How PlanScanAI helps
Building surveying means cross-referencing drawings, specifications, schedules and annotations across multiple disciplines. Whether you’re writing a dilapidations schedule, condition report, pre-acquisition survey or party wall assessment, PlanScanAI accelerates the desktop-research phase so site time stays productive.
Pick ‘General Survey’ as your trade and run a Guided Scan. The AI pulls general building elements — walls, doors, windows, services, external features — and flags annotations that suggest defects, alterations or compliance issues.
What PlanScanAI extracts from general survey drawings
Covers the breadth of chartered surveying work in commercial, residential and institutional contexts.
- Building elements — walls, doors, windows, ceilings
- External fabric — cladding, roofing, rainwater goods
- Services — electrical, mechanical, plumbing, gas at high level
- Annotated defects, cracks and movement indicators
- Alteration history references on revised drawings
- Compliance-related annotations — fire, accessibility, asbestos
- Schedule of condition references
- Party wall extents and associated structures
- Dilapidations — specific repair items called out in drawings
- Statutory compliance items — means of escape, ventilation rates
- Historic features and listed-building annotations
- Environmental performance annotations — insulation, glazing specs
Why chartered surveyors choose PlanScanAI
- Faster pre-acquisition due diligence on commercial property.
- Dilapidations schedules written from AI-extracted element lists.
- Consistent coverage across multi-building portfolios.
- Better-informed site visits with drawing review done beforehand.
- Works across disciplines — structural, services and architectural drawings in one scan.
Ready to try it?
PlanScanAI is currently in public beta with early-adopter pricing locked in for life. Start with a free trial — five scans, every feature unlocked, no card required. See the AI run on your own drawings and decide from there.