Plan Review

The AI plan reviewer built on 6K+ local building codes

Automatically analyze drawings and specs against locally adopted codes. Plan Review flags issues before they become RFIs, change orders, and rework.

We're currently offering early access to Plan Review and rolling it out to select customers. Be among the first to experience UpCodes’ AI-native QA/QC platform.

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Check for compliance issues earlier and more often

QA/QC made accessible for your whole team

Plan Review gives you a first-pass analysis so you can catch costly issues before you break ground.
It cross-checks drawings against related specifications, project requirements, and code references, all within the same workflow.

Standardize QA/QC

Standardize QA/QC

Swap ad-hoc checks for a new compliance operating system that the entire firm can get behind.
Protect your margins & reputation

Protect your margins & reputation

Catch critical code mistakes before they turn into project-altering errors.
Reduce review bottlenecks

Reduce review bottlenecks

Give the whole team the tools to catch code issues independently.
One platform, multiple review types

Choose the right analysis for the job

Run your plans against the checks that matter: codes, specs, firm standards, and other disciplines. Combine them into a single review, or run each analysis on its own.
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Plan Review reads and interprets the drawings, including geometry, scale, clearances, and spatial relationships. It's how you catch design issues, not just documentation errors, while the cheapest fixes are still on the table.

Cross-discipline coordination
Code review
Spec coordination
Custom review
Constructability review
Civil review
Coordinate disciplines in one review
Cross-discipline coordination

Coordinate disciplines in one review

See whether the disciplines agree with one another. Plan Review analyzes architectural, structural, MEP, and fire disciplines together, then flags inconsistencies and conflicts. It offers another QA/QC pass, catching the issues that fall through the cracks between specialties.


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Check drawings against millions of local code sections
Code review

Check drawings against millions of local code sections

Analyze your plans against the building codes that apply to the project. Plan Review flags where a condition may conflict with a requirement, and ties each finding to the drawing and code section. You get a first pass of potential issues with all the evidence to make the final call.


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Find where specs and plans conflict
Specs coordination

Find where specs and plans conflict

Check whether what's drawn matches what's specified. Plan Review analyzes the plan set and the specifications together and flags anything that’s missing, contradictory, or described inconsistently. The document-to-document comparison your team runs by hand becomes an automated QA/QC review.


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Enforce your firm's standards, not just code
Custom review

Enforce your firm's standards, not just code

Review the project against criteria specific to your firm, client, or QA/QC process. Define the checks you want Plan Review to run, including firm checklists, office standards, and owner requirements. Your team's way of working holds on every project, no matter who runs the review.


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Check whether the drawings hold up in the field
Constructability review (coming soon)

Check whether the drawings hold up in the field

A design can meet code and still be a problem to build. Constructability reviews assess whether the drawings are complete, coordinated, and buildable before crews are on site. It adds a layer of QA/QC beyond code compliance, where problems are pricier and harder to fix.


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Check civil designs against local requirements
Civil review (coming soon)

Check civil designs against local requirements

Extend Plan Review into civil work, where the rules change every time you cross into a new municipality. Plan Review checks your civil designs against the codes that govern where you're building, across 4,000+ municipalities and counting. The requirements you're held to are the ones you get checked against.


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Trusted by the firms shaping how QA/QC gets done
How it works

How Plan Review moves drawings from upload to verified

Plan Review runs inside UpCodes Projects. Each review inherits the project's jurisdiction, code year, and building type, so every check runs against the same locally adopted codes your team is already using.

Upload your drawings and choose how to run the analysis: a general code review, or a checklist-based review using your firm's QA/QC templates. Plan Review uses your project parameters to focus on the requirements that apply, narrowing the review to what matters.

Plan Review returns issues organized by severity and category, each linked to the relevant page in the drawings and the governing code section. Discrepancies between plans and specifications are also flagged, allowing you to filter, comment, assign owners, change status, and ask UpCodes Copilot for clarification, all inside your project. Discussion and decisions stay tied to the issue they came from.

Upload a new revision to confirm fixes and track outstanding items across versions. Export a report when you're ready to share findings internally, with consultants, or with the AHJ. The history of what's been resolved and verified stays intact.

FAQs

Everything you need to know about Plan Review

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If your team is interested in Plan Review, please contact our sales team to learn more.

Plan Review analyzes your plans against your specs and against 11M+ sections of locally adopted codes. When issues arise, they are tied to enforceable requirements for your project's jurisdiction and code year, with direct citations to the governing sections. This helps reviewers verify compliance against the codes that actually apply, with a clear audit trail back to the source.

Plan Review reviews architectural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, structural, fire protection, life safety, accessibility, and energy/sustainability drawings within a single project, so coordination issues across specialties surface in one place.

No. UpCodes does not use your drawings, specs, conversations, or any uploaded content to train models. Your project content stays yours.

Plan Review catches building code errors that can be verified directly from the drawings and specs, including egress widths, fire-resistance ratings, accessibility dimensions, and items covered by your firm's checklists.

Absolutely. Upload your existing checklist and run reviews against it. Plan Review returns issues tied to your checklist items, so the review reflects the standards your firm has developed.

Yes. Export a report of issues, statuses, and comments to share outside UpCodes. For internal collaboration within the UpCodes platform (e.g., assigning issues, creating and resolving comments, etc.), an audit trail keeps everything organized.

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Every plan, every spec, cross-checked against the code

See how Plan Review systematizes QA/QC across your projects, helping your team reduce rework, protect project margins, and ship cleaner documentation.

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