Code Consultants International Private Sector Services

Building Design Review
We provide design review services to our clients to determine whether the proposed design complies with local building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fire codes, land use regulations and other local, state, federal and international codes & standards. We clarify our role by providing our clients with a scope of services clearly indicating the codes and standards governing the review.

To be most effective, we prefer to become involved in the design review as early as possible so that code discrepancies can be identified at the beginning of the design process. Often a schematic design review can save substantial design and construction costs and gives us an opportunity to present alternatives for code compliance to the design team.

Code Consultants International, Inc. will meet with local, state and federal, and other authorities to help avoid unpleasant surprises that can arise from time to time due to unfamiliarity with local policies, code amendments or local code interpretations. Our staff are experienced in coordinating with local building and planning departments and are effective in resolving issues that may arise.

In some cases, local building departments will accept our code analysis submitted along with the construction documents and will then conduct a cursory review to check our code assumptions. We have found that in every case, our design review has facilitated the review process and has proven beneficial to our clients, saving time and frustration.

We employ a user-friendly template document for the design review and show code compliance criteria in easy to understand formats. We do not rely on “canned” plan review software but rely on highly trained and skilled reviewers to assure compliance. Our staff will be happy to meet with the design team or contractors to explain code requirements or give feedback on code alternatives that are proposed.

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Building Owner Services
We provide owner’s representation before, during and after purchasing buildings. Our expertise in the area of codes and standards assures that our clients will be able to make better-informed decisions to purchase or renovate an existing building or construct a new building.

We provide the following services:

• Pre-purchase code survey
• Change-in-use survey
• Building code compliance audit
• Inspection service for industrial plants
• ADA compliance audits
• Coordination with local building departments
• Quality control for construction projects
• Progress inspections
• Model Energy Code compliance certification
• Flood Plain compliance verification
• Planning and Zoning compliance research

We meet with building owners as early in the decision making process as possible to explore design and use options that comply with applicable codes and standards while achieving the goals of the owner.

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Building Permit Expediting
The permit expediting service we provide to our clients includes the following items:

• Prepare construction documents for submittal
• Submit permit application to approving authority
• Monitor the application
• Coordinate responses to review comments
• Meet with approving authorities as needed
• Meet with all design professionals and coordinate appropriate responses to code reviews

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Development Project Expediting
Our development expediting service includes the following items:

• Gather all submittal materials
• Submit development project to approving authority
• Meet with development review boards and/or committees
• Make presentations of the project as needed
• Monitor progress of the review
• Coordinate applicant’s responses to city/county staff reviews and other comments
• Represent applicant as appropriate
• Coordinate recording of documents

Our staff is experienced in the regulatory processes involved in permitting and is able to maintain good working relationships with the approving authorities.

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Project Inspection Services
Code Consultants International, Inc. provides our clients with building inspection services for specific construction projects on a 24-hour,   7-day a week basis. This inspection service certifies compliance with local building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical codes either in lieu of, or supplemental to, the local building department’s regular inspection service.

This service has proven to be beneficial to our client's construction project schedules by entirely eliminating down time due to lack of inspections or untimely inspections by the local building department. Days and even weeks can be gained in a project’s schedule when utilizing this service.

Local building departments are often understaffed and may not be able to provide timely inspection services, especially when large projects impact their workloads. Furthermore, in an effort to be fair with all permit applicants, the local building department will rarely give large scale commercial projects any more priority than small residential projects.

In virtually every case however, building departments will not provide inspections on weekends or during evening hours on a consistent basis and will not provide same-day re-inspections. Code Consultants International, Inc. will fill this gap by offering after-hours and weekend inspections to supplement the local department's inspections.

We employ only top quality certified and dedicated inspectors who understand our objective is to provide high quality inspections without interruption. Our company provides a service level not available by local departments. We offer a pro-active approach by giving the contractor and subcontractors an opportunity to walk the job with us while we answer questions.

We work closely with the local building department inspection staff to assure that our inspectors are “on the same page” with their inspectors. We also set up systems acceptable to the local building department to document code compliance.

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Special Inspection Services
We provide special inspection services as required by the building code for the following categories:

• Concrete testing
• Bolts in concrete
• Special moment-resisting concrete frame
• Reinforcing steel and prestressing steel tendons
• Structural welding
  • Welding of structural member or connection
  • Special moment-resisting steel frames
  • Welding of reinforcing steel
• High-strength bolting
• Structural masonry
• Reinforced gypsum concrete
• Insulating concrete fill
• Spray-applied fire-resistive materials
• Piling, drilled piers and caissons
• Shotcrete
• Special grading, excavation and filling
• Special cases as required by the building department or design engineer

We coordinate all special inspections that are required by the building code during the course of the project.

When we provide the special inspector for a particular category, that inspector will be qualified and certified to perform the inspections and follows acceptable documentation procedures.

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Land Use Planning Services
Our planning services will enhance our client’s chance for a successful project by providing the necessary expertise and experience of our staff.

We specialize in the following planning services:

• Public-private partnerships
• Development plan review and pre-submittal conferences
• Expediting development projects through the local development review process at the city and county level
• Land use planning for commercial planned development, light industrial, residential, open space, and corridor plans

We believe in a proactive approach to all of our projects and will make every effort to assure that your project schedule stays on track by assisting you in negotiations with the local planning department and by providing creative alternatives where appropriate.

Local planning departments are often overloaded with projects to review. Our staff can shepherd your project through the various review stages and will respond to requirements in a timely fashion to speed up the approval process.

We are dedicated to providing high-quality, timely project management and government approval services to Colorado developers. Our staff’s background in the public sector gives us the unique perspective and ability to protect the interests of your planning department while expediting development approval for complex commercial projects.

We can provide all or part of your planning needs from a specific project to providing full community development department services.

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Fire & Life-Safety Services
We provide fire code enforcement services to local fire districts and departments as follows:

• Site plan review
• Fire and life safety review
• Sprinkler and fire alarm review
• Permitting and documentation
• Periodic fire-safety inspections
• HAZMAT review
• Fire code adoptions
• Development review representation/comments
• Fee schedules/funding of services

We employ fire protection specialists to review fire suppression plans and complex design/HAZMAT reviews. Our inspection staff are NICET certified to perform inspections of sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, special hazards, etc.