# Singapore's BCA soft-launched CORENET X on 18 Dec 2023: one coordinated BIM model replaces separate agency submissions, 20+ approval stages become 3 gateways; automated geometric checks in development

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20231218-architect-1
Date: 2023-12-18 · Stage: Deployment
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## Scope

Singapore regulatory submissions only; mandatory for new projects of 30,000 m² GFA or more from 1 Oct 2025 (info.corenet.gov.sg). Automated checks cover straightforward geometric and spatial rules across architecture, C&S and M&E; judgement-based compliance stays with the qualified person.

## Source

- CORENET X (Singapore Building and Construction Authority) — overview — https://info.corenet.gov.sg/overview/about-corenet-x/overview-of-corenet-x (primary source)

## What this means

A deployment record by a regulator, which is rare: Singapore's BCA now takes one coordinated BIM model instead of separate agency submissions, collapses over 20 approval stages across 7 agencies into 3 gateways, and is adding automated geometric checks — mandatory for large new projects since October 2025. For documentation it shows the model, not the sheet, becoming the legal submission; for approvals it shows the process re-sequenced while the judgement calls and the QP's signature stay where they were.

## What it does not show yet

This is Singapore's submission system, mandatory only for projects of 30,000 m² GFA or more; it says nothing about other jurisdictions, small projects or practices that do not work in BIM. Automated checks cover straightforward geometric rules, not fire strategy, accessibility judgement or planning negotiation, and a faster gateway process does not show fewer architects on any project team.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the CORENET X list of automated checks and mark which of them your practice still checks by hand on a live project (or, outside Singapore, which of them your own authority still receives as drawings); the marked items are the hours this record says move from drafting to model coordination.


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