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Plan Reviews & Inspections for Home Builders
Keep your residential construction projects on schedule with Freedom Code Compliance. FCC provides full-scope plan reviews and virtual inspections for Single Family and Multi Family construction types — new construction, additions, repair/remodel, and single-trade work — under Florida Statute 553.791.
Plan Review Report
Cypress Hammock Residence · New Single Family Detached Residence
Project
- Address
- 1458 SW Cypress Hammock Ln, Palm City, FL
- Building department
- Martin County
- Permit
- BR-26-003905
Design criteria
On the plans
Checked against
- Building code
- Plans: FBC 8th Edition (2023), NEC 2020
- Checked: Edition in effect
- Wind speed (Vult)
- Plans: 165 mph
- Checked: 162 mph at this site, Risk Category II
- Risk category
- Plans: II
- Checked: Residential occupancy
- Flood zone
- Plans: Zone AE, BFE 5.0 ft
- Checked: FEMA Zone AE, base flood elevation 5.0 ft NAVD88
Documents and seals
Sealed by the engineer of record; digital signature intact.
What we verified
- Wind design criteriaFBC-R R301.2.1, ASCE 7-22
- Emergency escape openingsFBC-R R310
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarmsFBC-R R314, FBC-R R315
- Truss and roof framing packageFBC-R R802.10
- Service size and panel scheduleNEC 230, NEC 408
- AFCI and GFCI coverageNEC 210.8, NEC 210.12
Courtesy comments
Floodplain: this site is in FEMA Zone AE, and the building department reviews floodplain management itself.
We solve your biggest challenges
- Long plan review times delaying project starts
- Multiple inspection coordination
- Complex multi-discipline reviews
- Permit revision turnaround times
Home Builders
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Fast Code Review Workflows
Keep permit packages moving with plan review workflows designed for speed, consistency, and clear correction cycles.
AI-Assisted Plan Reviews
FCC uses software-assisted checks on single-trade plan reviews, with plans examiners completing each review.
Virtual Inspections On Demand
Request virtual inspections whenever your crew is ready and keep projects moving without waiting on site visits.
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Projects
Common home builders projects
We have experience with thousands of home builders projects across Florida.
Single Family New Building Construction
custom homes, spec homes, production builds under FBC-Residential R301/R302/R403
Single Family Addition
room additions, second-story pop-tops, garage conversions, ADUs
Single Family Repair/Remodel
kitchen, bath, whole-home renovations, post-storm repair
Single Family Single Trade
roofing, HVAC changeouts, re-pipes, panel swaps, window replacements, solar PV
Multi Family New Building Construction
townhouse rows, duplex, triplex, quadplex, mid-rise apartment projects
Multi Family Addition
townhouse expansions, duplex additions, apartment-building vertical expansions under FBC-Building Chapter 3 Group R-2
Multi Family Repair/Remodel
apartment interior renovations, common-area rebuilds, SB-4D milestone structural repairs
Single-family plan review
Hours
Single-family home builders plan reviews take hours. Commercial projects take 1–2 days. Live and offline inspection results come back in minutes.
Apply nowMeasured 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
Home Builders FAQs
What residential construction types does FCC handle?
FCC reviews single-family and multifamily residential projects across the building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing disciplines, using reviewers licensed for each. Project types include Single Family New Building Construction, Single Family Addition, Single Family Repair/Remodel, Single Family Single Trade, Multi Family New Building Construction, Multi Family Addition, and Multi Family Repair/Remodel. Single-family residential plan reviews come back in hours; multifamily plan reviews take 1–2 days. Virtual inspections are available across construction phases where the applicable code allows them, under F.S. 553.791.
Does FCC do multi-family plan review?
Yes. Freedom Code Compliance reviews Multi Family New Building Construction, Multi Family Addition, and Multi Family Repair/Remodel projects including townhouses under FBC-Residential R302, duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, and R-2 apartment buildings under FBC-Building Chapter 3. Multifamily plan reviews take 1–2 days. FCC also supports SB-4D milestone-driven structural repair work on existing multi-family buildings.
Can you handle all disciplines for new construction?
Yes. FCC reviews residential projects across the building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing disciplines, using reviewers licensed for each, all coordinated by one team.
How do you handle plan revisions?
We prioritize revision reviews to minimize delays so your project can keep moving forward.
Do you offer virtual inspections for new construction?
Yes. Our virtual inspection program covers common inspection milestones from foundation through final where the applicable code allows virtual inspection, helping you schedule inspections around your construction timeline.
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