Find plan check comments before the city does
Norma.SI, the AI plan checker from ArchiWise, reviews your drawing set against the jurisdiction's zoning and building codes in minutes. Every finding is pinned to the sheet with the measured value, the required value and the code section.
- Average check time
- <2min
- On an average set
- 10+issues
- Findings cite the code
- 100%
1. Corridor is 36 in wide; 44 in required
Building code · Means of egress
2. Rear setback is 12 ft; 15 ft required
Zoning · Setbacks
3. Landscape plan missing from the set
Submittal checklist
Building height 34 ft, within the 35 ft limit
Zoning · Height
The permit isn't slow. The correction loop is.
Applicants find out what's wrong with a set only after it has waited in the queue. Cities spend reviewer hours on issues a machine could have caught at intake.
Every correction cycle costs weeks
A comment letter sends the set back to the design team, then back into the city's queue. A few missed setbacks or a narrow corridor can push the permit date by a month or more.
Routine issues slip through
Most comments aren't judgment calls. They're dimensions, counts and missing sheets that are easy to check and easy to miss on a deadline.
Reviewers spend time on the basics
Building departments re-check the same completeness and dimensional items on every submittal before they can get to the decisions that need a plan checker.
From upload to report in under two minutes
The same first pass a plan checker would do, on every set, every time.
- Step 1
Enter the project address
Norma.SI finds the jurisdiction and loads its zoning code, building code and submittal checklist.
- Step 2
Upload the drawing set
Drop in the PDF. Site plans, floor plans, elevations and details are detected automatically.
- Step 3
Choose what to check
Run completeness, zoning and building code checks together, or only the ones you need.
- Step 4
Review the findings
Each issue is pinned to the sheet with the measured value, the required value and the code section. Accept or dismiss it.
- Step 5
Revise and re-check
Upload the revised sheets and compare versions to confirm every comment is closed.
- Step 6
Share the report
Download a report for the team, the client or the submittal package.
Review
Every finding, on the sheet where it happens.
No hunting through a comment list. Each issue is marked on the drawing, with what was measured, what the code requires and the section it comes from.
- Markers on the exact spot of each sheet
- Measured value next to the required value
- Code section cited on every finding
- Accept or dismiss each finding with one click
GIF: click a marker on the sheet, the finding opens with its code section, then Accept
Re-check
Close every comment before you resubmit.
Upload the revised sheets and Norma.SI compares the new version with the last one, so you can see what's fixed, what's still open and what's new.
- Version-to-version comparison of findings
- Resolved, open and new issues at a glance
- Only the changed sheets need re-uploading
v1 → v2 comparison with resolved, open and new findings
Report
A report the whole team can act on.
Download a clear report for the design team, the client or the submittal package, with every finding and where it is.
- Findings grouped by sheet and by code
- Ready to share with consultants and clients
- A record of what was checked and when
The downloadable report, ideally with the 'Ready for submittal' state
Three checks, one report
Norma.SI reviews drawings against the adopted zoning and building codes of the jurisdiction where the project is.
Submittal completeness
Confirms the set has every sheet and document the jurisdiction's checklist requires, before it goes in the queue.
- Required sheets present
- Title block and sheet index
- Supporting documents
Zoning
Measures the design against the zoning that applies to the parcel.
- Setbacks and lot coverage
- Height and FAR
- Parking and landscaping
Building code
Checks the drawn conditions that plan checkers comment on most.
- Means of egress
- Accessibility
- Occupancy-related requirements
Built for both sides of the counter
Applicants use Norma.SI to submit cleaner sets. Building departments use it to review them faster.
For architects, engineers and developers
Check every set before it goes to the city, fix what Norma.SI finds, and submit with fewer surprises.
- Fewer correction cycles and a more predictable permit date
- Run zoning checks early, in schematic design
- A clean report as the standard before any set is submitted
- Compliance status of every project in one place
For city and county building departments
Give plan checkers a consistent first pass on every submittal. Your reviewers make every decision.
- Incomplete submittals caught at intake
- The same first pass against the same adopted code, whoever picks it up
- Reviewer time spent on judgment calls, not routine checks
- Configured to your adopted codes, local amendments and checklist
From parcel to permit, on the same zoning data
Norma.SI is built by the ArchiWise team on the zoning intelligence behind our site selection and feasibility tools, and takes the project one step further: to a set that is ready to submit.
- Step 1
AI Site Selection
Find the sites worth pursuing
- Step 2
AI Site Feasibility
Know what a site can become
- Step 3
AI Plan Check
Get the drawing set ready for permit
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Frequently Asked Questions
AI plan check is an automated review of a permit drawing set against the jurisdiction's zoning code, building code and submittal checklist. ArchiWise's AI plan checker, Norma.SI, returns a list of findings, each pinned to the sheet with the measured value, the required value and the code section.
Norma.SI is the AI plan check product built by the ArchiWise team. It has its own website and app at aiplanchecker.com, and it builds on the same zoning intelligence that powers ArchiWise's site selection and zoning tools.
Norma.SI checks drawings against the adopted zoning and building codes of the jurisdiction where the project is, and against that jurisdiction's submittal checklist. It does not verify structural or MEP calculations.
Coverage is growing. Tell us where your project is: if we don't cover that jurisdiction yet, we add its zoning and building codes right away, before your first check.
The average check takes under two minutes, and an average set comes back with more than ten issues to look at.
No. Norma.SI is a review tool, not an approval. Applicants use it to find and fix issues before they submit, and building departments use it as a consistent first pass. Permits are still issued by the jurisdiction, and the design professional of record remains responsible for the drawings.
PDFs of your drawing set. Norma.SI detects sheet types such as site plans, floor plans, elevations and details automatically.
Norma.SI offers simple per-check pricing for individual projects, and custom plans for municipalities and for teams working across several markets. Current pricing is on the Norma.SI website.
Submit the set once.
Not three times.
Run your next drawing set through Norma.SI and see what the city would have flagged.
Go to Norma.SIaiplanchecker.com · by ArchiWise