Construction documents · Texas
For a Texas project, identify the municipality or county and the agencies reviewing each part of the scope. A city building-code package and a state accessibility review can involve different references and different reviewers.
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 applicable accessibility reference and relevant TDLR technical memoranda when that review is in scope.
Confirm the municipal adoption, amendments, and building category before choosing the reference editions.
Local example: Houston combines model codes with city amendments. Use these only for a project under the relevant Houston requirements.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Texas reference guide
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 214 addresses municipal building codes and local amendments. Establish the adopted edition and amendments for the city; do not treat one Texas municipality’s checklist as a statewide submission standard.
Texas Legislature: Local Government Code Chapter 214TDLR administers the Architectural Barriers program. Its guidance distinguishes project registration, plan review, and inspection. Check applicability and the Registered Accessibility Specialist process separately from the local building-permit review.
TDLR: Architectural Barriers FAQsSources 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.
Attach the city or county code list, relevant ordinance PDFs, and permit checklist. If the site is outside city limits, obtain the county’s requirements for that location and scope.
Where applicable, include the Texas Accessibility Standards references and accessibility-review comments. Compare routes, parking, doors, toilets, and schedules in the same review package.
Include civil grading and access, architectural layouts, structural details, MEP plans, specifications, and agency conditions. Identify any separate state-program documents your project requires.
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. Groundbook can help compare supplied drawings and accessibility references, but it does not perform the statutory role of a Registered Accessibility Specialist. Confirm Architectural Barriers applicability and arrange required reviews through the official process.
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
Municipal code adoption and amendment authority; not a universal county permitting rule.
Registration, plan review, inspection, and RAS responsibilities; applicability is project-specific.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.