Construction documents · Louisiana
A Louisiana reference set should distinguish the state’s adopted construction codes from the review authority for each discipline. Record the applicable rule version and project scope before comparing code notes across consultant documents.
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 adopted model-code books and Louisiana amendments for the application’s code cycle.
Select each discipline’s applicable edition from the Commission’s code information; add the relevant state amendments.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Louisiana reference guide
Louisiana’s Uniform Construction Code Commission publishes current editions and amendments. Its August 2026 code sheet lists the current books separately from the next cycle and identifies January 1, 2027 for the next ICC-code editions.
Louisiana LUCCC: August 2026 code informationThe Commission’s August 2026 rulebook covers municipal and parish enforcement, State Fire Marshal powers, and exemptions. Confirm each agency’s scope with the permitting authority rather than relying on an older statutory summary or exclusion list.
Louisiana LUCCC: August 2026 laws and rulesSources 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 adopted code list, applicable Louisiana amendments, permit date, and written code-basis confirmation. Identify superseded references.
Record who reviews building, fire/life safety, accessibility, and trade scopes for the project. Include each applicable submission checklist.
Bring structural and envelope details, product documents, life-safety plans, MEP schedules, and the project’s site criteria. Check that references and specifications agree.
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
Check the Commission’s current rulebook and code-information sheet first. They separate current references from the next cycle and describe enforcement and exemptions; confirm the actual project’s scope with the authority.
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
Current editions versus next cycle; next ICC editions effective January 1, 2027.
Current enforcement framework, agency scopes, and exemptions.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.