Management of building plan documents utilizing comments and a correction list

Non-transitory computer readable media storing program code that when executed by a system comprising one or more computing devices is configured to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

• accessing from memory an electronic building plan document including a plurality of electronic building plan sheets comprising a plurality of layers;
• providing a first of the plurality of electronic building plan sheets for display, the first electronic building plan sheet comprising a first plurality of layers including at least:
• a document layer, and
• a comments layer;
• providing a layer selection user interface via which a user can select at least one layer of the first plurality of layers comprising the document layer and the comments layers;
• receiving, via the layer selection user interface, a user layer selection of at least a comments layer;
• at least partly in response to receiving a selection of the comments layer via the layer selection user interface, enabling the display of the comments layer, wherein the display of the comments layer comprises a list of comments associated with the first electronic building plan sheet;
• providing a user interface via which a user can select, via a standard comments library comprising a plurality of text comments, a standard comment, the standard comment comprising text, and associate an electronic building plan sheet of the electronic building plan document with a selected standard comment;
• receiving a selection of a first standard comment from the standard comments library;
• enabling the user to associate a discipline with the first standard comment via a discipline association user interface;
• storing an association of the selected first standard comment with the first electronic building plan sheet of the electronic building plan document;
• including the selected first standard comment in the displayed comments list associated with the first electronic building plan sheet;
• causing at least one comment to be displayed in a pop-up interface overlaying the first electronic building plan sheet in response to a user action;
• providing a user interface via which the user can select one or more comments to be included in a plan correction set of comments;
• receiving a selection of one or more comments by the user via the user interface via which the user can select one or more comments to be included in a plan correction set of comment;
• generating a correction list of items that need to be corrected in order for at least one approval document to be issued, the correction list including a plurality of comments specified by a plurality of users, including the selection of the one or more comments by the user via the user interface via which the user can select one or more comments to be included in a plan correction set of comment, wherein the correction list includes:
• associated comments, and
• respective sheet identifiers for comments included in the correction list;
• providing access to the correction list to at least one user;
• and
• tracking approval status of one or more building-related approval documents and providing the approval status to one or more users;
• detecting a change in permit status for at least one permit application associated with at least one electronic building plan document;
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• at least partly in response to the detected change permit status for the at least one permit application associated with at the least one electronic building plan document, creating a corresponding record of the change in permit status and generating a corresponding notification.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• accessing from memory an electronic building plan document including at least a first building plan sheet comprising a plurality of layers including at least,
• a document layer, and
• a comments layer;
• providing one or more layers of the first electronic building plan sheet for display on a display device;
• providing a layer selection user interface via which a user can select at least one layer of the first plurality of layers comprising the document layer and the comments layer;
• receiving, via the layer selection user interface, a user layer selection of at least a comments layer;
• at least partly in response to receiving a selection of the comments layer via the layer selection user interface, enabling the display of the comments layer,
• wherein the display of the comments layer comprises a list of comments associated with the first electronic building plan sheet;
• providing a user interface via which a user can select, via a standard comments library comprising a plurality of text comments, a standard comment, the standard comment comprising text, and associate an electronic building plan sheet of the electronic building plan document with a selected standard comment;
• receiving a selection of a first standard comment from the standard comments library;
• storing an association of the selected first standard comment with the first electronic building plan sheet of the electronic building plan document;
• including the selected first standard comment in the displayed comments list associated with the first electronic building plan sheet;
• enabling the user to associate a discipline with at least one comment via a discipline association user interface;
• providing a user interface via which the user can select one or more comments to be included in a plan correction set of comments;
• causing at least one comment to be displayed in an interface overlaying the first electronic building plan sheet in response to a user action;
• generating a correction list of items that need to be corrected in order for at least one approval document to be issued, the correction list including a plurality of comments specified by a plurality of users wherein the correction list includes:
• associated comments, and
• respective sheet identifiers for comments included in the correction list;
• providing access to the correction list to at least one user;
• tracking approval status of one or more building-related approval documents and providing the approval status to one or more users;
• detecting a change in permit status for at least one permit application associated with at least one electronic building plan document;
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• at least partly in response to the detected change permit status for the at least one permit application associated with at the least one electronic building plan document, creating a corresponding record of the change in permit status and generating a corresponding notification.