Standards conformance

Standards built in.
Not standards bolted on.

Public procurement, healthcare compliance, federal grants, international funding — all demand standard paper, recognized vocabularies, and audit-defensible records. Sympl · Project ships AIA, CSI, AACE, OSHA, ConsensusDocs, EJCDC, FGI, EVMS — plus NEC4, JCT, ISO 19650, RIBA, FIDIC for international work — as native or templated defaults.

How conformance works

Two states, plus an honest "out of scope" section.

Available now

Native schema-level conformance

Reports and exports match the standard out of the box. The data model is the standard — AIA, CSI, AACE, OSHA on the US side; NEC4, JCT, ISO 19650, RIBA, FIDIC for international.

Coming soon

Templated + accommodated

Workflow templates and form chrome on the same data model (ConsensusDocs vs AIA, EJCDC, LEED credit tracker, FGI healthcare), plus custom-field and integration-adapter coverage for the long tail (COBie, IFC, OmniClass).

US standards

AIA G702 / G703

Available now

Application + Continuation Sheet

The non-negotiable pay-app schema

"G702-style" billing is the de facto schema for commercial pay applications regardless of paper used. Pay apps are generated in G702/G703 by default — Procurement and legal see paper they recognize on day one, no six-month configuration.

Where it shows up

  • Budget & financials → Pay applications
  • Owner approval workflow
  • DocuSign integration

AIA A201-2017

Available now

General Conditions of the Contract for Construction

Change orders, payment, completion

A201 §7 (change-order mechanism), §9 (payment), §10 (safety), and §12 (closeout) drive the project workflow. Owner approval gate is enforced per §7.2.1. Substantial completion and final completion gates per §9.8 / §9.10.

Where it shows up

  • Change orders module
  • Pay app approval gates
  • Closeout module

AIA CMc / DBIA 530/535

Available now

CM-at-Risk and Design-Build delivery models

Delivery method as a first-class field

Delivery method (Design-Bid-Build, CMc, DBIA) is a first-class field on every project — drives form templates, change-order flow, GMP-vs-lump-sum reconciliation, and the Owner-side approval routing.

Where it shows up

  • Project setup
  • Form template defaults
  • GMP vs lump-sum reconciliation

CSI MasterFormat 2020

Available now

50-division spec organization

The cost-code taxonomy

MasterFormat 2020 is the cost-code primary taxonomy across submittals, RFIs, the budget, and procurement plans. Every submittal ties to its 23-21-13-04-style section; cost codes roll up by division.

Where it shows up

  • Submittals (spec section linking)
  • Drawings & specifications
  • Budget cost codes
  • RFI subject tagging

CSI UniFormat

Available now

Systems-based classification

Early-stage capital plan budgeting

Required for early-stage capital plans on the Owner ICP — owners budget by system before MasterFormat division detail exists. UniFormat is the input; MasterFormat is the execution view.

Where it shows up

  • Owner capital plan budgeting
  • UniFormat → MasterFormat translation

AACE 17R-97

Available now

Estimate Class 1–5

Strategic wedge — nobody else does this natively

Every estimate is typed by AACE class with accuracy band wired to budget contingency. Class 5 (conceptual) carries a different accuracy band than Class 1 (definitive) — and the system enforces it. Procore / e-Builder / Kahua support this only as a custom-field overlay.

Where it shows up

  • Preconstruction estimates
  • Budget contingency calculation
  • Owner-side estimate-class reporting

OSHA 29 CFR 1926

Available now

Construction safety + 300/300A/301 logs

Statutory incident reporting

Safety incident schema follows OSHA 29 CFR 1926. 300, 300A, and 301 logs export natively — no spreadsheet build-out, no third-party safety tool.

Where it shows up

  • Safety incidents
  • OSHA log export
  • Statutory annual postings

AIA G706 / G706A / G707

Coming soon

Lien waivers + surety consent

Closeout paper templates

Lien waivers (final + unconditional), surety consent of final payment, and surety release wired into the closeout binder generation.

Where it shows up

  • Closeout binder
  • Final pay app workflow
  • Retention release

AIA A312

Coming soon

Performance + payment bonds

Bond document attachments + expiry tracking

Bond document attachments with expiry tracking. Templated for the projects that require it.

