What Is a Private Provider in Florida?
Under F.S. 553.791 you have the right to use a licensed private provider for plan reviews and inspections — and the building department must accept the qualifying work. Here's how the private provider path works and where it fits.
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What is a private provider in Florida?
A private provider is a licensed professional — an engineer, architect, or certified building-code professional — that Florida contractors and owners can hire to perform building plan reviews and code inspections instead of waiting on the local building department. Florida Statute 553.791 makes this a statutory right: the building department must accept qualifying private-provider plan reviews and inspections. FCC handles the contracted review and inspection scope; your team still files the permit application and NTBO with the jurisdiction.
Single-trade contractors
Good fit for HVAC, roofing, solar, plumbing, electrical, pool, aluminum, and window-door work.
- Fast plan reviews help permits move before the crew is ready to install.
- Virtual inspections help crews avoid waiting around for public inspection windows.
Home builders
Useful when build timelines are getting stretched by review backlogs and phase-to-phase inspection delays.
- Single-family plan reviews average 24 hours.
- Virtual inspections reduce dead time between milestones.
Commercial teams
Best when the schedule risk is coming from plan review queues, revision cycles, and inspection timing.
- Commercial plan reviews average 2 business days.
- Live and eligible offline inspections help phased work keep moving.
Plan reviews in 1-2 days. Not weeks.
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You've done the math on what a 3-week plan review lag costs. FCC turns that around in 1-2 days — and inspections get matched in minutes, not scheduled into a vague window where your crew waits all morning.