Find what the drawings left out.
Check each drawing revision against the client’s design guideline — the VSBA Building Quality Standards Handbook is built in, or upload your own. Every requirement is matched to the sheets that should show it, and the team decides, comments and records variations in one audit trail.
- ConflictEach resident bedroom has at least two double GPOs, one either side of the bed.Guideline p.142, cl. 7.3.2A-211 Level 2 Plan: rooms 2.04–2.11 show one double GPO at the bedhead.
- Not shownCommunal courtyards are enclosed by 1.8 m fencing with a keyed gate.Guideline p.58, cl. 3.9.1Checked on L-101, A-001. No fence height or gate hardware noted.
- ShownEnsuite doors open outward or are sliding.Guideline p.97, cl. 5.4.6A-211, A-212: sliding doors tagged SD-02 to all ensuites.
- Check manuallyNurse call system is commissioned and tested before handover.Guideline p.210, cl. 11.2Not something a drawing shows. Listed for the PM to chase.
Nobody reads the guideline against the set
Aged care operators, multi-residential developers, schools and hospitals write their own design guidelines. The VSBA’s Building Quality Standards Handbook for Victorian government schools alone is 370 pages and thousands of musts and shoulds: power outlets per room, fence heights, door hardware, toilets, shade, signage.
The architects work from memory of that document, because nobody can hold it all in their head while drawing. Things get missed. Finding them means a project manager sitting with the guideline in one window and the set in the other, page by page. Most of the time it doesn’t happen, and the gap turns up on site.
How it works
- 01Turn the guideline into a checklist
Every must, shall and minimum becomes one checkable line, with the page and clause it came from. You strike, edit or add lines before anything runs.
- 02Read the drawing set
Each sheet is read from its title block and content: plan, elevation, services, landscape, schedule. Requirements are matched to the sheets that could show them.
- 03Check each sheet up close
Sheets are read at high resolution, in quarters, so small notes and symbols count. Every result points at the sheet and what was found, or says it wasn’t there.
What the report tells you
Drawn, but against the guideline: one GPO where two were required, a fence under height.
Not found on any sheet that should show it. Includes requirements the set has no sheet for at all.
Not a drawing question: commissioning, maintenance, procurement. Listed so it doesn’t fall off.
Found, with the sheet and the note, tag or symbol that shows it.
Overrule any line with a reason, assign it to someone, and record a variation (a VSBA Form 30) with its reference.
Comment threads sit on each requirement, so the architect’s answer is next to the clause it answers.
Every check, decision, comment and export goes into an append-only audit log, exportable as CSV. Compare revisions to see what was fixed.
Your documents stay yours
Drawings are stored privately for the project’s members only. Sheets are rendered in your browser and only the sheet being checked, with the requirements for it, is sent to the model. Access is by invitation.
What it won’t do
It’s a first pass that finds the likely gaps fast. It doesn’t replace the consultant’s sign-off, and it can’t read a scanned guideline without OCR. When it isn’t sure, it says “not shown” rather than guessing a pass, so you check a few extra lines instead of missing one.
Run it before the next design review.
One guideline, one drawing set, one list of what to send back to the architect.
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