Kestrel Labs

For architects and engineers, manual building code compliance is a tedious, fragmented process that pulls you out of the design workflow. Issues often remain hidden until late-stage reviews, leading to costly rework and significant permit delays—the site notes developer carrying costs can hit $12,000 daily. Kestrel Labs directly addresses this by integrating AI-powered code analysis into your BIM environment. Running natively within Revit, Kestrel checks your model against applicable codes and flags violations as you design. Each flagged issue is tied to a specific model element and includes a direct citation from the code, so you know exactly what to fix and why. This is backed by a partnership with the International Code Council (ICC), ensuring the tool uses official, continuously updated code data. By surfacing problems from pre-design through construction documents, Kestrel allows teams to resolve compliance issues while they are still easy and inexpensive to change. This transforms compliance from a disruptive, manual chore into a continuous, integrated part of the design process, ensuring your first submission is your best one.