AISC 360 steel and connection review

Steel sets carry their logic in schedules and connection details, with connection design often delegated. PlanFlag checks the set provides what the next engineer needs.

What PlanFlag checks against AISC 360

• Member schedules vs. plans: beam and column schedules reconciled against framing-plan callouts at each gridline.
• Connection detailing: presence and consistency of connection details across the set.
• Delegated design, at the set level: delegated connection design is standard; PlanFlag checks the set provides the design criteria and loads the delegated engineer needs somewhere in the documents, rather than flagging an individual detail for not repeating them.
• Steel grade and edition: specified steel grade and the cited AISC edition are consistent.

Related discipline: Structural plan review.

Three tiers of depth

Essential runs a single best-in-class pass for a fast, affordable first read. Professional adds a reasoning pass that weighs findings against each other and drops false positives. Flagship layers cross-sheet reasoning, table/schedule analysis, and visual verification on top: the deepest coverage for high-stakes sets. The same findings get a deeper verdict as you move up; depth means coverage, not more noise.

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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