Construction documents · West Virginia
For West Virginia, obtain the locality’s actual adoption record before assembling the building-code references. Keep local building enforcement and applicable fire-safety review visible as separate responsibilities within the project.
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 state rule and incorporated references with the jurisdiction’s operative adoption record.
Select the model reference and West Virginia exceptions that match the project’s building category.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
West Virginia reference guide
The State Fire Marshal’s published building-code rule requires adopting local jurisdictions to notify the State Fire Commission and submit their ordinance or order. Ask the local office for the operative adoption record and current code basis.
West Virginia Fire Marshal: state building-code ruleThe published rule provides the state building-code framework; it is not a project-specific local permit checklist. Confirm local enforcement, applicable fire review, and any specialty requirements for the building’s use.
West Virginia Fire Marshal: state building-code ruleSources 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 current adoption ordinance or order, code editions, responsible office, and submission checklist.
Include the applicable fire references, occupancy information, and any agency comments or approval conditions. Identify who reviews each scope.
Bring civil access, structural criteria, life-safety drawings, MEP layouts, schedules, and specifications. Flag requirements that still need an official applicability decision.
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. Obtain the local adoption and enforcement record plus the receiving office’s checklist. The state rule describes the framework and filing of local adoption, not the complete requirements for an individual project.
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
State framework and local adoption filing; confirm operative local requirements.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.