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Clear DOB objections
in fewer rounds.

The complete record of every plan-examiner objection, code determination, and examiner — matched to what actually cleared it.

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The problem

Every filing comes back with objections.

In DOB NOW, plan examiners raise objections on nearly every job. Each one is a round-trip: revise the drawings, resubmit, wait in the review queue, get looked at again.

BC 1011.2Open
Egress width at stair B does not comply for the occupant load shown on the life-safety plan.
Discipline General ConstructionRound 1
The cost

A round-trip is measured in weeks.

The median objection takes 36 days to resolve. Every extra round adds the examiner's queue wait — often two to four weeks — on top of your own revision time.

Objection Revise Resubmit Queue · 2–4 wks Re-review
…and if the response misses, the whole loop runs again.
Why it drags

Right now, you're guessing.

You answer an objection without knowing what cleared the same one before — or how DOB has ruled on the code question. A wrong guess isn't a mistake. It's another round-trip.

Plan Exam Review

We have the
whole record.

Every objection ever issued in DOB NOW, matched to the responses that cleared them — plus DOB's own code and zoning determinations, and a profile of every examiner reviewing your work.

The dataset · refreshed daily

Assembled from the source. Nobody else has it.

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Source: DOB NOW · 90% of objections resolved
Resolve

Paste the objection. Get what cleared it.

BC 1011.2Received
Egress width at stair B does not comply for the occupant load shown.
ResolutionCleared · R1
Revised stair B to 44″ clear width and corrected the occupant-load table on the life-safety plan.
Timeline 18 daysMatched from 513,000+

Semantic match against every resolved objection returns the response applicants actually submitted, the sections that worked, and the typical timeline.

Code

Not just what the code says — how DOB has ruled.

Search 17,408 code sections next to 21,500+ CCD1 code determinations and 6,400+ ZRD1 zoning determinations. See the precedent before you argue your case — the same rulings the examiner is working from.

CCD1 · ZR 25-27Determination
Parking-calculation waiver provisions accepted where drawing A-001 documents the required computations per the referenced provision.
Type Code determinationPrecedent on file
Examiners

Know who's reviewing your filing.

Every one of the 251 active examiners profiled — the disciplines they cover, the boroughs they work, and the objections they tend to raise. Review stops being anonymous.

Examiner · ManhattanProfiled
Heaviest on Plumbing and General Construction; frequent citations on egress and occupant load.
PlumbingGeneral ConstructionSprinklersFoundation
Predict

See the objections before you file.

Upload your drawing set. A tuned model reads the plans and predicts the objections an examiner is likely to raise — so you fix them first — before they cost you a round-trip.

Predicted · A-201Likely
BC 1011.2 — stair egress width vs. occupant load BC 1207.1 — required light & ventilation at rear units ZR 23-45 — rear-yard setback dimension unclear
Fix now · save the round-trip
The math

One avoided round-trip
pays for a year.

A single objection round-trip costs weeks of approval time — and the carrying cost of a stalled project dwarfs the subscription. Faster to permit is faster to build.

Get started

Stop guessing.
Start clearing.

See it against your own objections — and your next filing.

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