Where it shows up

  • Project bonds attachment
  • Bond expiry alerts

AIA G714 / G716

Coming soon

CCD (Construction Change Directive) and RFI form chrome

Form chrome on existing schema

Same data model as the native RFI / change-order workflow, with AIA form chrome and vocabulary applied per tenant preference.

Where it shows up

  • RFI form output
  • Change order form output

ConsensusDocs 200 / 750 / 410

Coming soon

AGC-led contract family

Alternative to AIA paper

Same data model as AIA; tenant selects AIA or ConsensusDocs at project setup and the form chrome + vocabulary swap accordingly.

Where it shows up

  • Project setup contract family
  • Pay apps and change orders

EJCDC C-series

Coming soon

Engineer-led civil/utility contracts

Civil + utility owner pursuits

Form library + workflow variants required for civil and utility owner pursuits. Engineer-led delivery model adjustments to the standard change-order and pay-app flow.

Where it shows up

  • Civil/utility projects
  • Engineer-led approval routing

LEED v4.1 / v5

Coming soon

Per-credit submittal tracker

Sustainability credit compliance

Per-credit task and document tracker keyed to submittals. Bundles in to compete with Green Badger by inheriting the project's submittal log without re-entry.

Where it shows up

  • Submittal credit tagging
  • LEED documentation package

WELL v2 / BREEAM USA / LBC

Coming soon

Alternative sustainability frameworks

Same engine, different credit catalog

Same per-credit tracker engine as LEED; different credit catalog activated per project.

Where it shows up

  • Submittal credit tagging

Davis-Bacon WH-347

Coming soon

Certified payroll

Federal/state-funded project payroll

WH-347 export format with LCPtracker integration. Required on federal-funded and many state-funded projects.

Where it shows up

  • Sub procurement
  • Safety + workforce records
  • Public-project payroll export

FGI Guidelines (2022)

Coming soon

Healthcare facility design guidelines

Healthcare owner ICP differentiator

Inspection checklist library organized by FGI section. Joint Commission EC tagging on inspections and submittals. The wedge against Procore for healthcare owners.

Where it shows up

  • Inspections module
  • Submittals (healthcare equipment)
  • Closeout (Joint Commission package)

ANSI/EIA 748 EVMS

Coming soon

Earned Value Management

Federal-owner credibility gate

Control Account / Work Package WBS with CPI / SPI / EAC reporting. Required for any project on a federal-owner contract that mandates EVM.

Where it shows up

  • Schedule (WBS)
  • Budget (Control Accounts)
  • EVM reporting

State procurement threshold packs

Coming soon

TX SB 1173, CA CUPCCAA AB 2192, NY SFL §163, FL §218.755

Per-jurisdiction approval defaults

Tenant selects jurisdiction; default approval thresholds, bid thresholds, and payment-deadline rules apply automatically.

Where it shows up

  • Approval workflows
  • Change order routing
  • Pay app deadlines

Cooperative procurement vehicles

Coming soon

Sourcewell, TIPS, OMNIA, BuyBoard

Public-buyer cooperative contracts

Contract-source field on award records; cite the parent cooperative contract instead of standing up a full RFP.

Where it shows up

  • Project award records
  • Sub procurement (coming soon)

CMAA Standards of Practice

Coming soon

Construction Management Association vocabulary

Owner ICP gate-review framework

CMAA Owner's Guide vocabulary alignment for the Owner ICP — gate-review framework and program-vs-project distinction.

Where it shows up

  • Owner portfolio module
  • Gate reviews

COBie

Coming soon

Construction Operations Building Information Exchange

Closeout export for federal / healthcare

COBie export from the asset-extraction pipeline. Strategic value declining per recent industry reporting, but still a federal and healthcare deliverable.

Where it shows up

  • Closeout binder export
  • CMMS handover

IFC + BCF + IDM/IDS

Coming soon

openBIM standards (ISO 16739)

BIM viewer + import

IFC import for federal and healthcare BIM deliverables. BCF (BIM Collaboration Format) for issue exchange. Not a core data model — viewer + import for the projects that need it.

Where it shows up

  • BIM viewer (coming soon)
  • Issue exchange with Autodesk Construction Cloud

OmniClass

Coming soon

15-table classification system

Alternative cost-code tier

OmniClass cost classification on top of MasterFormat / UniFormat for the projects that require it.

