RDI knowledge base
Reference material for the concepts, workflows, evidence rules, and measurement methods that make up Reality-Driven Intelligence.
Reference index
Use this page as the reference index. Deeper explanations live on the article pages.
Area 01 / 6 articles
Foundations
Definitions, category boundaries, the RDI stack, maturity model, and manifesto.
Area 02 / 9 articles
Workflows
Workflow packs, triggers, evidence, decisions, actions, outcomes, and cost models.
Area 03 / 5 articles
Evidence quality
How to judge whether a record is trustworthy enough for claims, safety, quality, and reporting.
Area 04 / 5 articles
RDI economics
How to separate confidence, evidence, capacity, risk reduction, and confidence ranges.
Area 05 / 4 articles
Learning paths
Courses and role-based learning for commercial, project, safety, owner, and digital teams.
Area 06 / 4 articles
Planning tools
Maturity assessment, site planning, project brief, and workflow selection.
Foundations
Definitions, category boundaries, the RDI stack, maturity model, and manifesto.
- KB 01What is Reality-Driven IntelligenceThe canonical reference definition of RDI: the discipline, the five layers, the category boundary, and why the category is emerging now.8 min
- KB 02The RDI stackA layer-by-layer walkthrough of capture, ground truth, interpretation, action, and command, and what each layer needs to function.7 min
- KB 03Category boundary: RDI versus camerasHow RDI differs from buying construction cameras, and why the difference is operational rather than technical.6 min
- KB 04Category boundary: RDI versus AI dashboardsAI dashboards live inside the interpretation layer of RDI. They are useful in their place and inadequate as a substitute for the surrounding stack.6 min
- KB 05Category boundary: RDI versus BIMBIM coordinates intent. RDI verifies reality. The two are complementary, not competing, and most mature projects run both.6 min
- KB 06The RDI maturity curveThree stages of organisational maturity in Reality-Driven Intelligence: visibility, control, and optimisation, with the failure modes that stall projects between them.8 min
Workflows
Workflow packs, triggers, evidence, decisions, actions, outcomes, and cost models.
- KB 01The anatomy of an RDI workflowEvery RDI workflow has the same six parts: trigger, evidence, interpretation, action, outcome, and measurement. Naming the parts is the first step in running the loop deliberately.7 min
- KB 02Progress verification workflowsA detailed walk through the progress verification pack: triggers, the evidence the pack consumes, the interpretation it produces, the actions it routes, and the metrics that show it is working.9 min
- KB 03Claims evidence workflowsA detailed walk through the claims evidence pack: how to assemble a defensible record before the dispute, not after, and how to keep the record useful through the life of the claim.9 min
- KB 04Safety monitoring workflowsA detailed walk through the safety monitoring pack: how findings turn into observations with owners, how observations close, and how the captured record stays useful when an incident occurs.8 min
- KB 05Gate and logistics workflowsA detailed walk through the gate and logistics pack: how movement of vehicles, deliveries, and people becomes a quiet but durable commercial record.8 min
- KB 06Stakeholder reporting workflowsA detailed walk through the stakeholder reporting pack: how to assemble owner, lender, and board reporting from the same evidence base the project already runs.7 min
- KB 07Subcontractor performance workflowsA detailed walk through the subcontractor performance pack: how attendance, productivity, quality, and safety records combine into a defensible record of supplier performance.7 min
- KB 08Compliance record workflowsA detailed walk through the compliance pack: the routines that produce a defensible regulatory and contractual record, ready for inspections, audits, and the closeout archive.7 min
- KB 09Design verification workflowsA detailed walk through the design verification pack: how the captured as-built record is reconciled against the model and the design intent, and how deviations become disposition records.8 min
Evidence quality
How to judge whether a record is trustworthy enough for claims, safety, quality, and reporting.
- KB 01The evidence quality checklistA short, practical checklist for grading whether a captured record is fit for the workflow it is being used in.6 min
- KB 02Chain of custody for construction evidenceHow the legal concept of chain of custody adapts to the captured records, gate logs, and reports a construction project produces every day.7 min
- KB 03Time alignment and cross-checkingThe mechanics of producing time-aligned records that can be cross-checked against schedule, weather, gate, and design — the single discipline that turns capture into evidence.6 min
- KB 04A simple A/B/C grading rubric for site evidenceThree grades that give a project team a fast, common language for whether a record is fit for purpose, support, or background only.6 min
- KB 05Preservation and retention policyHow long the project should keep what, why the answer differs by record type, and how to set retention so the cheapest evidence is the evidence that survives the dispute.7 min
RDI economics
How to separate confidence, evidence, capacity, risk reduction, and confidence ranges.
- KB 01ROI method overviewHow to think about the return on an RDI programme: operational savings, risk mitigation, capacity, and the confidence bands that keep the answer credible.8 min
- KB 02ROI confidence and credibilityWhy a public ROI argument earns trust by publishing ranges, sources, and assumptions, and why a single confident number tends to do the opposite.6 min
- KB 03Modelling replacement workflows versus supporting workflowsThe two main shapes of RDI value model differently. Replacement workflows substitute for an existing line in the budget; supporting workflows make an existing process better.7 min
- KB 04The manual reporting savings modelA worked template for the most common replacement workflow in any RDI case: the recurring time cost of preparing reports without automation.6 min
- KB 05The dispute avoidance credit modelA worked template for the risk-mitigation line item: the value of avoiding the disputes that the captured record makes harder to start.7 min
Learning paths
Courses and role-based learning for commercial, project, safety, owner, and digital teams.
- KB 01Learning paths by roleSuggested journeys through the RDI curriculum for project directors, commercial managers, owners, safety leaders, digital construction leads, and finance partners.6 min
- KB 02Learning path: foundationA walkthrough of the foundation curriculum, lesson by lesson, for readers who want to ground themselves in RDI before going deeper.5 min
- KB 03Learning path: practitionerAn overview of the practitioner curriculum: claims and evidence, safety leadership, and capture planning, with the order in which most readers benefit from taking them.6 min
- KB 04Learning path: executiveAn overview of the executive curriculum: RDI for owners, and RDI economics for the business case, with the order in which most senior readers benefit from taking them.5 min
Planning tools
Maturity assessment, site planning, project brief, and workflow selection.
- KB 01A reusable capture-plan templateA walkthrough of the capture-plan template: what each section is for, how to fill it at mobilisation, and how to keep it alive through the project.8 min
- KB 02Using the site planner end to endHow to take a project from a blank brief to a usable capture and workflow plan with the site planner, in roughly an hour of focused work.7 min
- KB 03Using the readiness assessmentHow to use the readiness assessment to place a project or organisation honestly on the maturity curve, and what to do with the answer.6 min
- KB 04Using the project brief for a quoteHow to fill the project brief so a vendor can return a serious quote, and how to read the quote that comes back.5 min