Cross River Rail is the biggest transport infrastructure project in Queensland’s history.

We’re talking 10.2 kilometres of rail, over half of it underground, cutting straight through Brisbane’s CBD. It includes four new underground stations, upgrades to eight above-ground stations, and a massive effort in design, engineering and stakeholder coordination. Hundreds of contractors and consultants. Thousands of drawings. One shot to get it right.

So how do you keep that much design work aligned, transparent and moving forward? You don’t do it with PDFs, email trails or spreadsheets. You use Deep Space.

 What They Used Deep Space For

The Cross River Rail team used Deep Space to manage design coordination across the project tracking design issues, flagging changes, logging decisions and keeping everyone aligned in real time.

Instead of trying to stitch together updates from 10different platforms and inboxes, they had one place to see what’s happening, what’s holding things up, and what needs input. The Unity CRR team (and CPB Contractors) took a bet on DeepSpace several years ago, and have come with us on the journey to KAI. We initially integrated Revizto data into advanced dashboards, then connected up automatic LOI (Level of Information) checking across Revit and IFC files, and more recently enabled KAI for them.

KAI allows them to intelligently query and analyse their Design Coordination data, and even create automated Deep Space Actions after 'having a chat' with this intelligent agent.

What That Usually Looks Like Without Deep Space

Let’s be honest. On most projects, design coordination is a mess. Someone notices a clash in a model. They email a screenshot.Someone else drops it in a WhatsApp group. Two weeks later, someone says “wasn’t that already resolved?” and nobody’s quite sure.

Issues get forgotten. Approvals get missed. Changes happen but don’t get logged properly. Then they show up on site and become a costly rework job. Design management becomes a reactive process. You’re always catching up. And you never quite know what the current status actually is.

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 Why This Way Is Better

With Deep Space, the design team had full transparency not just on the issues, but on the whole coordination process. It’s not just about tracking clashes. It’s about tracking accountability. Who saw it, who reviewed it, who resolved it, and what changed. All in one place.

And with KAI flagging priorities, you’re not just dealing with the loudest voice in the room. You’re dealing with the most critical issues first. That means better decisions, fewer delays, and way less rework.

This isn’t design coordination done faster. It’s design coordination done right.

Want to see how your team can stop chasing updates and start managing smarter?

Let’s talk about how Deep Space fits into your next project.

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