Construction documents · San Francisco
A San Francisco review needs the city amendments and the correct permit stage. A site-permit package and a detailed construction package answer different questions; define which one Groundbook is reviewing before interpreting a missing detail.
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 city amendments together with the applicable California Building and Residential Code references.
Include the city’s mechanical amendments with the corresponding California reference.
Add the city’s green-building provisions and the project’s applicable checklist.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
San Francisco reference guide
The city’s 2025 Building Code amends the 2025 California Building and Residential Codes. Section 101A addresses which effective standards apply when DBI accepts the application for building plan review.
San Francisco Building Code: Section 101AThe city’s site-permit guidance calls for PDF plans and explains the drawings required for that application. Use that checklist for a site permit; confirm the separate requirements for your full permit, addenda, or revision package.
SF.gov: prepare plans for a site permitSources 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.
Upload the applicable California code PDFs, San Francisco amendments, and relevant DBI administrative guidance. State the application date and obtain confirmation of the code basis.
Label the package as site permit, full permit, addendum, or revision. Include existing and proposed conditions, scope descriptions, site information, plans, elevations, and sections appropriate to that stage.
Bring written review comments, approved conditions, the current checklist, and the consultant documents that respond to them. Ask reviewers to identify gaps between approval conditions and the detailed drawings.
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
You can review the information it contains, but define the stage and exclusions. San Francisco publishes a specific site-permit plan checklist; details expected only in a later package should be tracked as later deliverables rather than automatically treated as errors.
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
City-published code via its codifier; state-code relationship and application timing.
Official PDF and drawing-content checklist for the site-permit path only.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.