Construction documents · Alabama
First establish whether the Alabama project belongs in DCM’s review program. A school, hotel, or state-funded project can follow a different route from an ordinary private building; record that route before assembling the references.
Your codes, connected to your drawings
Groundbook can review your drawings against the state and local code PDFs you upload. Add the adopted code books and amendments that apply to your project, then review potential issues with links to the supporting sources.
Upload the applicable code PDFs alongside the drawing set. Include the edition, local amendments, and project requirements.
Set code PDFs to Code and Use as reference. Mark the drawings you want reviewed as Check this file.
Follow the linked drawing and reference, check applicability, and have the responsible professional verify the issue.
State and local references
Examples of references you can bring into Groundbook. Confirm the adopted edition, effective date, and project scope with the reviewing authority, then upload the applicable PDFs.
For work within DCM jurisdiction, include its adopted model code and Alabama exceptions.
Include the DCM-adopted reference when applicable to an existing-building project; confirm any separate local requirements.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Alabama reference guide
Alabama’s Division of Construction Management describes jurisdiction over state property or funding, specified education projects, hotels, motels, and movie theaters. Its authority is not a blanket permit-review service for all private commercial or residential construction.
Alabama DCM: jurisdictionDCM’s FAQs direct applicants to upload submittal PDFs through its Engage Portal. They also direct residential-code questions to the Home Builders Licensure Board. Verify local requirements in addition to any applicable state review.
Alabama DCM: FAQsSources reviewed September 9, 2026. Confirm current requirements and project applicability with the reviewing authority.
Prepare a useful review
Use this preparation list for Groundbook alongside the official permit checklist.
State the owner type, funding, use, and whether DCM confirmed jurisdiction. Include the appropriate DCM or local submission checklist.
For an education or other DCM project, bring the project manual and applicable agency guidance. Include shelter-related design documents if the project scope calls for them.
Supply current drawings, specifications, and prior DCM or local comments. Compare the stated scope and code basis across the cover sheet and consultant sets.
Identify which files are being checked, which are references, and which revisions are superseded. Include reviewer comments and responses where they explain an unresolved decision.
Use the drawing-register templateFrom documents to decisions
Compare stated design information with the code and local references you supply. Verify scope, exceptions, and the source behind each potential issue.
Review code referencesLook for incomplete information and conflicting requirements before submission. Assign each verified finding to the responsible designer.
Prepare for submissionCheck relationships across drawings, schedules, specifications, and reports. Resolve the source conflict and carry the decision into the issued set.
Review the whole packageBefore you start
No. DCM describes a defined jurisdiction, including certain private uses such as hotels, motels, theaters, and schools. Confirm your project category with DCM and identify the local department responsible for other permitting requirements.
Supply the current drawing set and schedules, relevant specifications and reports, the applicable code and amendment PDFs, and the reviewing authority’s checklist. Identify the edition, project scope, and permit stage. Groundbook reviews the supplied evidence; do not assume every local requirement is already available.
No. Groundbook surfaces potential conflicts and omissions with links to source documents for professional verification. It does not issue permits, certify compliance, provide permit-expediting services, or replace the authority having jurisdiction.
Official source directory
Defined state-review categories; ordinary private projects are not universally covered.
PDF submissions and residential-code routing.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.