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Runs in your model
One click inside Revit checks your design against the codes for your project type and jurisdiction — no exports, no separate report. Issues are mapped to the exact elements they affect.
[ AI Building Code Compliance ]
AI building code compliance, built into your BIM model.
Kestrel brings AI building code compliance into the design process — checking your BIM model against jurisdiction-specific codes while you design, not after. AI-powered, deterministically verified, and cited to the exact code section.
[ Definition ]
What is AI building code compliance?
The short version: software that uses AI to check a design against the building codes that govern it — and shows its work.
AI building code compliance is the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a building design against the adopted building codes and local amendments that apply to it — flagging where the design does not yet meet a requirement and pointing to the code section behind each issue. The hard part is not generating plausible answers. It is being right, and being verifiable: in a high-trust, high-risk industry, every flagged issue has to trace back to the exact source a reviewer can check.
Kestrel runs this directly against your BIM model in Revit, during design — so issues surface while they are still inexpensive to resolve, rather than at plan check.
[ How Kestrel Does It ]
AI-powered. Deterministically verified.
AI is good at reading and standardizing vast bodies of code. It should not be the thing you trust blindly to tell you a design passes. Kestrel pairs the two.
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Cited to the source
Every flagged issue points back to the code section, paragraph, and adopted local amendment that governs it — so you can verify it, defend it to a reviewer, and stand behind it on a stamped set.
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Built for trust
Kestrel surfaces what's checkable and shows its work. Final interpretation and professional judgment stay with the architect. The tool takes the tedious work off your plate, not the decisions.
[ FAQ ]
AI building code compliance, answered
The questions architects ask most. Reach out if yours isn't here.
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What is AI building code compliance?
AI building code compliance is the use of artificial intelligence to check a building design against the building codes and local amendments that apply to it, flagging where the design does not meet a requirement and citing the exact code section behind each issue. Kestrel runs this inside the BIM model during design, so issues surface before plan check.
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Is AI building code compliance accurate enough to rely on?
AI is strong at reading and standardizing large bodies of code, but a building permit is a high-trust, high-risk decision. That is why Kestrel pairs AI with deterministic verification and cites every flagged issue to the exact code section, paragraph, and adopted amendment — so you can confirm each result rather than take the system's word for it.
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Does AI building code compliance replace architect code review?
No. Kestrel runs a first-pass compliance check to surface issues early. Final interpretation, professional judgment, and design decisions stay with the licensed architect. The tool takes the tedious work off your plate, not the decisions.
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How is Kestrel different from AI plan review tools?
Most AI tools review PDF drawing sets at submission, on the plan-review side of the process. Kestrel works on the design side: it runs inside your BIM model in Revit during design, so issues are caught while they are still inexpensive to change rather than at permit review.
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What codes and jurisdictions does it support?
Kestrel is built on official code data through a collaboration with the International Code Council (ICC) and supports jurisdiction-specific requirements and local amendments. Coverage is actively expanding — schedule a demo to confirm support for a specific jurisdiction.
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Does it work inside Revit?
Yes. Kestrel Compliance Analysis runs inside Autodesk Revit, and Kestrel Compliance Chat is available both in Revit and the browser. A web dashboard lets project managers and principals track compliance status without opening the model.