Pass or fail, at the counter.
A completeness check at intake: is every page present, in order, and part of the same project? Answered before a plan checker ever opens the file.
Early access — now onboarding California cities.
Who Screener is for
Why intake is where the money leaks
An incomplete file that reaches plan check burns a review cycle the application fee never covered. The reviewer opens it, finds the missing structural sheets, writes it up, and the file goes back — that's a correction round spent on paperwork, not plans. Completeness is a mechanical question. It shouldn't cost reviewer hours.
$300–$625
what each avoidable re-review round costs the city — money it never recovers
Public consultant contracts — CSG, WC3, Bureau Veritas hourly rates from city council records
What It Checks
How Screener works
- 1
The package arrives at intake
Screener reads the whole submittal package — every sheet, form, and page — the moment it lands at the counter.
- 2
Pass or fail, with reasons
The verdict comes back in plain language your permit tech can read back to the applicant on the spot.
- 3
Only complete sets move on
A set that fails screening never costs a reviewer an afternoon; every set that reaches plan check is worth reading.
Watch a set hit the gate
A plan set arrives at intake — Screener reads it page by page and calls pass or fail.
How It Fits — The CrossBeam System
Screener is the gate; Pre-Check is the review. A set that fails screening never costs a reviewer an afternoon — and every set that reaches Pre-Check is worth reading. Incomplete sets stop at the door.
What Screener is — and isn't
Screener answers one question: is this package complete and coherent enough to review? It reads whether sheets are present, ordered, legible, and signed, and whether every page belongs to the same project at the same address. It does not check the plans against code — that's Pre-Check's job, after the gate.
480+
California city codes
16,000+
pages of state code & local rules