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Every inspection filed before you leave the site.

Every bleacher bank on one board, the yearly inspection written up by component, and each repair followed from school approval to close-out.

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Free tool: next due date

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From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Wed, October 28, 2026.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

7

sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 28, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Annual bleacher inspection: 12 months from the last inspection.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    Rule
  2. Engineer inspection where NFPA 102 applies: 2 years from the last engineer inspection.From Bleacher inspections quick reference (PACE / OSBA), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    Rule

What it checks when you save

  1. The owner has every bleacher, folding or telescopic seat and grandstand inspected at least once a year.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  2. Existing tiered seating is inspected and evaluated at least yearly by a qualified person.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  3. Folding and telescopic seating is also checked while it opens and closes.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
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  4. In California, a school district keeps copies of every annual inspection report and gives them to the state architect's office on request.From IR 16-5 Bleachers and Grandstands: 2025 CBC (California DSA), checked Oct 28, 2026.
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  5. Where NFPA 102 applies, an engineer or registered architect does the inspection at least every two years.From Bleacher inspections quick reference (PACE / OSBA) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

How often must bleachers and grandstands be inspected?

  1. The owner has every bleacher, folding or telescopic seat and grandstand inspected at least once a year.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Where NFPA 102 applies, an engineer or registered architect does the inspection at least every two years.From Bleacher inspections quick reference (PACE / OSBA) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

Who can do an annual bleacher inspection?

  1. Existing tiered seating is inspected and evaluated at least yearly by a qualified person.From Bleacher Safety Inspection Page (Sports Facilities Group, quoting ICC 300) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Where NFPA 102 applies, an engineer or registered architect does the inspection at least every two years.From Bleacher inspections quick reference (PACE / OSBA) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

Must California districts keep bleacher inspection reports?

  1. In California, a school district keeps copies of every annual inspection report and gives them to the state architect's office on request.From IR 16-5 Bleachers and Grandstands: 2025 CBC (California DSA), checked Oct 28, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Bleacher unit

Unit ID, Kind, Manufacturer, Model, Seat count, and more.

What your client receives.

The bleacher inspection report, as the app issues it the moment the inspection is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

Building owners read every report filed to them in one binder, free.

Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Bleachers & Grandstands

Bleacher inspection report

UN-4100

Bleacher unit

Unit ID
UN-4100
Kind
Telescopic
Manufacturer
Brackwater Equipment
Model
MO-4100

and 3 more fields

Inspection

Scheduled
Sep 1, 2026
Completed
Sep 1, 2026
Status
Completed

Annual

Seat, foot and deck boards sound, with no splits or rotPass
Guardrails and end rails firm and at the required heightPass
Fasteners and connections tight, none missingPass
Frame, bracing and welds free of cracks and corrosionPass
Aisles and steps clear, treads evenPass
Telescopic units open and close fully, locks and rollers workPass

and 3 more on the full report

Photos

No photos on file.

Findings

No findings on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

Next due

Annual bleacher inspectionSep 1, 2027Set by rule
Engineer inspection where NFPA 102 appliesSep 11, 2028Set by rule

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

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