---

license: other

license_name: qwen-research

license_link: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct/blob/main/LICENSE

language: [en]

pipeline_tag: text-generation

base_model: Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct

base_model_relation: finetune

datasets: [Irfanuruchi/buildeng-v8-3b]

tags: [civil-engineering, structural-engineering, building-engineering, construction, qwen, engineering, text-generation, conversational]

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BuildEng V8 3B — GGUF Q8_0

BuildEng V8 3B GGUF Q8_0 is a high-quality quantized GGUF release of BuildEng V8 3B, a domain-specialized language model focused on civil engineering, structural reasoning, construction workflows, and conservative engineering-assistant behavior.

This release is quantized from:

Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng

The BuildEng V8 3B source model is fine-tuned from:

Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct

Improved using Qwen.

Model Information

| Property | Value |

| :------------------------ | :------------------------------------------------- |

| Model | BuildEng V8 3B |

| Format | GGUF |

| Quantization | Q8_0 |

| BuildEng source model | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng |

| Upstream model | Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct |

| Domain | Civil and structural engineering |

| Primary use | High-quality local engineering-assistant inference |

The Q8_0 release is intended for users who want a high-quality quantized BuildEng model while reducing storage and memory requirements compared with the F16 GGUF release.

Focus Areas

BuildEng is designed around civil, structural, and construction-engineering workflows including:

• reinforced concrete
• masonry
• foundations and settlement
• retaining walls
• slabs, beams, and columns
• structural diagnostics
• building defects and pathology
• renovation and existing-structure uncertainty
• temporary works
• construction sequencing
• structural inspection guidance
• inspection-first reasoning
• conservative engineering recommendations

BuildEng is designed to function as an engineering assistant and to avoid presenting uncertain conclusions as established facts when important project information is missing.

Why This Version?

The GGUF Q8_0 release is intended for users who want strong model fidelity while still benefiting from quantization.

Key characteristics include:

• higher numerical precision than the Q4_K_M release
• substantially lower storage and memory requirements than F16
• strong preservation of the BuildEng V8 3B fine-tuned behavior
• suitable for quality-focused local inference
• compatibility with GGUF-capable inference runtimes such as llama.cpp

For users who prioritize minimum memory use and smaller model size, the Q4_K_M release is available separately. For users who want the highest-precision GGUF representation, the F16 release is also available.

BuildEng Model Family

| Release | Repository |

| :---------------- | :---------------------------------------------- |

| Flagship 3B | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng |

| GGUF Q4_K_M | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-GGUF-Q4_K_M |

| GGUF Q8_0 | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-GGUF-Q8_0 |

| GGUF F16 | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-GGUF-F16 |

| MLX 4-bit | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-mlx-4bit |

| MLX 8-bit | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-mlx-8bit |

| OpenVINO INT8 | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-openvino-int8 |

| OpenVINO FP16 | Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-openvino-fp16 |

Training Dataset

Irfanuruchi/buildeng-v8-3b

License and Commercial Use

BuildEng V8 3B is derived from Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct.

The upstream Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct model is distributed under the Qwen Research License Agreement, and the applicable upstream licensing terms continue to apply to this derivative release.

Under the Qwen Research License Agreement, the default license grant covering use, reproduction, distribution, modification, and creation of derivative works is limited to non-commercial research and evaluation purposes.

Commercial use of the upstream Qwen materials requires requesting the appropriate license from Alibaba Cloud.

The Apache-2.0 licenses applicable to some other BuildEng model families therefore must not be interpreted as granting Apache-2.0 rights over the upstream Qwen2.5-3B materials incorporated into this release.

A copy of the Qwen Research License Agreement is included in this repository as:

LICENSE

The required Qwen attribution and information concerning this modified BuildEng derivative are included in:

NOTICE

Qwen Attribution

> Qwen is licensed under the Qwen RESEARCH LICENSE AGREEMENT, Copyright (c) Alibaba Cloud. All Rights Reserved.

Improved using Qwen.

Commercial BuildEng Alternatives

For deployments that require a BuildEng model derived from an upstream Apache-2.0-licensed model, separate BuildEng variants based on Qwen2.5-1.5B and Qwen2.5-32B are available.

Users should review the applicable license files and ensure that their intended use and redistribution comply with those terms.

Engineering Use Notice

BuildEng is an engineering-assistant model and is not a substitute for professional engineering judgment.

Model output should not be treated as:

• final structural approval
• construction authorization
• engineering certification or sign-off
• a substitute for calculations required by applicable codes or standards
• a substitute for inspection of actual site conditions
• a replacement for review by a qualified or licensed engineer where required

Engineering decisions should be independently verified using appropriate calculations, standards, drawings, site information, project-specific constraints, and professional review.

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Modifications and Model Lineage

This repository contains a Q8_0 quantized GGUF derivative of the fine-tuned BuildEng V8 3B model.

Model lineage:

Qwen/Qwen2.5-3B-Instruct

↓

Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng

↓

Irfanuruchi/qwen2.5-3b-buildeng-GGUF-Q8_0

The first stage represents the upstream Qwen model. The second stage represents the BuildEng V8 3B domain fine-tune. The final stage represents the Q8_0 GGUF quantization distributed in this repository.

BuildEng-specific fine-tuning, engineering specialization, dataset development, evaluation, documentation, and related project contributions were produced by Irfan Uruchi.

Author

Irfan Uruchi

BuildEng Project