Construction documents · Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s commercial-building review can involve DSPS or a delegated municipality, with specific limits on the delegated scope. Identify the building and review category before choosing the checklist and documents.
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 commercial code package and Wisconsin amendments for public buildings or places of employment.
Include the applicable energy reference with Wisconsin provisions and the project’s energy documentation.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Wisconsin reference guide
DSPS describes review of public buildings and places of employment, including multifamily buildings. Its commercial page provides plan-review categories, checklists, and code templates; confirm whether that program fits the project.
Wisconsin DSPS: commercial buildingsDSPS publishes a delegated-authority list for commercial structural and HVAC review with scope conditions and exceptions. Confirm the actual delegation rather than assuming all disciplines or building sizes are covered locally.
Wisconsin DSPS: delegated municipalitiesSources 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.
Provide the building use, relevant size information, responsible reviewer, and the municipality’s applicable delegation scope.
Include the current DSPS or local submission checklist, code-analysis template, governing references, and any required variance decision.
Supply architectural and structural drawings, mechanical plans, energy documents, fire-system information, and schedules. Label separately reviewed systems and reconcile their interfaces.
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
Verify the specific delegation. DSPS publishes scope conditions and exceptions for commercial structural and HVAC review; the locality’s presence on a list does not establish unlimited authority over the entire 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
Commercial-program scope, review types, checklists, and templates.
Delegated structural/HVAC scope and exceptions; directory is updated regularly.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.