Building-Code Consultation · Plan Review · Construction Inspection

Clear, Consistent Building Review and Inspection—From Application to Occupancy.

Cubed Code Consulting provides independent plan examination and construction-inspection support for local governments, communities, First Nations, and project teams. We help bridge capacity gaps with code guidance, structured site reporting, and close-out recommendations.

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Services

Technical Oversight Across Critical Milestones

Each engagement is tailored to the client’s administrative framework and adopted building code. The scope can establish complete-submission standards, technical reviews, and reporting at each agreed inspection stage.

Building-Code Consultation & Technical Review

Project-specific guidance on code requirements and design options before drawings are finalized.

Unresolved code questions can slow a project. We provide technical guidance to clarify requirements and assess design options before submission:

Classification & Code Pathways: Assess major occupancy classification, building area and height limits, and whether Part 3 or Part 9 requirements apply.
Fire Safety & Life Safety Analysis: Review spatial separations, limiting-distance calculations, fire-resistance ratings, egress geometry, and compartmentalization.
Alternative Solutions Guidance: Review proposed alternative solutions, equivalencies, and performance-based approaches against relevant code objectives and functional statements.
Compliance Rationales & Briefs: Prepare written technical memos summarizing code requirements and rationale to support coordination among project teams and reviewing authorities.
Professional Coordination: Identify when Registered Professional involvement, Letters of Assurance, or specialized engineering disciplines may be required.

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Application Intake and Plan Review

Complete-Submission Checklists: Drawing-control guidance and structured checklists help applicants provide complete, review-ready documents.
Written Code Reviews: Review applications against the adopted code and local bylaws, with missing information and code concerns set out in itemized written memos.

Construction-Stage Inspections

Critical-Stage Inspections: Scheduled site or field inspections review work before it is concealed where practical. Stages can include excavation and footings, underslab plumbing and radon rough-in, framing, rough-in services, exterior water management and weather barriers, insulation, and final building completion.
Field Reporting: Record code deficiencies and general quality observations separately, supported by structured notes and photo documentation.

Trade and Professional Documentation

Assurance & Declaration Tracking: Review required plumbing and mechanical declarations, testing records, engineering Letters of Assurance, and field-review logs.

Electrical permits and inspections remain with Technical Safety BC and the licensed electrical contractor.

Deficiency Follow-Up and Close-Out

Tracking to Resolution: Document outstanding items, conduct scheduled follow-up inspections, and coordinate applicable close-out records.
Occupancy Recommendations: Provide the client authority with a technical recommendation on occupancy readiness once agreed items are resolved.

An Extension of Your Building Department

We handle technical evaluations—from initial plan checks to milestone site or field inspections—giving local administrators and community leadership documentation to support project decisions.

Approach

From Submission to Occupancy

Establish the Framework

Confirm the adopted code edition, intake requirements, communication routes, responsible registered professionals, and inspection milestones.

Review & Reconcile

Provide plan examination comments, technical interpretation memos, and written deficiency reports. Assess revised documents before site work.

Inspect & Report

Conduct milestone site or field inspections, document observations, track resolved items, and deliver agreed close-out records and recommendations.

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Cubed Code Consulting

Planning a Building Project?

Whether you need ongoing technical capacity for your community building department, an interpretation of a complex code question, or independent plan review, let’s discuss the scope.

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