About Us
The National Building Archives® (NBA) is a patented, first-to-market, digital platform revolutionizing the building, real estate, and mortgage and insurance industries.
It centralizes all documentation and transactional data related to properties into a secure, permanent digital repository accessible through a physical,
stainless steel, “Digital Cornerstone” tag attached to the building.
NBA holds the issued U.S. patent for this concept, specifically for placing any physical marker on a building that connects to a data repository.
The National Building Archives® and Digital Cornerstone® are registered trademarks.
NBA stores blueprints, warranties, permits, bids, invoices, maintenance records, and more, solving critical problems like lost documents, risk mismanagement, and poor contractor accountability. Its proprietary Sustainability Index Rating (SIR) gives a dynamic, real-time score of a building's condition—evaluating components like roofs, HVAC, and plumbing—which benefits insurers, mortgage underwriters, and real estate brokers.
The system creates immense value for a wide array of stakeholders:
Property Owners gain control over vendor compliance and access to complete maintenance histories.
Insurance Carriers can monitor building conditions in real time to reduce risk and improve pricing accuracy.
Real Estate Brokers can better price and market properties using accurate SIR data.
Contractors and Manufacturers benefit from lifecycle tracking, repeat business, and verified performance records.
Mortgage Underwriters can differentiate risk and adjust rates accordingly.
Property Managers and Architects have one unified system for document sharing, job tracking, and compliance.
Governments can streamline permitting and facility management using NBA's infrastructure.
NBA's business model is built on small transaction and membership fees with millions of data interactions per year, creating a projected multi-billion-dollar revenue stream with high margins.
With its issued U.S. patent (11397867B2), and ability to streamline and integrate the building and real estate space, NBA is positioned to hit critical mass and be the nexus for all things real estate in the United States. We also have interest from several other countries.
NBA holds the issued U.S. patent for this concept, specifically for placing any physical marker on a building that connects to a data repository.
The National Building Archives® and Digital Cornerstone® are registered trademarks.
NBA stores blueprints, warranties, permits, bids, invoices, maintenance records, and more, solving critical problems like lost documents, risk mismanagement, and poor contractor accountability. Its proprietary Sustainability Index Rating (SIR) gives a dynamic, real-time score of a building's condition—evaluating components like roofs, HVAC, and plumbing—which benefits insurers, mortgage underwriters, and real estate brokers.
The system creates immense value for a wide array of stakeholders:
Property Owners gain control over vendor compliance and access to complete maintenance histories.
Insurance Carriers can monitor building conditions in real time to reduce risk and improve pricing accuracy.
Real Estate Brokers can better price and market properties using accurate SIR data.
Contractors and Manufacturers benefit from lifecycle tracking, repeat business, and verified performance records.
Mortgage Underwriters can differentiate risk and adjust rates accordingly.
Property Managers and Architects have one unified system for document sharing, job tracking, and compliance.
Governments can streamline permitting and facility management using NBA's infrastructure.
NBA's business model is built on small transaction and membership fees with millions of data interactions per year, creating a projected multi-billion-dollar revenue stream with high margins.
With its issued U.S. patent (11397867B2), and ability to streamline and integrate the building and real estate space, NBA is positioned to hit critical mass and be the nexus for all things real estate in the United States. We also have interest from several other countries.
The National Building Archives® was formed by a group of builders, architects and management companies who understand the need to secure a building's data permanently.
Many elements of a building's construction are lost by management teams or discarded by employees who don't understand the long-term importance of the documents.
The National Building Archives® is a database and document management system protected by patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to place stainless steel tags (digital cornerstones) on buildings. These markers are deeply laser scored with a QR code and are designed to weather the elements for centuries.
These markers provide future building owners, architects, historians, builders, trades, insurance companies, realtors, manufacturers, and others, the building's history from cradle to grave.
The system uses the 50 divisions of construction information, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute, and can hold ALL documents such as blueprints, warranties, equipment locations, electrical lines, paint codes, bids, permits, invoices, repairs, upgrades and all other information.
The entirety of the building's history is preserved forever.
The tag's data repository can be accessed using smartphone technology, or a browser, to gain access to all information that a particular user has permissions to view.
The Building Tag, or Digital Cornerstone®, references the building's construction database of information such as:
For example, if you have an issue with the roofing system, and are looking for the installing contractors to make a bid, you can retrieve the data from the archive to make the call.
System users include:
The app protects sensitive documents such as proposals, permits and invoices and makes them available only to authorized users. They are stored in multiple high security server facilities located throughout the United States.
The National Building Archives is the new nexus for all building and real estate data in the United States.
The National Building Archives® is a database and document management system protected by patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to place stainless steel tags (digital cornerstones) on buildings. These markers are deeply laser scored with a QR code and are designed to weather the elements for centuries.
These markers provide future building owners, architects, historians, builders, trades, insurance companies, realtors, manufacturers, and others, the building's history from cradle to grave.
The system uses the 50 divisions of construction information, as defined by the Construction Specifications Institute, and can hold ALL documents such as blueprints, warranties, equipment locations, electrical lines, paint codes, bids, permits, invoices, repairs, upgrades and all other information.
The entirety of the building's history is preserved forever.
The tag's data repository can be accessed using smartphone technology, or a browser, to gain access to all information that a particular user has permissions to view.
The Building Tag, or Digital Cornerstone®, references the building's construction database of information such as:
- blueprints
- specifications
- warranty documents
- construction photos
- bids
- RFPs
- invoices
- equipment & materials manuals
- paint codes
- permits
- equipment installation dates
- electrical maps
- plumbing maps
- sprinkler systems
- landscape maps
For example, if you have an issue with the roofing system, and are looking for the installing contractors to make a bid, you can retrieve the data from the archive to make the call.
System users include:
- Architects
- General Contractors
- High Level Mortgage Underwriters
- High Level Insurance Underwriters
- Large Real Estate Companies
- Federal and State Departments and Agencies
- Property Owners and Property Management Companies
- Historical Preservation Societies
- Builders
- Landscape Architects
- MEP Engineers
- All Other Building Service Providers
The app protects sensitive documents such as proposals, permits and invoices and makes them available only to authorized users. They are stored in multiple high security server facilities located throughout the United States.
The National Building Archives is the new nexus for all building and real estate data in the United States.
