Resets that stay protected
Revised racking and merchandise plans are compared with the sprinkler design, so a taller rack or a moved aisle is caught before it is stocked.
Enterprise plan review for home improvement retail
Racking, merchandise, and fire protection that agree
For Fortune 500 and enterprise home improvement chains building and refitting large-format stores. Find racks taller than the sprinkler design, aerosols outside their protected aisle, and garden centers with no sprinkler coverage before the fire marshal does.
- New stores
- Store refits
- Garden centers
- Lumber and building materials
- Tool rental shops
- Pro desks and loading
First project free. Volume pricing for 500+ projects a year.
Why teams use Groundbook
What your program gains
Hazardous goods where the design expects them
Paints, aerosols, pool chemicals, and propane are checked against control areas and fire protection, so the floor matches what was approved.
Outdoor areas coordinated too
Garden centers, lumber yards, and loading areas get the same review as the building: structure, drainage, power, and sprinkler coverage.
AI plan review for home improvement retailers is a first-pass comparison of a store's racking, merchandise, fire protection, structural, MEP, and site documents with each other, your design standards, and the applicable code. Groundbook flags possible conflicts and gaps with links to the sheets, so your store planning team, the architect, and the fire protection engineer can resolve them before permit.
How it gets there
Common checks for home improvement retail
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 |
|---|---|---|
| High-piled storage and in-rack sprinklers | Rack heights, beam levels, commodity classes, and flue spaces against the sprinkler design and high-piled storage plan | Do the in-rack sprinkler levels on the fire protection plan match the beam levels and rack heights on the racking plan? |
| Hazardous materials | Paint, aerosol, pool chemical, and fertilizer locations against the hazardous materials inventory statement and control areas | Is the aerosol aisle where the NFPA 30B protection on the fire protection sheets assumes it is? |
| Garden center | Canopies, greenhouses, irrigation, and drainage against structure, plumbing, electrical, and sprinkler coverage | Is the covered garden center shown with sprinkler coverage on the fire protection plan, as the architectural notes require? |
| Lumber and building materials | Drive-through lumber aisles, cantilever racks, and loading doors against clearances, structure, and traffic routing | Does the cantilever rack height leave the vehicle clearance the drive-through lumber aisle needs? |
| Propane and outdoor storage | Cylinder exchange cabinets and outdoor storage against separation distances, exits, and the site plan | Is the propane exchange cabinet on the site plan at the separation from doors and openings that NFPA 58 requires? |
| Tool rental and pro areas | Tool rental shop, pro desk, and contractor pickup against power, ventilation, and egress | Does the tool rental repair room, where small engines run, have the exhaust shown on the mechanical plan? |
Retail project review checklist · NFPA 400 hazardous materials plan review
In the program
Where Groundbook fits
Load the standards
Upload your store prototype, racking and merchandising standards, and hazardous materials guidelines once as references.
Review each store set
Run a review before permit. Findings arrive in 20 minutes to 24 hours, each tied to the sheet and reference behind it.
Compare resets
Overlay a revised racking plan on the previous one with Smart Overlay to see what moved before the sprinkler design is updated.
Assign and export
Assign findings to the architect, the fire protection engineer, or the civil engineer, comment, and export a report or Bluebeam markups.
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 check hazardous merchandise against the fire protection design?
Yes, when the merchandise plan, the hazardous materials inventory statement, and the fire protection drawings are uploaded. The review compares where products are stored with the protection and control areas the drawings show, and flags mismatches for the engineer of record.
Does it review the garden center and lumber areas?
Yes. Canopy, greenhouse, irrigation, site, and lumber yard sheets are reviewed with the rest of the store set, so their structure, drainage, power, and sprinkler coverage are checked against each other.
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 home improvement store the same careful way
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.