Construction documents · North Carolina
For North Carolina, check the effective-date notice before choosing the reference edition. A code listed in an adoption or rulemaking section should not automatically become the basis for reviewing a permit package.
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 governing code volumes and approved amendments using the current effective-date guidance.
Include the adopted National Electrical Code edition with North Carolina amendments when electrical review is in scope.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
North Carolina reference guide
OSFM maintains a current-and-past code directory with a separate 2024-code section and effective-date correspondence. Confirm the application’s governing edition using the current notice and the permitting official’s determination.
North Carolina OSFM: current and past codesOSFM’s code portal links state-code information and interpretations. Add the applicable approved amendments and relevant official interpretations to the local submission requirements for the work.
North Carolina OSFM: code portalSources 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.
Record the permit date, governing edition, and any transition determination. Keep proposed or future-effective materials separate.
Supply the approved North Carolina amendments and official interpretations relied on by the designer. Identify the exact scope of each reference.
Bring the receiving jurisdiction’s checklist, life-safety analysis, consultant drawings, schedules, and previous comments. Compare the stated code basis across the entire 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
No. OSFM separates code resources from effective-date notices. Confirm which edition and amendments govern the application, then label future-edition studies separately from the permit review.
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
Code directory and transition notices; no blanket assertion that the 2024 edition is effective.
Code and interpretation resources.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.