AI Compliance Checking

Compliance checking in AEC spans building codes, accessibility standards, fire codes, energy codes, zoning requirements, and project-specific standards. Each has hundreds of individual requirements, many of which depend on classifications and calculations from other requirements. Manual compliance checking is inherently incomplete because no human reviewer can verify every requirement on every sheet.

AI compliance checking is systematic. It applies every applicable requirement to every relevant element on the drawings, producing a comprehensive compliance report with specific findings, code references, and drawing locations. A finding might read: "Sheet A2.1 — Corridor C204 width measures 34 inches. IBC 2018 Table 1020.2 requires a minimum of 44 inches for corridors, or 36 inches where the corridor serves an occupant load of less than 50, and ICC A117.1 Section 403.5.1 requires a 36-inch minimum clear width for the accessible route. Recommend verifying corridor width."

This level of specificity — citing the exact code section, the exact drawing location, and the exact measurement — is what separates useful compliance checking from generic alerts. The design team can evaluate each finding, decide whether a correction is needed, and document their resolution. The compliance report becomes part of the project record, demonstrating due diligence in code compliance.