Planning Enquiry Bot
PD rights, planning, conservation, listed
AI chatbot for
Architecture & Engineering
Projects, Clients & Technical Queries
When architecture & engineering customers ask about planning & feasibility enquiries, fee proposal qualification, and document & drawing retrieval after hours, someone still needs to reply. NIVA answers from your own info, books the next step, and notifies your team · so warm enquiries do not go cold overnight.
- No usage-based billing
- Live across 25 industries
- White-label ready
10+
A&E Personas
24/7
Client Access
0
Code Required
Built for
Architecture PracticesEngineering ConsultanciesProject ManagersPlanning ConsultantsMEP Engineers
Where architecture & engineering teams lose money every week
Not a tech problem. Missed replies, repeated FAQs, and overnight drop-off · on the website you already run.
They write while you're busy
A architecture & engineering enquiry about pricing or availability lands while you're with a customer · and dies in the inbox.
Your team repeats the same answers
Hours go to FAQs on phone and chat. Quotes, visits, and sales wait behind the queue.
Warm leads cool overnight
Night and weekend visitors leave with no next step. By morning they've booked someone who replied.
Work your Architecture & Engineering team still does by hand
Routine architecture & engineering questions, bookings, and follow-ups · answered on the website so your people stay on the hard cases.
- 01
Planning & Feasibility Enquiries
Clients query planning permission requirements, Permitted Development rights, conservation area restrictions, and listed building consent through chat. NIVA provides accurate, jurisdiction-specific information and qualifies clients for feasibility consultations.
Planning Permission · Permitted Development · Conservation Areas · Listed Buildings
- 02
Fee Proposal Qualification
Prospective clients describe their project and NIVA qualifies scope, budget, programme, and planning status · routing a structured brief to the right team for fee proposal preparation. Reduces speculative proposal effort significantly.
Scope Qualification · Budget · Programme · Fee Proposals
- 03
Document & Drawing Retrieval
Project teams and clients retrieve current drawing revisions, specifications, and reports through chat. NIVA integrates with your CDE (BIM 360, Procore, Viewpoint) to surface the right document version instantly.
Drawing Revisions · Specifications · CDE Integration · Document Retrieval
- 04
Project Status Updates
Clients query design programme milestones, consultant coordination status, and planning application progress through chat. NIVA surfaces project management system data · reducing PM time on routine update calls.
Design Programme · Milestones · Planning Status · PM System
- 05
Building Regulations & Compliance
Technical teams query Building Regulation Part requirements, fire strategy obligations, accessibility standards, and structural calculations through chat · reducing internal technical query response times.
Building Regulations · Fire Strategy · Accessibility · Structural
- 06
Staff HR & Resource Management
Project teams query utilisation targets, timesheet submission deadlines, CPD requirements, and professional memberships through chat · reducing practice management admin workload.
Utilisation · Timesheets · CPD · Professional Memberships
Questions your architecture & engineering site already gets
Answered from your docs and policies · days, nights, weekends · so your team isn't repeating them.
We want to convert our offices to residential use. What's the planning position and how complicated is it?
How much does a measured building survey cost for a 400 sqm commercial unit, and how soon can you start?
Not another chatbot.
A front desk that works overnight.
Missed enquiries after hours
Every website visitor gets a reply · days, nights, weekends
Your team repeats the same answers
Policies and pricing answered from your docs · consistently
Leads cool off waiting for a call back
Bookings, forms, and next steps happen in the chat
Teams already using NIVA
Ready-made architecture & engineering helpers
Sales, support, bookings · switch on the roles you need. No writing from scratch.
Fee Proposal Bot
Scope qualification, brief, routing
Document Retrieval Bot
Drawings, specs, CDE integration
Project Status Bot
Milestones, planning, programme
Building Regs Bot
Part compliance, fire, accessibility
Staff HR Bot
Utilisation, timesheets, CPD
+ 4 more architecture & engineering roles available
Built around how architecture & engineering teams work
Practical pieces that save time · not a pile of AI features to configure.
Technical & Regulatory Knowledge Base
Upload your specification library, building regulation guides, planning policy documents, and project-specific technical briefs. NIVA answers technical queries from your approved documentation.
Client & Project Memory
NIVA tracks each client's project history, open queries, and document requests · giving your team full context on every client relationship without file-searching.
Enquiry & Brief Automation
Build client enquiry qualification flows and fee brief collection workflows. Trigger practice management system updates automatically when a new project enquiry is qualified.
CDE & Practice Management Integration
NIVA integrates with BIM 360, Procore, Deltek Vantagepoint, and custom practice management systems. Document access, project data, and fee records sync in real time.
Client Enquiry to Fee Proposal Flow
Trigger
Client submits project enquiry
Qualify
Project type, budget, planning status
Route
Structured brief to right team
Practice
Opportunity logged, fee prep started
What visitors can actually get done
Beyond FAQs · for architecture & engineering businesses that sell and support online.
Stop chasing
Work finished in the chat
Collect the right details, book the appointment, and notify your team · without bouncing visitors to another form.
See how it works Capture cleanlyDetails you can act on
When someone is ready, the chat asks for name, dates, budget, or requirements · and lands it in your inbox or CRM.
See how it works Feel humanThe right helper, every time
Sales, support, or bookings · visitors get the specialist answer they need, without choosing menus.
See how it worksTonight's visitors get answers. You set it up once.
No developer on retainer. Most architecture & engineering teams are answering overnight enquiries the same day they start.
- 01~15 min
Show us where leads slip
Website, WhatsApp, ads · we map the architecture & engineering questions that cost you money when nobody answers.
- 02Your call
Switch on the right helpers
Sales, support, bookings · pick personas that already speak architecture & engineering. Turn off what you don't need.
- 03Your docs
Feed it what you already trust
Price lists, FAQs, policies, page links. It only answers from what you approve · nothing made up.
- 04Same day
Go live as your brand
One line on the site you already run. Overnight visitors get replies while your team sleeps.
On your website. Looking like your brand.
Works on the site you already have · WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, or custom. Your logo, your colours, your name. Most owners are live the same week they start.
- No big rebuild of your website
- Changes show up for visitors without a re-launch
- We can add it with you on the demo call if you prefer
- Do I need a developer?
- Helpful if you have one · not required. Many architecture & engineering teams paste one line or let us place it.
- How fast will I see value?
- Most start capturing overnight enquiries in the first week once knowledge and booking paths are set.
- What if it's not a fit?
- Tell us how you work today. We'll say plainly if a simpler setup or a rival product is better.
Free to start
Put a architecture & engineering chatbot on your site this week
Compliance & Security
Built for regulated architecture & engineering environments.
- GDPR / UK GDPR
- RIBA Professional Standards
- ARB Code of Conduct
- CDM Regulations 2015
- Building Safety Act 2022
- Planning Practice Guidance
Common questions
Straight answers before you start.
NIVA provides planning information · PD rights, use class requirements, conservation area restrictions · from your approved documentation. For site-specific planning advice, the bot qualifies the enquiry and connects to your planning team. NIVA never provides regulated advice without professional oversight.
Still unsure? Send a short note about how you work · we'll reply with a fit recommendation for architecture & engineering.
Try NIVA free for Architecture & Engineering
Spin up a architecture & engineeringchatbot on your site this week · or send a short note and we'll tell you honestly if it's a fit.
- Free to start · no credit card required
- Works on the website you already have
- We reply within one business day if you inquire
Prefer to ask first?
Tell us how enquiries come in today. We'll reply with a fit recommendation.
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