Construction documents · Florida
Keep the Florida code edition, later supplements, and the local submission package aligned. For envelope and structural reviews, include the project’s selected product documents and design criteria so reviewers can trace what the drawings actually specify.
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.
Select the volume that matches the work, with the applicable Florida supplements and local requirements.
Bring this reference with the plans and details included in the accessibility review.
Include the relevant residential or commercial energy documentation and adopted reference.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Florida reference guide
The Florida Building Commission identifies December 31, 2023 as the effective date of the 8th Edition (2023). Its site separately links the 2026 update. A development document is not evidence that a future edition governs the permit.
Florida Building Commission: code portalThe Commission’s resource directory lists supplements to the 8th Edition alongside 9th Edition change analyses. Select the applicable code and supplements with the local building department, which also supplies the project’s intake requirements.
Florida Building Commission: code resourcesSources 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.
List the governing edition, applicable supplements, permit scope, and local requirements. Keep proposed next-edition material clearly separate from governing references.
Supply relevant product-approval documents, opening and roofing schedules, installation details, and the engineer’s wind criteria. Ask the team to verify that each referenced assembly matches its intended location and conditions.
Include the local submission checklist, flood or site criteria supplied for the project, energy documentation, and architectural/structural/MEP PDFs. Identify any specialty reviews still pending.
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
Use the code edition and amendments confirmed for your application. If you also want to study a future change, label that as a separate comparison and identify its status. The presence of 2026 development material does not establish that it is already effective.
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
8th Edition effective December 31, 2023; 2026 update shown separately.
Edition-specific supplements and next-edition development resources; check permit applicability.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.