Commercial New Building Construction Plan Review & Inspections in Florida
General contractors use Freedom Code Compliance on ground-up retail, office, warehouse, restaurant, light-industrial, and mixed-use builds to avoid the building department's plan review queue.
1–2 Days
Commercial plan review
25% / 50%
HB 803 commercial fee minimums
55
Counties served
205+
Building department registrations
Who provides Commercial New Building Construction plan review in Florida?
Freedom Code Compliance provides private provider plan review and virtual inspections for Commercial New Building Construction projects across Florida. General contractors use FCC on ground-up retail, office, warehouse, restaurant, light-industrial, and mixed-use builds to avoid the building department's plan review queue. Commercial plan review turnaround takes 1–2 days.
Occupancy Types We Cover
Ground-up commercial across all major occupancy classifications under FBC-Building Chapter 3.
- A-2 (restaurants, assembly), B (business/office), M (mercantile/retail).
- S-1 (moderate-hazard storage and warehouse), F-1 (factory/industrial).
- Mixed-use and multi-tenant shell construction.
Structural & Life Safety
Full-discipline review across the code chapters that drive commercial schedule risk.
- Chapter 16 structural and Chapter 6 construction type.
- Chapter 9 fire protection and sprinkler thresholds.
- Chapter 10 egress and Chapter 11 accessibility.
Inspection Phases
Virtual inspections from footing through final on ground-up commercial work, where the code allows.
- Footing, slab, structural steel, and concrete pours.
- Rough-in MEP, envelope, fire-rated assemblies.
- Final inspection with Certificate of Compliance filed on closeout.
How long does commercial plan review take through FCC?
What fee reduction applies to commercial private provider projects?
Does FCC handle shell buildings and core-and-shell separately?
Which commercial inspections still stay with the jurisdiction?
Single-family plan reviews come back in hours.
Apply to Work With FCC
You've done the math on what a 3-week plan review lag costs. FCC's single-family plan reviews come back in hours, commercial and multifamily take 1–2 days, and inspections get matched in minutes, not scheduled into a vague window where your crew waits all morning.