No repairs under a frozen floor
Freezer slab, insulation, vapor retarder, and underfloor heat are checked together, because once a freezer is pulled down they are very hard to reach.
Enterprise plan review for cold-chain distribution
Every temperature boundary right before pull-down
For Fortune 500 grocers, food-service distributors, and enterprise cold-storage operators building freezer and cooler distribution centers. Catch the freezer slab with no heat, the unsealed panel penetration, and the wet sprinkler pipe in a freezer while they are on paper and cheap to fix.
- Grocery distribution centers
- Food-service warehouses
- Freezer and cooler additions
- Blast freezers
- Produce ripening rooms
- Cross-dock facilities
First project free. Volume pricing for 500+ projects a year.
Why teams use Groundbook
What your program gains
Refrigeration that fits the building
Piping, evaporators, and machinery rooms are checked against structure, roof, electrical, and fire protection drawn by other firms.
Every zone protected
Each freezer, cooler, and dock is checked for the sprinkler system, doors, and seals its temperature calls for.
AI plan review for cold-chain distribution centers is a first-pass check of the envelope, floor, refrigeration, fire protection, and electrical documents against each other, the specifications, your design standards, and the building code. Groundbook flags possible conflicts at the boundaries between temperature zones with links to the exact sheets, so the refrigeration designer, the engineers of record, and the builder can resolve them before panels and piping are fabricated.
How it gets there
Common checks for cold-chain distribution
Each row is a place where the documents for one site often disagree. The review compares them and returns each possible conflict with the sheets it came from.
| Area | What is compared | A question a finding raises |
|---|---|---|
| Freezer floor assembly | Freezer slab section, insulation, vapor retarder, and underfloor heating or venting against the structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings | Does the freezer slab section show the underfloor heating the mechanical drawings call for, and is that system powered on the electrical plans? |
| Insulated envelope | Insulated metal panel layouts, joints, and penetrations against the architectural, refrigeration, and electrical drawings | Are the refrigerant and conduit penetrations through the freezer panels detailed with a vapor-sealed sleeve? |
| Refrigeration machinery room | Machinery room layout, ventilation, detection, and relief piping against the mechanical code and the refrigeration design | For an ammonia system, does the machinery room show the emergency ventilation and ammonia detection the refrigeration design calls for? |
| Sprinklers in freezers | Dry-pipe, preaction, or antifreeze systems and storage heights against the room temperatures and the fire protection design basis | Is the freezer served by a dry or preaction system, or does a wet system run into a room the plans hold below freezing? |
| Docks and vestibules | Refrigerated dock doors, seals, vestibules, and air curtains against door schedules and specifications | Are the refrigerated dock doors on the floor plan scheduled with the insulated panels and seals the specifications require? |
| Electrical and controls | Evaporators, condensers, door heaters, and battery charging against panel schedules and the one-line diagram | Do the freezer door heater circuits and evaporator defrost loads appear on the panel schedules? |
Cold storage project review · Cross-discipline coordination review
In the program
Where Groundbook fits
Load your cold-storage standards
Upload your temperature-zone criteria, panel and floor standards, and refrigeration design basis. They become the references for each new site.
Review the coordinated set
Run a review with architectural, structural, refrigeration, fire protection, and electrical drawings together. Findings arrive in 20 minutes to 24 hours, linked to the sheet.
Check the boundaries
Read the findings zone by zone: freezer, cooler, dock, and ambient. Use Smart Overlay to line up the refrigeration plan with the architectural plan.
Close the loop
Assign each finding to the refrigeration designer, the engineer of record, or the panel supplier, and export marked-up drawings for the coordination meeting.
Enterprise
Built to roll out across a program
The review is the same on every plan. Enterprise changes how you buy it, sign in, connect it, and get help.
Predictable cost at any volume
Volume pricing for programs reviewing 500 or more projects a year, or prepaid credits for up to 15% off. Every review shows its price before you pay.
A fast yes from IT and legal
SSO and MFA, an audit trail, granular access levels, and on-prem or US hosting. Encrypted, never used to train models, and an NDA on request.
Findings where your teams already work
Import from Autodesk Construction Cloud (including Revit sheets), SharePoint, Egnyte, ProjectWise, Box, and more, and send findings into your own systems with the REST API, CLI, or a custom integration.
A team that knows your program
A direct line to our team for onboarding, your review checklists and standards, code sources, and questions about findings.
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Built for owners who build at scale
Questions, answered
What program teams ask
Can Groundbook review refrigeration drawings from a specialty designer?
Yes. Upload the refrigeration drawings with the rest of the set. The review compares them with the architectural, structural, electrical, and fire protection drawings and flags where equipment, piping, or loads disagree.
Does it check the codes for ammonia or CO2 systems?
The review checks the building and mechanical codes that governments publish online, and other standards only where you upload a copy your license allows. The refrigeration engineer of record remains responsible for the system design.
How is pricing set for a program with many sites?
Programs reviewing 500 or more projects a year get volume pricing. Smaller programs can buy prepaid credits for up to 15% off. Every review shows its exact price before you pay, and the first project is free.
Does Groundbook replace the architect of record or plan check?
No. Groundbook surfaces possible issues with links to their sources. The architects and engineers of record, your own team, and the authority having jurisdiction remain responsible for every decision.
Where is our project data stored?
On AWS in the United States by default, or on-prem for programs that need it, encrypted at rest and in transit. Project data is never used to train models and is visible only to the people you invite. SSO and MFA, an NDA, and security questionnaires are available on request.
Review every freezer and cooler before it is built
Tell us how many sites you build or remodel a year and which systems you use. Or try a set yourself: the first project is free.