Construction documents · South Carolina
South Carolina’s code-adoption page contains both in-effect standards and newer code-development material. Use the operative code and approved modifications for the application, then keep any future-edition comparison separate.
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 codes in effect for the project and include the approved South Carolina modifications.
Include applicable state changes and only those local modifications adopted for the project’s jurisdiction.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
South Carolina reference guide
The Building Codes Council publishes a building-codes-in-effect resource alongside 2024 adoption and modification materials. Confirm the effective edition and relevant transition before selecting the permit reference package.
South Carolina LLR: building-code adoptionThe council’s adoption page identifies local modifications with limited geographic application and local-adoption conditions. An approval for one named jurisdiction should not be applied to every South Carolina project.
South Carolina LLR: building-code adoptionSources 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 governing edition, statewide modifications, filing date, and the authority’s transition determination if relevant.
Supply any locally applicable modification, evidence of local adoption, and the receiving department’s permit checklist.
Bring the project’s site criteria, structural and envelope information, life-safety drawings, energy documentation, and MEP schedules. Ask reviewers to use the confirmed local scope.
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
Do not assume that. The council identifies modifications with specific jurisdiction and adoption conditions. Confirm that the modification is valid for the actual project location.
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
In-effect resources, newer adoption work, and jurisdiction-limited modifications.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.