Construction documents · Kansas
For a Kansas project in State Fire Marshal scope, use the code footprint as the organizing reference. Review whether the plans and schedules support that stated analysis, then reconcile any local review conditions.
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 requirements applicable to the State Fire Marshal’s review and the project’s code footprint.
Identify the references required by the state review and any separate local adoption; do not assume their editions match.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Kansas reference guide
The Kansas State Fire Marshal requires a code footprint for specified building categories involving new construction, renovation, or occupancy changes. Check the listed categories rather than assuming every private project follows this route.
Kansas State Fire Marshal: code footprintsThe same guidance describes coordination with local fire and building officials through memorandums of understanding. Confirm who receives the plans and which local permit requirements remain applicable.
Kansas State Fire Marshal: code footprintsSources 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 current footprint, building and occupancy data, code references, and any approval or review comments.
Include egress and rated-assembly drawings, door and hardware schedules, fire-protection scope, and site-access plans. Ask reviewers to compare them with the footprint.
Bring the applicable KSFM guidance and local checklist. Identify separate system submissions and which reviewer owns each decision.
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
Ask it to compare the supplied footprint with the drawings and schedules: occupancy and area data, exits, rated construction, and related system scope. Qualified reviewers must verify the analysis and decide whether the footprint applies to the project.
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
Specified review categories, code footprints, and local coordination.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.