Construction documents · Connecticut
For Connecticut, record the permit application date with the reference set. The state’s code directory distinguishes editions by filing period, making that date useful when reviewing an older permit or a newly submitted package.
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.
Bring the applicable state amendments and errata for the permit-filing period.
Use the model editions incorporated into that Connecticut code package; identify the relevant discipline and building scope.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Connecticut reference guide
Connecticut’s Office of the State Building Inspector identifies the 2022 State Building Code for applications filed from October 1, 2022 and lists earlier filing periods separately. Confirm the governing basis with the reviewing official.
Connecticut DAS: building-code regulationsThe published Connecticut code includes amendments by discipline and Errata #1. Use those amendments with the referenced model codes, and obtain the receiving department’s current forms and submission checklist.
Connecticut: 2022 code with Errata #1Sources 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.
Include the filing date, applicable state-code edition, errata, and the official’s code-basis confirmation.
Bring the relevant Connecticut amendments alongside building, residential, energy, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical references for the selected scope.
For an existing application, supply the comment log and current consultant issue. Ask reviewers to trace each response into the affected plans, details, and schedules.
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
The state lists code editions by permit-filing period. Record that date and confirm the project’s governing edition before comparing a previously filed design against a newer reference set.
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
Code applicability by permit-filing date.
State amendments organized by discipline.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.