Cover more of the set
Screen plans, schedules, details, specifications, and supporting documents for questions that deserve examiner attention.
Review more of every set. Keep every decision yours
Give public and third-party plan review teams a source-linked first pass across permit drawings, specifications, review checklists, and building codes—so experienced reviewers can focus on the issues that need professional judgment.
AI-assisted review with traceable evidence—not automated approval.
Groundbook AI for plans examiners is an AI-assisted screening of permit sets that compares drawings, specifications, and checklists against building codes, including those governments publish online, and returns possible questions with the exact sheet, location, and supporting source. Every determination stays with the reviewer and the authority having jurisdiction; the tool widens coverage of the first pass. California reviewers can also read our guide to AB 253 and third-party residential plan review.
Trace the evidenceMove from a possible issue to the exact drawing, specification, checklist, or code source.
Apply your standardsUse jurisdiction, firm, discipline, and project-specific review instructions.
Keep reviewers in controlQualified professionals validate every finding and make every determination.
A broader first pass without lowering the standard of review
Permit sets contain thousands of connected requirements. Groundbook AI helps examiners investigate more of those relationships while preserving the reviewer’s authority.
Apply the same first pass
Run repeatable review instructions across projects while leaving nuanced interpretation to qualified reviewers.
Start from cited evidence
Give reviewers the relevant sheet, location, and source context behind each finding before they decide what to do.
Permit review signals across the complete project set
Choose the documents and review instructions for each project. Groundbook AI returns structured, source-linked findings for your team to verify.
Permit-set consistency
Compare plans, schedules, sections, details, notes, calculations, and specifications for information that may not align.
Cross-discipline coordination
Follow possible life-safety, accessibility, structural, MEP, fire-protection, energy, and civil issues across related documents.
Building code review
Compare project documents with the adopted codes and local amendments. We read the codes governments publish online, the way a human reviewer does, and use licensed codes and standards only where a license allows it.
Your review checklists
Apply jurisdiction, firm, discipline, permit-type, completeness, or project-specific checklists across the submission.
Support the reviewer before comments are issued
Use Groundbook AI to organize a consistent first pass, investigate cross-file relationships, and prepare possible issues for examiner validation. Your existing review process remains the system of record.
Reviewer validation required- Municipal plan reviewGive building-department staff a source-linked screening layer before formal determinations.
- Third-party plan reviewHelp consulting teams apply repeatable internal procedures across a changing project queue.
- Specialty and peer reviewFocus the review on selected disciplines, checklists, or uploaded reference sources.
From submission to validated review questions
Upload the review package
Add permit drawings, specifications, calculations, checklists, and any reference material needed for context. You can also upload a code you’re licensed to use, where your license allows it.
Define the first pass
Select cross-file, checklist, and building code checks that match the jurisdiction, scope, and permit type.
Validate every finding
Review the cited evidence, apply professional judgment, and decide whether an item belongs in the official process.
Groundbook AI does not approve permits
Groundbook AI organizes possible issues and their supporting evidence. It does not determine code compliance, exercise delegated authority, stamp or seal documents, or replace the plans examiner, licensed reviewer, or authority having jurisdiction.
- Reviewer validation before any official action
- Evidence linked to each possible finding
- Scope defined by your uploaded sources and instructions
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What plan review teams ask
Can Groundbook AI review against building codes?
Yes. We read the building codes and amendments that states, counties, and cities publish online, in a web browser, the way a human reviewer does, and we detect the codes your drawings cite. Model codes and standards that publishers own, such as the International Codes, NFPA, and ASME, are licensed; we use them only where a license allows it, and you can upload a copy you’re licensed to use. Each finding cites the section. We never copy or distribute code text. Your team determines which provisions apply and makes all compliance decisions.
Can we include local amendments and jurisdiction checklists?
Yes. Upload jurisdiction checklists, review instructions, any amendment that isn’t published online, and any standard you’re licensed to use, and they are included in the selected review scope. A code PDF you upload can be saved once for reuse on future projects and stays private to your account.
Does Groundbook AI replace a plans examiner or licensed third-party reviewer?
No. It supports a source-linked first pass. A qualified reviewer remains responsible for interpretation, completeness, comments, approvals, and every exercise of professional or delegated authority.
Can review teams focus on a particular discipline or permit type?
Yes. The uploaded files and selected instructions define the review scope, whether the team is screening a complete building set or focusing on structural, MEP, life-safety, accessibility, energy, or another area.
See how AI-assisted plan review fits your process
Walk us through a representative review package, your checklists, and the decisions your reviewers need to keep.