How SMARTreview AI Compliance Reports streamline the permitting process between architects and Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
SMARTreview believes that providing architects with the proper tools allows them to focus on designing great buildings without constant worry about compliance. With the SMARTreview APR, the architect can easily design for compliance against any rule book. But the architect also needs to communicate that compliant design effectively to the Authority Having Jurisdiction — that is why we created the SMARTreview AI Compliance Report.
The AI Compliance Report takes the per-rule results from an APR analysis and has AI author a comprehensive narrative report that can be submitted directly to an AHJ. It provides an extremely detailed, rule-by-rule account of the project’s compliance with the applicable building code or standard.
"The more comprehensive the compliance report, the easier it is for the plans examiner to quickly and safely render judgement as to whether or not the project can receive its building permit."
Since part of our company DNA includes architects and municipal plans examiners, we understand the challenges that face the interaction between architects and AHJs. Architects are under intense pressure to deliver safe projects on time. AHJs face increasing backlogs in the permitting process. With the SMARTreview AI Compliance Report, we believe these backlogs and delays can be reduced significantly by addressing the following trouble areas:
To best illustrate the difference between the current approach and the approach advocated by SMARTreview, consider the following:
An owner engages an architectural firm to design a new building that is 10,000 square feet in size and hosts a business and a mercantile area.
The architect has a design believed to be compliant with the International Building Code. The architect writes project information into a simple compliance report and submits the plans along with that report to the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
The plans examiner reviews the simple compliance report and communicates deficiencies back to the architect, putting the review on hold while waiting for additional information.
The architect scrambles to provide the requested information. Upon resubmission, the review takes another 20 days to complete as the plans examiner bridges the gap between what was provided and what is required for a comprehensive permit review.
The architect uses SMARTreview APR throughout the design process, iterating against the rule book as they design. At the end of the design cycle, the architect generates an AI Compliance Report from the analysis results with a single action.
The report is generated in seconds and describes in extraordinary detail the project’s compliance with the applicable rule book — authored by AI, rule by rule.
The architect submits the plans and the AI Compliance Report to the AHJ. The plans examiner reviews the comprehensive report and is able to quickly determine that the design can be permitted.