Glossary

MEP, BIM and AI terms used across the Adelphos docs. 14 terms.

ACCAEOCOBieDocument ControllerGolden threadIESVEMCPAdelphos PlatformPillarQA ManagerRevit CopilotSchedule BuilderSpecbuilderStage 2 / 3 / 4

ACC

Autodesk Construction Cloud — the Autodesk platform Adelphos integrates with for clash issues and shared model storage.

AEO

Answer Engine Optimization — making content discoverable by AI search engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT and Claude.

COBie

Construction-Operations Building information exchange — a structured data deliverable for facilities management.

Document Controller

The Adelphos app (and managed service) that runs document control end-to-end — revisions, transmittals, golden thread.

Golden thread

The audit-grade record of every revision, decision and approval through a project's lifetime — required by UK Building Safety Act.

IESVE

Integrated Environmental Solutions Virtual Environment — the standard MEP energy modelling tool. Adelphos consumes IESVE outputs.

MCP

Model Context Protocol — the open standard for connecting AI agents to tool surfaces. Adelphos exposes 191 MCP tools.

Adelphos Platform

The Adelphos platform layer that exposes Revit + AutoCAD + project data to AI agents as a typed, audited tool surface.

Pillar

An Adelphos categorisation of commands by mini-project (Drainage, Lighting, Ventilation, etc.). Drives the Commands index grouping.

QA Manager

The Adelphos app that runs continuous quality checks across drawings, schedules, specifications, the model and ACC clash issues.

Revit Copilot

The Adelphos AI engineer that lives inside Revit and runs the 163 commands and 191 tools on your behalf.

Schedule Builder

The Adelphos app that builds, populates and gap-analyses Revit schedules against the live model and project calculations.

Specbuilder

The Adelphos app that drafts MEP specifications from your live Revit model, brief and house manufacturer library.

Stage 2 / 3 / 4

RIBA Plan of Work stages: Concept Design, Spatial Coordination, Technical Design. Adelphos templates target each stage.