CivicPlus, a leader in public sector SaaS, has announced a strategic partnership with CodeComply.Ai, the first AI-powered platform in the United States specifically designed to accelerate building plan reviews. This collaboration addresses the growing pressure on building departments to manage increasingly complex submissions despite limited staffing and the retirement of experienced officials. By integrating AI-driven compliance assessments into existing workflows, the partnership aims to eliminate manual bottlenecks that currently hinder economic development and housing projects.
CivicPlus has partnered with CodeComply.Ai to automate and accelerate building plan reviews.
The platform addresses the 83% of developers who cite permitting delays as a barrier to housing.
CodeComply.Ai uses AI for floor plan analysis, version comparison, and automated compliance checks.
The system supports major standards including IBC, IMC, IPC, IRC, ADA, and NFPA.
Integration into the Civic Impact Platform aims to reduce review times from months to minutes.
Automated checks act as decision-support tools, preserving the final authority of human reviewers.
The partnership seeks to modernize the most time-intensive portion of the permitting process. CodeComply.Ai transforms traditional plan reviews by providing automated version comparisons and centralized comment management. This shift from fragmented, manual tools to a unified AI-powered assessment helps maintain review quality while significantly increasing the volume of plans a department can process. By streamlining these approvals, local governments can better support infrastructure projects and resident needs.
"Plan review has become too manual, too fragmented, and too slow to support the pace of modern development," said CivicPlus Senior Product Director Cari Tate. "By partnering with CodeComply.Ai we're giving communities a smarter, faster way to manage plan reviews, improving efficiency for staff and creating a more seamless experience for residents and businesses."
The integration of CodeComply.Ai into the CivicPlus Community Development solution provides a powerful resource for compliance with diverse codes, including ADA, FHA, and various state-amended building standards. For local governments, this means a reduction in the "permitting gap" that often stalls commercial and residential growth. The technology identifies non-compliant items automatically, allowing reviewers to focus on critical safety determinations rather than tedious manual cross-referencing.
"Partnering with CivicPlus expands our mission to empower local governments with intelligent, efficient solutions," said Patrick Hughes, President of CodeComply.Ai. "Embedding our AI-driven plan review into the Civic Impact Platform, which is trusted by thousands of agencies, enables us to help communities cut plan review times from months to minutes, reducing bottlenecks, promoting safety, and accelerating economic development and infrastructure projects."
As jurisdictions face staffing shortages, scalable automation has transitioned from a luxury to an essential utility. The CivicPlus and CodeComply.Ai partnership provides a pathway for high-performing civic leaders to overcome resource constraints. By leveraging AI to handle the heavy lifting of code assessment, building departments can deliver faster services to residents and developers alike, fostering a more responsive and efficient government environment.
About CivicPlus
Thousands of high-performing civic leaders rely on CivicPlus® as their trusted partner for impact-led government. With CivicPlus, leaders can finally overcome the perpetual tradeoff between the demand for better services and the realities of operational resources, leveraging the unique Civic Impact Platform to deliver both unmatched end-to-end automated efficiency and truly unified, delightful resident experiences. Backed by over 25 years of experience and leveraging the insights of more than 950 team members, our solutions are chosen by over 13,000 organizations and are used daily by over 340 million people in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, please visit civicplus.com.
About CodeComply.Ai
CodeComply.Ai uses artificial intelligence to transform the building safety permit process, catering to the needs of both plan submitters and reviewers. CodeComply.Ai automatically generates a list of non-compliant items and verifies compliance throughout the building continuously. The company focuses on a two-pronged approach: helping architects, contractors, developers, and permit expediters to submit plans that are fully compliant, and equipping building departments with the tools to review these plans more swiftly and effectively.
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