design Review / QA checks
- PDF engineering report, Basis of Design, sequences of operation, calculation package
- Cost estimate and life-cycle cost analysis
- AI-assisted project setup, with engineer approval of every change
Planned next
- Duct and pipe distribution sizing (V2, targeted early 2027)
- IMC, IFGC, and NFPA 90A / 90B / 96 / 99 scoreboards
- Division 23 specifications, equipment / terminal / valve schedules, and P&IDs
- Coordination sheets for electrical, plumbing, structural, and architectural teams
- SI unit display (IP only at launch)
Not in scope
- Electrical design and full plumbing design
- Code-compliance energy modeling (ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G, LEED energy credits). Where HAP, TRACE, and IES VE fit →
- Construction documents
One plan. Priced per engineer.
A walkthrough first, then a 14-day trial on your own project.
- Unlimited projects
- Includes AI usage for normal project workflows. Additional AI usage can be purchased as needed.
- Loads, ventilation, equipment and plant sizing, Design Review, deliverables
- Engineer support from the people who built it
- Multi-seat and firm pricing available
- One trial project
- Includes AI usage for your trial project
- The full launch workflow, loads through deliverables
Built by a mechanical engineer.
AIM Works started from a problem I kept running into as a mechanical engineer: the engineering wasn't the hard part — the workflow was. Loads in one tool, ventilation in a spreadsheet, equipment selections somewhere else, and the reasoning behind each number scattered across all of them.
AIM Works connects those steps in one project, so the engineering reasoning carries from setup through deliverables, and the engineer stays in control of every change.
Stephen Dunker · Founder, Mechanical Engineer · About AIM Works
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