Coordination Review for Plan Reviewers

Why Plan Reviewers Need Coordination Review

Verifying code compliance on behalf of a jurisdiction, or as a third party reviewer before permit issuance is what Plan Reviewers are on the hook for. And a recurring problem is working through large drawing sets manually under time pressure, with real liability exposure if a compliance issue slips through.

Coordination Review addresses this head on, applied when drawings from multiple disciplines need to be checked against each other. The goal is straightforward: surface conflicts between architectural, structural, and MEP drawings before they reach the field.

What Structured AI Checks for Plan Reviewers

For plan reviewers running coordination review, Structured AI uses Overlay, which auto-aligns sheets from different disciplines, even at different scales, so cross-discipline conflicts show up without manual light table work. Findings are scoped to what this role is actually on the hook for, not a generic error list, but issues organized around verifying code compliance on behalf of a jurisdiction, or as a third party reviewer before permit issuance.

A 500-page set that would take days to review manually can be checked in around 20 minutes, with every finding tied to an exact page and location, which is the same standard of evidence a plan reviewer needs to confirm a finding quickly rather than take it on faith.

Where This Fits in Your Workflow

Coordination Review for plan reviewers usually happens when drawings from multiple disciplines need to be checked against each other. Structured AI works on .pdf, .dwg, .rvt, and .ifc files, and for Revit modeled projects, the Revit Add-In runs the same checks directly against live geometry with element level results, no export needed. Findings can be exported and assigned by trade or discipline, so the review step slots into the existing document workflow instead of adding a new one.

FAQ

How is coordination review different from a general plan check? Coordination Review is scoped to what actually matters at this stage of the project and for this role: surface conflicts between architectural, structural, and MEP drawings before they reach the field. It uses Structured AI's deterministic checks rather than a confidence-scored, probabilistic flag.

Do plan reviewers need special training to use this? No. Upload the relevant drawings and specifications, or connect the Revit model directly, and findings come back organized the way plan reviewers already review work. Teams can also build Custom Checks in plain English without writing any code.

Can findings be shared with the rest of the project team? Yes. Every finding links back to the exact sheet and location, and can be exported and assigned by trade or discipline for team wide visibility and follow up.