Menu changes reach every trade
When a fryer is added or a cooler moves, the change is checked through the hood, gas, plumbing, electrical, and suppression sheets on every site set.
Enterprise plan review for restaurant chains
Kitchens fully connected before the equipment arrives
For enterprise and national full-service and casual-dining chains opening, relocating, and remodeling units every year. Catch the gas line sized for last year's menu, the hood with no shutoff interlock, and the drain that misses the interceptor while the opening date is still safe.
- Freestanding prototypes
- In-line and end-cap units
- Site adapts
- Relocations
- Remodels
- Bars and patios
First project free. Volume pricing for 500+ projects a year.
Why teams use Groundbook
What your program gains
Prototypes that fit odd sites
End caps, in-line spaces, and irregular pads are checked against the prototype and the local code, so site changes do not break the kitchen.
Openings protected
Conflicts settled before permit are not found at inspection, days before an opening tied to a lease, hiring, and marketing.
AI plan review for restaurant chains is a first-pass check of each restaurant's drawings against each other, the specifications, your prototype and kitchen equipment package, and the building code at the site. Groundbook returns possible conflicts and missing information with links to the exact sheets, so the brand's construction team, the architect of record, and the kitchen consultant can close them before permit and bid. Groundbook has checked drawings for a national restaurant chain.
How it gets there
Common checks for restaurant chains
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen equipment connections | Kitchen equipment schedule and plan against plumbing, gas, electrical, and ventilation connections | Is the gas piping on the plumbing plan sized for the total input of the cooking line on the equipment schedule? |
| Hoods and fire suppression | Type I hood drawings against the cooking line, exhaust fan, makeup air, suppression system, and shutoff interlocks | Are the gas valve and appliance power shown interlocked to shut off when the hood suppression system discharges? |
| Grease and waste | Grease interceptor size and location against the fixtures and floor drains that discharge to it | Do the three-compartment sink and kitchen floor drains route to the grease interceptor shown on the site plan? |
| Walk-ins and refrigeration | Walk-in cooler and freezer plans against refrigeration, condensate drains, slab depressions, and circuits | Does the walk-in freezer show an insulated floor or slab depression, and a heated condensate line from the evaporator? |
| Dining, bar, and patio accessibility | Seating plan, bar, restrooms, and patio against the accessibility code | Are at least 5 percent of the dining surfaces accessible, and are they spread across the dining room, bar area, and patio? |
| Site adapt and utilities | Site plan, building orientation, and utility entries against the civil set and the prototype's service locations | Does the water service enter on the side where the prototype puts the water heater and backflow preventer, or does the site set reroute it? |
Restaurant project review checklist · Commercial kitchen drawing review checklist
In the program
Where Groundbook fits
Load the prototype and kitchen package
Upload the current prototype set, kitchen equipment package, and design criteria once. Every site set is checked against them.
Review the site adapt
Run a review when the architect issues the permit set. Findings come back in 20 minutes to 24 hours, each linked to the sheet it came from.
Follow the kitchen through the trades
See where the equipment schedule disagrees with the hood, gas, plumbing, and electrical sheets before the kitchen contractor prices the work.
Close it out
Assign findings to the architect, kitchen consultant, or engineer, comment, and export a report or Bluebeam markups for the next issue.
From a published review
A review of a commercial kitchen set found hood wiring drawn in series on one sheet and in parallel on another, undersized alarm batteries, and a missing power circuit.
Read the commercial kitchen case studyEnterprise
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 a site set against our kitchen equipment package?
Yes. Upload the kitchen equipment package, prototype drawings, and design criteria as references with the site set. The review flags where the drawings disagree with them, such as a connection, circuit, or drain that does not match the scheduled equipment. Groundbook has checked drawings for a national restaurant chain.
Does it check health department requirements?
Groundbook checks the building codes that governments publish online, plus anything you upload as a reference. Upload the local food code or the health department's plan review checklist with the set, and the review checks the drawings against it.
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 restaurant opening the same careful way
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