Construction documents · Utah
Utah’s construction-code statute has dated versions and different code years by discipline. Record the operative version before uploading references so a future statutory version does not become the assumed standard for today’s permit.
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.
Bring the applicable model-code references incorporated under Title 15A for the project’s permit period.
Include the relevant Chapter 3 statewide changes and Chapter 4 local changes with the base references.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Utah reference guide
The legislature publishes a version of Section 15A-2-103 effective July 1, 2026 and marked superseded January 1, 2027. Use the version applicable to the project and confirm any permit transition with the authority.
Utah Legislature: Section 15A-2-103, July 2026 versionSection 15A-2-103 incorporates model codes together with Chapter 3 statewide amendments and Chapter 4 local amendments. Its adopted editions differ across disciplines; do not replace this matrix with one generic code-year label.
Utah Legislature: Section 15A-2-103, July 2026 versionSources 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.
Supply the applicable statutory version, project dates, and code-basis confirmation. Label future January 2027 material separately.
Bring the model-code PDFs and applicable statewide and local amendments for each discipline. Include the local permit checklist.
Supply the code analysis, existing-condition information, energy documents, structural/MEP drawings, schedules, and specifications. Ask reviewers to check references as well as drawing content.
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
Confirm the governing version for the application. The legislature labels the July 2026 text separately from the future version; future requirements should be treated as a separate study unless the authority establishes their applicability.
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
Effective July 1, 2026; superseded January 1, 2027; discipline editions and amendment layers.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.