Nemetschek announces Stanford CIFE partnership as Bluebeam outlines AI roadmap

Washington, D.C., October 11, 2025

News Summary

At the Bluebeam Unbound conference in Washington, D.C., Nemetschek founder announced a partnership between the Nemetschek Group and Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). Bluebeam, a Nemetschek brand, unveiled an AI roadmap that includes the recent Firmus AI acquisition and plans to integrate AI-REVIEW and AI-MATCH capabilities into its products. Bluebeam previewed Revu Max with features such as Stitch for merging multiple sheets into a single overhead view and expanded Magic Wand geometry tools, plus a Model Context Protocol and new Procore and DocuSign integrations to streamline construction document workflows.

Industry leaders announce Stanford partnership, Firmus AI buy and Revu Max AI roadmap at Bluebeam Unbound

Georg Nemetschek is 91 years old. At the Bluebeam Unbound conference in Washington, D.C., he announced a new partnership between the Nemetschek Group and Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE). The Stanford CIFE partnership was announced at the Bluebeam Unbound conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 1. Bluebeam Unbound is a global event for AEC professionals held in Washington, D.C., and the event ran with sessions across Sept. 30 – Oct. 2.

The conference also served as the stage for several product and strategy updates from Bluebeam, a Nemetschek Group brand. Bluebeam presented product and integration details at Bluebeam Unbound in Washington, D.C., and previewed how artificial intelligence will be woven into document workflows. The acquisition of Firmus AI on Sept. 4 signaled Nemetschek Group’s plans to add artificial intelligence into construction document‑based workflows. Bluebeam said it would begin bringing Firmus capabilities into its products in early 2026 and that Firmus-powered capabilities are intended to support preconstruction phases including estimation, bidding, preconstruction, quality, early procurement, and operations handoff.

When AI arrives in Revu

Bluebeam said the latest version of Bluebeam Revu Max software is set to be released in the first quarter of 2026. Bluebeam said Revu Max will integrate AI into submittals, RFIs, and other processes for construction users of the PDF‑based tool. Bluebeam planned a preview of Firmus AI technology at Bluebeam Unbound and said it would begin bringing Firmus capabilities into its products in early 2026. Bluebeam also announced it would begin bringing Firmus capabilities into its products in early 2026 with previews at Bluebeam Unbound.

New features built on Firmus tech and document intelligence

Among the new Revu Max features is a Stitch function that binds together several sheets for large civil projects into one 2D overhead view. The Stitch feature will use Firmus technology to connect several sections of large projects made up of potentially hundreds of sheets into one 2D, overhead view. Bluebeam shared details of its Model Context Protocol at the event. The Model Context Protocol is a file‑exchange protocol that enables interoperability between AI applications and data formats of widely used business tools.

Bluebeam product leads described how AI will add to existing geometry and conversion tools. Bluebeam’s Magic Wand is a tool that can convert flat 2D geometry into volumes or quantities, duplicate geometry, and offset geometry; it provides some 3D design functionality within a PDF platform. Magic Wand geometry capabilities will be included with Bluebeam Revu MAX. Magic Wand capabilities included with Revu Max will allow users to: turn any markup with geometry into polygons; convert areas in a drawing to measurements of quantity or volume; and duplicate areas. Product leads said adding AI to Revu Max will be done in a similar fashion to existing Magic Wand capabilities.

Integrations that cut clicks and logins

Bluebeam unveiled new integrations to reduce manual work. The Procore integration will require only a Bluebeam Revu Max login and will work similarly to Bluebeam Revu’s integration with Microsoft SharePoint. The Procore integration will be available in all Bluebeam subscription tiers at no extra cost. Bluebeam’s expanded partnership with Procore includes two new integrations named Procore Documents + Bluebeam and Procore Submittals + Bluebeam. Procore Documents + Bluebeam enables users to add markups directly to files stored in Procore Documents with changes automatically saved back to Procore. Files from Procore Documents can be imported into Bluebeam Studio Sessions for multi‑user review and markup. Procore Submittals + Bluebeam connects the Procore Submittals workflow with Bluebeam’s markup tools and allows teams to launch Bluebeam Studio Sessions directly from Procore, review PDFs collaboratively, and return marked‑up documents automatically to Procore. The Procore Submittals integration removes manual steps required to preserve a complete audit trail for shop drawing submission, review, and approvals.

Bluebeam also announced a DocuSign integration that reduces the number of clicks required to sign and approve documents.

Firmus AI: bringing drawing-first intelligence into Bluebeam

Firmus AI is an AI company that makes intelligent drawing review software that uses computer vision technologies to analyze construction documents and drawings uploaded to a cloud application. Firmus AI offers two main products: AI‑REVIEW and AI‑MATCH. AI‑REVIEW surfaces issues, quantifies and organizes them into dashboards, and provides workflows for resolving scope gaps, missing information, conflicts, and other issues. AI‑MATCH can overlay and match drawings across disciplines, phases, and scales with high accuracy.

The acquisition was described as a tuck‑in acquisition by a Nemetschek Group subsidiary. Firmus AI was described as delivering annual recurring revenue (ARR) in the mid‑single‑digit million euro range by 2026. Bluebeam said it planned to begin bringing Firmus capabilities into its products in early 2026, and Firmus-powered capabilities are intended to support preconstruction phases including estimation, bidding, preconstruction, quality, early procurement, and operations handoff.

People and company context

Don Jacob is Bluebeam’s chief innovation officer and spoke about the role of the Model Context Protocol in getting Revu ready for AI. Luke Prescott is Head of Product at Bluebeam and said integrations remove barriers to collaboration and keep teams focused on building, not managing documents and data. Usman Shuja is CEO of Bluebeam. Shir Abecasis is CEO of Firmus. Yves Padrines is CEO of the Nemetschek Group. Georg Nemetschek is the founder of the Nemetschek Group and said the purchase of Bluebeam in 2014 was one of the best decisions in the company’s history and that today he would say Bluebeam is the best of the acquired companies.

Bluebeam is headquartered in Pasadena, California, and produces desktop, mobile, and cloud‑based solutions for paperless workflows since 2002. Bluebeam is trusted by over 3 million users in more than 160 countries. The company said it will continue expanding integrations with leading AEC/O industry tools, inside and outside the Nemetschek Group, and introduced an Integrations Directory as part of that strategy. Bluebeam plans to attend Procore Groundbreak (October 14–16 in Houston, TX).

What this means for builders and designers

The combined Bluebeam and Firmus approach focuses on improving how teams work with 2D PDFs and drawing sets. As a PDF‑based tool, Bluebeam Revu holds a unique place in construction workflows because PDFs translate paper into digital deliverables while retaining legal‑workflow features such as signing and stamping. The new Stitch feature and Firmus AI capabilities aim to reduce time spent finding mismatches, protect budgets by finding scope gaps early, and let stakeholders work together on a single, clearer view of a project.

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• Engineering.com: Bluebeam acquires Firmus AI to enhance preconstruction design review
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