AI Plan Review
AI-powered review of construction drawings for errors, completeness, and compliance.
Definition
AI Plan Review uses computer vision and machine learning to automatically analyze construction drawings for errors, omissions, and code compliance issues. These systems can check thousands of drawings in the time it takes to manually review a few, identifying issues like missing annotations, coordination conflicts, and code violations. AI plan review reduces the risk of costly errors making it to construction while accelerating the review process.
In Depth
AI plan review automates the dimensional and quantitative checks that building departments perform during construction document review. By running these checks before submitting to the jurisdiction, design teams catch code violations during design rather than through the formal plan review process — saving weeks of review cycles.
The pre-submission approach changes the economics of plan review. Each round of plan review comments adds weeks to the permitting timeline as corrections are made, resubmitted, and re-reviewed. AI catches the measurable, verifiable code issues (corridor widths, fixture counts, exit capacities, accessibility dimensions) before submission, allowing the building department's review to focus on the complex judgment items that require professional interpretation.
Examples
Automatically identifying missing dimensions and annotations on drawings
Checking door swings against code requirements for egress
Flagging inconsistencies between floor plans and elevations
Nomic Use Cases
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Compatible Platforms
Nomic integrates with these platforms so you can use ai plan review across your existing project data:
Frequently Asked Questions
AI Plan Review uses computer vision and machine learning to automatically analyze construction drawings for errors, omissions, and code compliance issues. These systems can check thousands of drawings in the time it takes to manually review a few, identifying issues like missing annotations, coordination conflicts, and code violations. AI plan review reduces the risk of costly errors making it to construction while accelerating the review process.
Automatically identifying missing dimensions and annotations on drawings. Checking door swings against code requirements for egress. Flagging inconsistencies between floor plans and elevations.
Automated Drawing Review: Automatically review drawings against building codes, internal standards, and client requirements.