Construction documents · Michigan
Identify Michigan’s enforcing agency for each discipline before assembling a review package. Keep building, trade, and any specialized state review scopes visible so the current drawing set can be checked against the right references.
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.
Use the applicable building-category reference and Michigan amendments for the permit.
Include the trade references relevant to the review; confirm whether residential provisions are covered by the residential code.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Michigan reference guide
Michigan LARA’s Bureau of Construction Codes reviews building and trade plans where the state has enforcement authority. Confirm whether the bureau or a local enforcing agency receives the project’s submission.
Michigan LARA: Plan ReviewLARA’s guidance separately includes barrier-free design exception requests, mobile-home park plans, and premanufactured-unit documentation. Include the relevant determination or approval when one of these scopes affects the building design.
Michigan LARA: Plan ReviewSources 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.
Name the reviewer for each discipline, its current code edition, and the applicable permit checklist. Do not assign a single edition based only on a drawing cover-sheet label.
Bring applicable barrier-free exception decisions, premanufactured-unit information, or other agency conditions. Clearly distinguish requested exceptions from approvals.
Supply current building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and relevant equipment documents. Reconcile penetrations, access, clearances, and schedules across the set.
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
Its plan-review guidance applies where the state has enforcement authority and also describes specific specialized reviews. Confirm the enforcing agency for each part of your project before submitting.
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
State enforcement scope and specialized review categories.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.