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 many 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.
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