ASCE 7 wind and seismic load review

Load criteria are easy to state once and contradict somewhere else. PlanFlag checks that the ASCE 7 design parameters are present and agree across the set.

What PlanFlag checks against ASCE 7

• Design wind speed: stated on the structural notes and consistent wherever it reappears.
• Exposure and risk category: present and carried consistently across sheets.
• Seismic parameters: the seismic design criteria a set should state are present.
• ASCE 7 edition: the cited edition is consistent and matches the governing IBC reference.

Related discipline: Structural plan review.

One review, one price

Every review is the full review: each sheet read, then the set checked against itself, with comments ranked and kept to about the size of a reviewer's own markup. $1 a sheet, $50 minimum. A hold is placed on your card before the review runs and charged when it finishes; if the review fails, the hold is released.

Where the engineer stays in control

PlanFlag surfaces candidate findings for a licensed professional to evaluate. It does not perform engineering, and it does not seal, stamp, or approve anything. The engineer of record remains solely responsible for the design, and the reviewing professional remains responsible for every decision to act, or not act, on a finding. A clean or short report is not evidence that a set is complete or compliant; it describes only what was assessed.

The goal is the disciplined review a good reviewer already does: "here is what should be on this sheet, let me find it, and let me investigate the unexpected," run consistently and fast, with receipts.

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