What happens after I submit to a city's PreCheck?
Quick answer: You get an email right away saying your plans were received, then a second email with a link when the results are ready (usually 30 to 90 minutes). The link opens your results with no password. Fix what's listed, then click Re-check your revised plans on the results page. Each address or unit gets a set number of free rounds, shown on the city's PreCheck page.
Steps
- Keep the upload tab open until the receipt confirms your files arrived.
- Open the results link in your email when it is ready.
- Work through Your brief, download its PDF, and re-check your corrected sheets from the same results page.
The emails
- Received — sent as soon as your upload finishes.
- Results ready — a link to your results. It works for 30 days.
- If a run takes longer than usual, you get an email saying it's still being worked on.
Your results
The results open on Your brief, a short to-do list of the things most likely to save you a round, grouped into sections such as "Start here". Expand a comment to see its steps and drawing close-ups, or use Open on … in Findings for the full sheet viewer. Brief pins use their section colors. On Findings, select Full technical list to see the underlying review findings; there, red is a correction, orange needs review, and green passes. The Assistant button on the Findings toolbar answers questions about your findings. See Read your results and Plan Review Assistant.
Click Download your brief (PDF) on Your brief for the brief, the submittal notes, and marked sheets in one file. See Use and download your brief.
To show someone else, open the results and use Share; don't forward the email, because its link opens your own results.
Lost the link?
On the city's PreCheck page, open Already submitted? Get your results link., enter the same email and street address, and click Resend link. A fresh link arrives by email. Do the same if a link has expired.
Re-check your fixed plans
- Open your results and click Re-check your revised plans. Next to it you'll see how many free rounds are left.
- Drop your corrected sheets into Drop your corrected sheets here. Uploading only the sheets you changed is fine.
- Click Start re-check.
A re-check grades the items from your last round as fixed, partly fixed, or still open. It doesn't look for new problems, and items on sheets you didn't upload show as not checked. In a participating program, a good re-check can earn a FastPass certificate.
When your address has used its free rounds, the results show a notice with Upload V2 and buy credits (or the next version number) instead of the free re-check button. Open it to review the paid round before starting.
If you drop revised plans on the PreCheck page again with the same email and address, it offers to email you a link to re-check them on your earlier results instead.
Who sees your results
The city's building staff can see every PreCheck and its results, so they know what you were asked to fix. Your plans and report belong to you.
Filing with the city
PreCheck doesn't file anything. When your set is clean, submit it to the city through its normal permit process.
Help
For upload errors, a run that seems stuck, or missing results, email CrossBeam support at team@getonbreeze.com with the project address and the email you submitted with. CrossBeam runs PreCheck, so we handle these, not the city. For quick answers, use Ask a question at the bottom of the PreCheck page. Questions about your permit, fees, or scheduling go to the city.