Pre-Permit Review for Plan Reviewers

Why Plan Reviewers Need Pre-Permit Review

Plan Reviewers are accountable for verifying code compliance on behalf of a jurisdiction, or as a third party reviewer before permit issuance. One thing that keeps coming up for this role is working through large drawing sets manually under time pressure, with real liability exposure if a compliance issue slips through.

Pre-Permit Review addresses this head on, applied before a drawing set goes to the jurisdiction for permit. The goal is straightforward: catch code and coordination issues that would otherwise turn into plan check comments and correction cycles.

What Structured AI Checks for Plan Reviewers

For plan reviewers running pre-permit review, Structured AI uses QA/QC Compliance Checks, run against the full code and compliance library before submittal. Every finding comes back with the exact page, location, issue, and fix. 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

Pre-Permit Review for plan reviewers usually happens before a drawing set goes to the jurisdiction for permit. 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 pre-permit review different from a general plan check? Pre-Permit Review is scoped to what actually matters at this stage of the project and for this role: catch code and coordination issues that would otherwise turn into plan check comments and correction cycles. 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.