Automate Building Code Checking
Using AI to automatically verify designs against building codes and standards.
Definition
Automated building code checking uses AI to verify designs against building codes and standards without manual review. These systems analyze drawings for code compliance, identify violations, and provide specific code references. Automated code checking accelerates the review process and catches issues before permit submission.
In Depth
Automated code checking replaces the manual process of a designer or plan reviewer reading through code requirements and visually verifying them against the drawings. AI performs this checking systematically — measuring dimensions, counting elements, tracing paths, and comparing values against the applicable code requirements for every element on every sheet.
The automation handles the IBC provisions that are quantitative and verifiable: corridor widths, travel distances, exit capacities, plumbing fixture counts, fire-resistance ratings, construction type limitations, and accessible route dimensions. These checks account for the majority of plan review comments and are exactly the type of repetitive, measurement-intensive work that AI handles more thoroughly than manual review.
Examples
Checking egress requirements automatically
Verifying accessibility compliance
Analyzing fire separation requirements
Nomic Use Cases
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Frequently Asked Questions
Automated building code checking uses AI to verify designs against building codes and standards without manual review. These systems analyze drawings for code compliance, identify violations, and provide specific code references. Automated code checking accelerates the review process and catches issues before permit submission.
Checking egress requirements automatically. Verifying accessibility compliance. Analyzing fire separation requirements.
Automated Code Compliance: Check drawings against 380+ building codes and standards with cited answers. Automated Drawing Review: Automatically review drawings against building codes, internal standards, and client requirements.