About oTTo

Intelligence for
the Built Environment.

oTTo was founded with a simple belief: the future of the built environment should empower professionals, not overwhelm them.

Project Intelligence

oTTo Vault

The secure project-intelligence layer for the built environment.

oTTo Vault gives architecture, engineering, and construction teams a secure place to organize project knowledge: drawings, calculations, specifications, RFIs, meeting notes, BIM data, cost information, and code references. Instead of losing intelligence across folders, emails, PDFs, and isolated software, firms build a structured project memory that oTTo can search, understand, and use to support professional workflows. oTTo Vault also gives firms visibility into project activity, file updates, review status, and team progress across distributed AEC workflows.

PROJECT VAULT
Search projects, models, docs...
oTTo Vault
2024
2026
26-019 NAVE FIMSA
2. STRUCTURAL ENG.
3. REPORTS
4. PLANS
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Active Revision: R03 · Structural Package
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2. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Folder 22 May 2026
Latest ETABS Model v4.edb ETABS 22 May 2026
Structural Package_R03.pdf PDF 22 May 2026
Quantities.xlsx XLSX 22 May 2026
TEAM ACTIVITY
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Updated ETABS Model v4.edb
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Sarah L.
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Hector V.
Worked 4h 20m on BIM coordination
4h 20m BIM
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Team hours today
AI Search Natural language
Smart Tags Auto-classification
Version Control Full revision tracking
Secure Cloud Encrypted. Private.
AI INSIGHTS
All models up to date.
3 drawings updated in R03.
2 RFIs require response.
Package ready for delivery.
ACTIVE REV.
R03
22 May 2026
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Project Memory

Centralize drawings, calculations, reports, specifications, meeting notes, and project records into one organized AI-ready workspace.

Standards-Connected Workflows

Support code-aware workflows while directing users to official references when authoritative content is required.

From Documents to Decisions

Help teams retrieve context, compare assumptions, generate reports, organize design criteria, and accelerate engineering documentation.

Foundation for Specialized Modules

Use the Vault as the base layer for structural calculations, BIM coordination, quantity takeoffs, cost estimation, and future AEC-specific tools.

oTTo Vault is the foundation of the oTTo ecosystem: firms begin by organizing their project intelligence, then expand into specialized AEC workflows built on top of a trusted project data layer.

Why We're Building This

Technology should help professionals think clearer and work faster.

Engineers, architects, and builders today face increasing project complexity, tighter timelines, growing coordination demands, evolving codes, and fragmented workflows spread across countless platforms and documents.

Despite advances in technology, many professionals still spend enormous amounts of time searching through codes, organizing calculations, validating criteria, generating reports, and rebuilding repetitive workflows from project to project.

That is why we are building oTTo.

Engineers, architects, and builders collaborating around digital structural models
Built for engineers, architects, and builders
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Our Vision

Not to replace professionals. To help them become more capable.

oTTo is being developed as an intelligent workflow and assistance platform for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries.

We envision a future where engineers, architects, and builders can access intelligent guidance, connected workflows, technical assistance, code-aware support, documentation tools, and engineering knowledge within a unified ecosystem designed specifically for the built environment.

We believe artificial intelligence should support professional expertise, not substitute it. Human judgment, engineering responsibility, creativity, and experience remain irreplaceable. oTTo is being developed to enhance them.

AI assisting a structural engineer with a transparent structural hologram
Professional expertise supported by intelligence
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The Problems We Want to Solve

The AEC industry remains one of the most technically demanding in the world.

Yet many daily workflows are still fragmented, repetitive, and inefficient. Professionals often struggle with:

Fragmented AEC workflows becoming an integrated intelligent workflow system
From fragmented workflows to connected intelligence
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Repetitive documentation workflows that consume hours every week
Disconnected software ecosystems that don't talk to each other
Time-consuming code navigation across multiple standards
Repetitive calculations and reporting rebuilt from scratch each project
Communication gaps between engineering, architecture, and construction
The difficulty of translating technical knowledge into efficient workflows

For younger professionals, there is often another challenge: understanding the reasoning behind engineering decisions. Many tools provide outputs. Few help users understand the "why" and "how" behind them.

Built to Support the Industry

A complementary platform. Not a replacement.

oTTo is not being developed to replace engineers or industry-standard software. We deeply respect the tools that have shaped the profession for decades. Platforms such as ETABS, SAFE, SAP2000, Revit, and other professional analysis and BIM solutions remain fundamental to modern engineering workflows.

oTTo is being developed as a complementary intelligence and workflow platform that helps professionals better understand engineering logic, organize technical information, streamline repetitive processes, and access structured guidance throughout the design and construction process.

The future of engineering is not humans versus software. It is professionals empowered by better tools.

Structural engineer reviewing a digital structural model with AI-assisted insights
Not a replacement. A complementary workflow layer.
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Understand engineering reasoning
Help professionals grasp the logic behind decisions, not just the outputs
Navigate codes efficiently
IBC, ACI, AISC, ASCE 7, NTC, and more — contextually interpreted
Improve coordination
Reduce communication gaps between engineers, architects, and builders
Generate cleaner documentation
Professional reports, calculation packages, and project records
Who We Are Building For

The people who shape the built environment every day.

Our mission is to create tools that help these professionals reduce repetitive work, improve technical understanding, and focus more time on engineering excellence.

Engineers, architects, students, and builders working together in a modern AEC office
Created for the people who shape the built environment
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Structural Engineers

Who calculate and design the systems that keep buildings standing

Architects

Who imagine, create, and coordinate the built environment

Builders

Who execute, coordinate, and bring architectural visions to life

Students

And young professionals learning the profession and building their foundation

Firms

Seeking more efficient workflows and better project integration across disciplines

US & Mexico

Built for professionals in both markets, with support for US and Mexican codes

Futuristic skyline blending architecture, structural systems, BIM data, and digital engineering intelligence
The future of engineering: connected, intelligent, and human-led
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"The future of engineering is not humans versus software.
It is professionals empowered by better tools."

oTTo Mohr Inc. · Developed by UC Berkeley Alumni