AI Plan Check Benchmarks: How Many Issues Does a Review Find?

Across nearly 500 published InspectMind case studies, the median construction project surfaces 87 issues in an AI plan check, with an average of about 175. Counts range from a single issue on small sets to 5,199 on the largest project reviewed. As a working rule of thumb, an AI review finds roughly 70 issues per 100 drawing sheets. These benchmarks are drawn from real projects, not estimates.

Issues found per project

• Median: 87 issues per project
• Average: ~175 issues per project
• Range: 1 to 5,199 issues
• Rule of thumb: ~70 issues per 100 sheets

The median (87) is well below the average (175) because a handful of very large, multi- discipline sets pull the average up. For a typical permit set, the median is the more useful expectation.

Distribution by issue count

How nearly 500 published case studies break down by the number of issues found:

• 1–10 issues: 26 projects
• 11–25 issues: 45 projects
• 26–50 issues: 75 projects
• 51–100 issues: 126 projects
• 101–200 issues: 109 projects
• 201–500 issues: 91 projects
• 501–1,000 issues: 14 projects
• 1,000+ issues: 11 projects

Over 80% of projects land between 10 and 500 issues. Sets above 1,000 issues are almost always large, multi-building or multi-discipline submissions.

Which disciplines drive the most issues?

In the case-study corpus, structural and architectural drawings appear most frequently, followed by electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and civil. Many of the most expensive findings are not within a single discipline at all — they are cross-discipline coordination conflicts (duct vs. structure, fixtures vs. plan, panel clearances) that only surface when every discipline is reviewed against the others.

• Structural plan check
• Architectural drawing review
• MEP coordination review
• Civil plan check
• Fire & life safety review

Why a high issue count is good news

Finding more issues before construction is the goal, not a red flag. Fixing a problem in design is roughly 10x cheaper than fixing it in the field, where the same conflict becomes an RFI, a change order, or rework. A thorough pre-submission review that surfaces 200 issues you can resolve on paper is far cheaper than discovering a fraction of them after the concrete is poured.

See the underlying projects in the case study library, or read how the review works in How It Works.

How these benchmarks were measured

Figures are aggregated from InspectMind's published case studies — real construction document sets reviewed by the platform, each with a verifiable issue count and evidence for every finding. Across the broader platform, InspectMind has reviewed 2,800+ projects for 500+ companies. Benchmarks vary with discipline mix, design stage, and set quality, and are provided as general guidance.