Stop 5 of 8 · Weekly
Accessibility and code checklist
A checklist of the accessibility and code items this jurisdiction will look at, pointed at the plan, written as questions Nadine answers in the adopted code text.
Why this stop exists
Nadine has done accessibility reviews on medical suites, retail and tenant improvements for two decades, and the part that takes the time is not knowing the requirements. It is walking the plan against them, one item at a time, in the jurisdiction that actually applies, and doing it before the plan checker does it for you at week six.
Claude is useful here in exactly one way. It builds the list of things to look at, in the order a plan checker looks at them, pointed at the sheets in your set. It is not useful as an answer. Nothing it says is a code determination, and the studio instructions make it write every item as a question with a section it thinks the answer lives in.
The three columns
| The item | What Claude gives you | What Nadine does |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible route from the entry | The section it is likely in, and the sheets to check | Opens the adopted code and the amendment, measures the plan |
| Restroom clearances | The dimensions to measure and where | Reads the section, marks up the plan |
| Signage and mounting | The list, per door | Confirms against the jurisdiction's own handout |
The middle column is a list of places to look. The right column is the work. That split is the whole method, and it is what lets you use this without ever putting your licence behind a sentence a model wrote.
This is a tenant improvement in [jurisdiction], occupancy group as stated on the project sheet, and here is the drawing set. [attach the set] Build the accessibility and code review checklist a plan checker there would work through. One row per item: what is being checked, the code or standard section you believe it lives in, the sheet and detail in my set where the answer should be visible, and what I should be measuring or reading when I get there. Phrase every row as a question. Do not state any requirement as settled and do not use the word complies. End with the items where you are unsure which section applies.
Using only the drawing set attached, tell me which of the checklist items are actually answerable from these drawings and which are not. For the ones that are not, say what is missing: a dimension, a detail, a mounting height, a door swing, a clear floor space. That list is what I send to the drafter today.
For [jurisdiction], list the local amendments and submittal requirements I should look up myself before I finalise this checklist, with the document each one lives in and where I would find that document. Do not tell me what the amendments say.