Where it shows up

  • Cost-code overlay

International standards

UK is the cleanest first-international CPM market — English language, JCT/NEC contracts closer to AIA than alternatives, ISO 19650 native via the UK BIM Framework, mature regulator (HSE) for safety. FIDIC is the dominant international contract suite for MDB-funded work.

NEC4 ECC

Available now

Engineering and Construction Contract

UK public / infrastructure default

NEC4 is a workflow engine, not just a template — timed Early Warning + Compensation Event windows (clauses 16, 60.1), 21 listed CE categories, programme update obligations. Asite / Sypro / CEMAR have it native; Procore does not.

Where it shows up

  • Change orders / Compensation Events
  • Schedule (programme updates)
  • Early Warning notifications

JCT Standard Building Contract / Design & Build

Available now

Joint Contracts Tribunal

UK private commercial default (71% of projects)

71% of UK projects (RIBA 2022 survey) use JCT; private commercial default. JCT 2024 Target Cost Contract is now challenging NEC4 Option C.

Where it shows up

  • Change orders
  • Pay applications

ISO 19650 + UK BIM Framework

Available now

CDE conformance

UK public-funded mandatory

Mandatory for all publicly-funded UK projects. Defines Common Data Environment WIP / Shared / Published / Archived states.

Where it shows up

  • Drawings + documents
  • Document workflow states

Uniclass 2015

Available now

UK classification system

UK BIM project requirement

Required on >50% of UK BIM projects per NBS 2021 survey. ISO 12006-2 compliant. Alongside CSI MasterFormat for international tenants.

Where it shows up

  • Drawings + specifications
  • Submittals

RIBA Plan of Work 2020

Available now

8-stage UK project lifecycle

UK project stage-gate vocabulary

Stage 0 Strategic Definition → Stage 7 Use. Maps to the project lifecycle stage field.

Where it shows up

  • Project setup
  • Lifecycle stage

CDM 2015 Regulations

Available now

Construction Design and Management

UK statutory floor

F10 notification, Pre-Construction Information, Construction Phase Plan, H&S File. HSE-enforced. Per-project document slots with Principal Designer + Principal Contractor role assignments.

Where it shows up

  • Safety module
  • Closeout (H&S File)

BSRIA Soft Landings (BG 54/2018)

Available now

Six-phase handover framework

Aligns with Sympl handover story

Six-phase handover with explicit data transfer to CAFM/CMMS. Aligns directly with the Sympl · Project → Sympl · CMMS handover — designed for this transition.

Where it shows up

  • Closeout
  • CMMS handover

FIDIC Red / Yellow / Silver Books (2017)

Available now

International contract suite

International — MENA / APAC non-negotiable

Dominant international contract suite for World Bank / AIIB / EIB / regional MDB-funded projects. Aconex / CEMAR have it native; Procore does not.

Where it shows up

  • Change orders
  • Pay applications
  • International project setup

ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001

Available now

Contractor certification tracking

EU / UK pre-qualification gate

Required for prequalification across EU and UK. Bidders without these certifications are disqualified at most public buyers.

Where it shows up

  • Sub directory + pre-qual (coming soon)

NRM1 / NRM2 / NRM3

Coming soon

RICS New Rules of Measurement

UK cost categorization

Uniclass-mapped cost categorization for UK projects. Pay-app cycle aligned to JCT/NEC4 contract terms.

Where it shows up

  • Budget cost codes
  • Pay applications

Honest about scope

Deliberately out of scope.

Standards we don't target — either because they're upstream of CPM, downstream of CPM, or because they require a federal authorization story we're not pretending to have yet.

  • FedRAMP / GovRAMP / StateRAMP / CMMC 2.0 / NIST SP 800-171

    Federal authorization deferred to Run phase. Honest about not being there.

  • AIA B-series

    Owner-Architect agreements are upstream of CPM scope.

  • AIA C-series

    Architect-Consultant agreements are out of CPM scope.

  • ANSI/ASTM material standards

    Designer / manufacturer concern, not CPM platform.

  • PMBOK / ISO 21500 / ISO 9001 as conformance claims

    Vocabulary alignment only; no certification target.

Standards your buyers expect. On day one.

If your buyer needs a regime we don't list — DOT-specific paper, a state-grant program, a non-US contract family — talk to us. Regime packs are how we scale; the underlying schema flexes farther than the defaults.