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Construction Codes and Licensing Division

Minnesota Building Codes & Standards Unit

Plan Review & Regional Services Section

Resource Guide

Plan Review, Building Permits & Inspections

Applicability
Enclosed in this guide is everything you need to know about making application to the division
for Plan Review and Building Permits on Public Buildings & State Licensed Facilities. These
Building types are defined in Minnesota Statute 16.B.60:
Public Building means:

• a building and its grounds the cost of which is paid for by the state or a state agency
regardless of its cost, and
• a school district building project the cost of which is $100,000 or more.

State Licensed Facilities means a building and its grounds that are licensed by the state as a:

• hospital,
• nursing home,
• supervised living facility,
• free-standing outpatient surgical center, or
• correctional facility.

Documents
We hope you find this information useful. If you have questions, please contact the section
supervisor at 651.284.5869. You can also access all of the following documents on the division’s
web site where you can enter the information directly onto the forms or applications.
www.doli.state.mn.us/bc_plan_review.html
Plan Review

Plan Review Section Information

Initial Application for Plan Review

Application for Plan Review

Plan Review Fee Schedule Worksheet

Application for Partial Plan Review

Questions about Plan Review

Preferred Submittals

Application for a Preferred Submittal

Checklist of items that must be addressed in a proposal for an “alternative material, design, or
method of construction”

Required Plan Submittal Information for Bleachers/Grandstands

Code Record (Purpose & When Required)

Code Record (Required Information)

Code Record Examples (3 pages)

Special Structural Testing and Inspection Program Summary Schedule

Minnesota Energy Code Compliance

Plan Review Policies (Background, Purpose, Applicability, Format, Use)

Policy for Plan Review of Similar Building Plans for State-owned buildings

Building Code Unit Philosophy Regarding Substituting Sprinklers for Passive Fire Protection

Checklist of Elements that must be addressed in any proposed “alternate to Substitute Passive
Fire Protection with Automatic Sprinklers

Prefabricated School Classroom Buildings

Regional Services

Regional Services Section Information

Regional Building Officials (map)

Application for Building Permit

Building Permit Fee Schedule Worksheet

Required Inspections

Request to Proceed with Sprinkler Work 2/07