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Turn complex building-code provisions into practical guidance, connected references and visual explanations grounded in the source.
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From understanding requirements to reviewing projects, BlinKode connects the code work behind professional decisions.
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Height of Guards
(1) Except as provided in Sentences (2) to (3.1), all guards shall be not less than 1 070 mm high. (2) All guards within dwelling units or within houses with a secondary suite including their common spaces shall be not less than 900 mm high …
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Permits are slow, and much of the slowness is rework.
Every step rests on code work done by hand, and everyone behind a permit rebuilds that trail on every project.
Every reference followed by handSearch in your own words; the article comes with everything it points to: the related articles, the table, the note in Volume 2.
The edition in force, tracked by handEach project on its own edition.
Drawings read against the code, sheet by sheetDrawing Review identifies potential issues on the sheet, each linked to its requirement and source. In progress
Gaps found late, then another round of reviewPackage mode reviews the full submission before it goes in. In progress
A connected intelligence platform that transforms building-code knowledge into practical guidance and structured review workflows.
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Drawing Review
Review the design against the code.
Identify potential code issues in drawings and permit packages, with findings linked to the relevant requirements and their sources.
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Calculators
Enter the facts. See what the code requires.
Enter a project's facts once, and the calculators work out what the code requires, every step shown with the article it comes from.
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Permit Library
Know what each municipality asks for.
Permit guides and documents from each municipality's own pages, checked by our team, dated and linked to the source: whether a permit is needed, the fee, what you submit, and what comes after approval.
Permit Library →From requirement to review.
When Drawing Review identifies an issue, trace it back to the requirement, understand its application in Code Workspace, and assess the finding in context.
- 1Drawing Review identifies an issueIn progress
- 2Trace it back to the requirement
- 3Understand its application in Code Workspace
- 4Assess the finding in context
Connected in Code Workspace
Answer → articleAn answer's cited clause opens its article.
Article → Code CardEach article opens with its Code Card.
Article → its referencesAn article's references are one click away.
Article → projectArticles go onto a project's Board, and Project Assistant brings the ones it needs.
Sheet → requirementA mark links a spot on a sheet to the requirements there.
Calculator → projectA calculator reads and saves the open project's facts, and each step's article opens its Code Card.
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Each has its own page.
Architects, engineers and designersAny article's Code Card, Code Assistant with its sources, and each project with its drawings.Building officials and plan examinersThe original text with what each article points to. The review stays yours.Code consultants and code agenciesEvery calculator result is a derivation, step by step to its article.Owners and project managersWhat applies to the project, in one place.Students and junior staffThe code the way it is used.
From building code to better decisions.
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