Construction documents · Colorado
Start a Colorado review by identifying the local building department and any state-building program involved. Record the governing energy and construction references separately; a code list for one Colorado project should not be reused without checking the new site.
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.
Local example: include Denver’s amendments for a Denver project; obtain the applicable local package for other cities or counties.
Confirm the local adoption and effective date before including this energy reference in the project’s review.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Colorado reference guide
The Colorado Energy Office publishes energy-code guidance and a jurisdiction directory. Its toolkit distinguishes adoption requirements around July 1, 2026, including the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code. Confirm the local adoption action and the permit’s governing requirements.
Colorado Energy Office: codes and toolkitColorado’s Office of the State Architect publishes a building-code compliance policy connecting approved codes, plan reviews, inspections, and agency documentation. Verify that program’s applicability when the project involves a state building.
Colorado OSA: code-compliance policySources 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.
Supply the permitting department’s current code list and amendments, including the energy requirements selected for this application.
Include geotechnical reports, grading, drainage, and the engineer’s snow, wind, or other applicable design criteria. Reconcile these with structural and envelope notes.
If the State Buildings Program applies, add the required code-compliance documentation and review comments. Identify who approves each discipline and outstanding exception.
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
Only after checking the new jurisdiction and project scope. Obtain the actual local adoption record and energy requirements, and establish whether a separate state-building program governs any part of the work.
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
Local energy-code adoption resources and July 2026 adoption-trigger distinction.
State Buildings Program process, not a statewide private-project permit checklist.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.