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    Yikes replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    What I'm trying to convey to Wesley is that when there's a plan checker whose standard procedure is to crank out an initial boilerplate...
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    Gregg Harris reacted to tmurray's post in the thread Drywall in a barn requirement Ontario OBC with Like Like.
    First, council did not sign off on the plans, the chief building official did. Under Ontario's Building Code Act, chief building...
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    wesley.foster@pacifi replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    Sifu, I appreciate the way you laid this out. You’re asking the right questions, not the buzzword ones, but the practical ones that...
  • arwat23
    arwat23 replied to the thread Unpermitted home.
    Civil suite. Get a lawyer. It should be an easy win. If it's on your property, probably. It is, after all, your land. If it's not on...
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    wesley.foster@pacifi replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    That’s exactly the gap we’re trying to close. A generic “Complies” stamped next to a checklist is useless, it doesn’t help the reviewer...
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    wesley.foster@pacifi replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    Fair point, no system should ever be “blindly trusted.” You’re right that oversight will always be needed, and that’s exactly how...
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    wesley.foster@pacifi replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    That’s not the intent here at all. PlanCheckPro.AI wasn’t created to replace people or take work away from professionals, it was built...
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    bill1952 replied to the thread OCCUPANCY LOAD FOR DANCE SCHOOL.
    Not disagreeing with you at all, but 15 is the OLF for stages and platforms, where dance performances occur. It is of course based on...
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    bill1952 reacted to Inspector Gadget's post in the thread And So It Begins with Like Like.
    So your sole intent on being here is to plug an energy-sucking AI system that if it actually works (which it most certainly doesn't)...
  • arwat23
    arwat23 replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    I'm really into AI, and very skeptical of every single thing I see be promised. AI will almost certainly be like the internet; something...
  • Sifu
    Sifu replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    I keep being told that AI is the future of our business (plan review). Maybe it is...the future. I am inherently skeptical of "AI"...
  • TheCommish
    TheCommish replied to the thread OCCUPANCY LOAD FOR DANCE SCHOOL.
    How does the FM, get to decide occupancy count?
  • arwat23
    arwat23 replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    Even if it does work, you still need people to oversee it and check it. Y'all will still have a job, it'll just probably be a more...
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    Inspector Gadget replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    So your sole intent on being here is to plug an energy-sucking AI system that if it actually works (which it most certainly doesn't)...
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    Inspector Gadget replied to the thread Drywall in a barn requirement Ontario OBC.
    Might I ask a mod to move this into the "Canada" forum? To the OP: What is the barn's function? Is it for hay storage or something...
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