Building Code / Plan Review & Interpretations

Building Code / Plan Review & Interpretations

SOCOTEC can review plans and provide feedback at each stage of a project’s lifecycle.  By providing early plan review, our experts can identify issues early and provide design teams with feedback to address them.  Early review saves owners time and capital as costly omissions and errors can be avoided.  Our experts can also identify areas where an interpretation of code or zoning law should be procured by local authorities and can lead teams with obtaining building code variances.

With regard to code determination and variances, SOCOTEC offers:

1. Interpretation – we understand the need for practical solutions that the City will accept –

2. Research – we utilize past precedents, code commentary and other agency documents to assist in resolving issues

3. Strategy – we formulate and select options with the highest success rate for a favorable decision and outcome.

Our experts have had significant experience in the areas of interpretations of codes to attain the best solution for design teams.  Sometimes variances are required, and our team can provide simple paths to support a variance application.  It is our years of code interpretations, research of the building code commentary that can produce results.