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179 Issues Caught Before Construction on a California K-12 Renovation

Cross-discipline code violations, accessibility gaps, and life-safety conflicts, surfaced before permitting to prevent costly RFIs and rework.

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Issues found
179
Disciplines
8+
Code standards
6

The project

A California public elementary school renovation involving classroom modernization, MEP system upgrades, and full accessibility compliance. The project required coordination across architectural, structural, civil, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection scopes, all under DSA oversight.

Project type
K-12 education · California

Codes referenced: 2022 CBC · Title 24 · NFPA 13 · CBC 11B · Structural loads

Sample findings

Fire Protection
Sprinkler hydraulic calculation inconsistencies and hazard classification conflicts between drawings and specs.
Accessibility (CBC 11B)
Missing wheelchair-accessible toilet compartments, protruding objects in circulation paths, and reach range violations.
Structural/Seismic
Missing seismic design parameters and unverified reuse of existing ceiling grid systems without bracing verification.
MEP Coordination
Pipe sizing contradictions between riser diagrams and floor plans, fire damper installation errors at rated assemblies.

Value delivered

  • Cross-discipline conflicts flagged in one review
  • Life-safety issues resolved before permitting
  • Reduced risk of DSA review rejections
  • Prioritized issue list with code references
“InspectMind caught the kind of cross-discipline conflicts that slip through every manual review, life-safety issues that would have been flagged by inspectors, not by us.”
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