Single-trade in minutes, SFR in hours
Fast Plan Reviews in Florida
Single-trade reviews come back in minutes, single-family in hours and commercial in 1–2 days, without the building department queue. Licensed plans examiners for the building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades.
Plan reviews
What you get with every review
SFR Reviews in Hours
Single-family residential plan reviews come back in hours. Commercial and multifamily projects take 1–2 days.
All Project Types
Residential, commercial, industrial, and multi-family projects. New construction, additions, and alterations.
Licensed Examiners
Reviews are performed by Florida-licensed code professionals with trade-specific expertise.
Code Compliance
Reviewed against the Florida Building Code and local technical amendments for the disciplines in your scope.
Direct answer
What are Florida plan review services?
Florida plan review services are the code-compliance review of construction documents before permit issuance. FCC performs that review as a private provider firm authorized under F.S. 553.791: single-family residential reviews come back in hours, commercial and multifamily reviews take 1–2 days, and your team still files the permit application and NTBO with the jurisdiction.
How It Works
Submit your plans. Single-trade reviews come back in minutes, single-family in hours, commercial in 1–2 days. That's it.
Upload Your Plans
Submit your construction documents through the myFCC portal. Upload architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing — whatever the project requires. We'll confirm receipt and begin review.
FCC Reviews for Code Compliance
Our licensed professionals review your plans against the Florida Building Code. If approved, you receive stamped plans, the NTBO (Notice to Building Official), and any required private provider paperwork through the app. If corrections are needed, we tell you exactly what to fix.
File with the Building Department
You or your permit tech files the NTBO, stamped plans, permit application, and any other required documents with the building department. Under F.S. 553.791, private provider review can shorten the review portion of the timeline, and the building department must reduce the permit fee by its cost savings.
Request Inspections on Your Timeline
Once construction begins, request inspections through the myFCC app whenever you're ready. Live video inspections connect you with a licensed inspector in minutes. Offline submissions return results in minutes. No scheduling windows. No waiting around. See on-demand inspection scheduling and execution for how the dispatch side works.
FCC Files the COC
Once required FCC inspections pass, FCC files the Certificate of Compliance with the building department for the private-provider scope. FCC sends each inspection result to the building department, while jurisdiction-retained items still stay with the AHJ.
Revision Reviews
Got correction comments back?
Revision cycles can quietly blow up a schedule. If updated sheets, correction comments, or re-submittals are what is holding up the permit, see how FCC handles revision reviews under FL 553.791 and where your team still owns the filing side.
Review Disciplines
Our licensed plans examiners review the building disciplines in your project scope under the Florida Building Code.
- Structural
- Mechanical (HVAC)
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- Roofing
- Energy Code
- Accessibility (ADA)
Single-family turnaround
Hours
Single-trade reviews come back in minutes and commercial reviews in 1–2 days. Compare that to 2-4 weeks at most Florida building departments. Our private provider status under FL 553.791 means your project moves faster.
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Florida Building Code Review Services, Under FL 553.791
Florida contractors search for both "plan review" and "building code review" — in practice they describe the same work: a licensed examiner checking construction documents against the Florida Building Code and applicable local amendments so the project can be permitted and built. Freedom Code Compliance performs that review as a private provider under Florida Statute 553.791.
As a private provider firm authorized under Florida Statute 553.791, FCC's plans examiners review your plan set for structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, energy, and accessibility code compliance. Single-family residential reviews come back in hours. Commercial and multifamily take 1–2 days.
Plan review vs. building code review: There is no difference. "Plan review" is the term the Florida Building Code and building departments use. "Building code review" is how contractors often describe the same service when searching online. FCC performs the full-discipline code-compliance review either way.
Project Types We Review
Freedom Code Compliance handles plan review for residential and commercial projects in Florida.
- Single Family New ConstructionCustom, spec, and production builds. Reviews in hours.
- Single Family AdditionRoom additions, pop-tops, garage conversions, ADUs.
- Commercial New ConstructionGround-up retail, office, warehouse, restaurant.
- Commercial Repair/RemodelTI, white-box conversions, retail build-outs.
Measured on our platform7-day average · Oct 3 – Oct 9
- Request to live inspector
- Offline request to result
- Plan review in workable business hours, start to approved plans
- Workable time is the time our team can act on your plans during business hours (weekdays 9–5, Fridays 9–4 ET). It’s how long a compliant submission with no blockers takes us to review and approve within business hours. Time waiting on you, like corrections or a quote out for approval, isn’t counted.
No scheduling required. You simply request the inspection when the work is ready. Live inspection requests are taken Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm ET; offline inspections can be submitted any time.
FAQ
Florida Plan Review Questions
What are private provider plan review services in Florida?
Private provider plan review services let a Florida property owner, or a contractor with the owner's written authorization, use a private provider under F.S. 553.791 to review construction documents for Florida Building Code compliance instead of waiting only on the local building department review queue.
How fast are FCC plan reviews?
FCC delivers single-family residential plan reviews in hours, and commercial and multifamily plan reviews in 1–2 days. Scope, completeness, and correction cycles can affect the final timeline.
Does FCC file my permit application or NTBO?
No. FCC reviews the plans and provides the private-provider paperwork after approval, but the contractor, owner, permit tech, or permit expediter files the permit application and NTBO with the building department.
What codes does FCC review against?
FCC reviews against the applicable Florida Building Code volumes and project-specific disciplines, including structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, energy, accessibility, and other applicable requirements based on scope.
Your Bottom Line
How You Keep More Money
Every day waiting on inspections costs you money. Here's where it goes, and how FCC stops the bleeding.
Stop Paying to Wait
A home waiting for inspection costs you $500-2,000 per week in financing, insurance, and idle crew time.
Save $2,000-8,000 per project
Finish More Jobs Per Year
Close out faster, invoice sooner, start the next job. One extra project per year at your margins? That's real money.
Increase annual revenue
Know When We Show Up
No more "we'll call you when we're available." Schedule inspections when they work for your crew, not whenever the building department gets around to it.
Predictable scheduling