Construction documents · Indiana
For Indiana, establish whether the work requires a state filing as a Class 1 structure. Keep the state design-release scope and local permit package linked so neither the project team nor the AI review assumes one approval covers every requirement.
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.
Choose the applicable code and Indiana amendments under 675 IAC for the building category.
Include the adopted Indiana fire reference when fire and life-safety checks are part of the review.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Indiana reference guide
Indiana DHS directs Class 1 structures to building plan review and provides guidance on exemptions. Use the official process to confirm classification before selecting the submission documents.
Indiana DHS: Building Plan ReviewDHS publishes project-specific submittal guidance and a plan-review process. Plumbing, electrical, hood, or other system information may be needed depending on the work; check the relevant checklist and local intake requirements.
Indiana DHS: review processSources 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 project use, occupancy, area, work description, and state filing determination. Include the applicable design-release checklist.
Supply the required architectural, structural, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and fire-system PDFs. Clearly identify systems submitted separately.
Include design-release comments and local review comments in one indexed record. Ask reviewers to trace each response across all affected consultant sheets.
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. Confirm the statutory classification and any filing exemptions using DHS guidance. Record the state filing decision and the local permit requirements as separate parts of the project scope.
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
Class 1 review and application guidance.
Project classification and filing process; exemptions require confirmation.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.