Construction documents · Delaware
In Delaware, keep the State Fire Marshal submission and the local building package in view together. Site approvals, building drawings, and system submittals can answer different review questions, even when they belong to the same project.
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.
Include the applicable regulations alongside the local building department’s requirements.
Bring the incorporated editions and Delaware provisions relevant to the occupancy and fire-review scope.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Delaware reference guide
The State Fire Marshal publishes separate guidance for site plans, building plans, alarms, suppression systems, kitchen hoods, and tanks. Select the applicable submission categories and confirm the local building official’s requirements as well.
Delaware Fire Marshal: plan review directoryThe building-submittal guidance distinguishes new buildings from tenant fit-outs, renovations, and occupancy changes. It identifies site-plan approval as a prerequisite for approval of new, addition, and shell-and-core buildings.
Delaware Fire Marshal: building submittalsSources 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.
Provide the applicable site-plan approval, site drawings, parcel information, and a consistent description of the proposed building work.
For fit-outs or changes of use, include existing and proposed occupancy information, tenant boundaries, life-safety plans, and base-building conditions.
Add the relevant system drawings and specifications, including hood or suppression information where applicable. Label separate or deferred submissions.
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
Include the base-building information needed to understand the fit-out, but identify each permit and submission scope. The Fire Marshal provides distinct application guidance for new buildings and tenant or occupancy changes.
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
Separate submission categories and building-official directory.
Building categories and site-approval relationship.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.