Champion: Kevin Pollem, AIA

This project aims to reduce plan check time by creating a set of standarized notes used county-wide.

The theory is simple: each building or project type must meet a minimum number of requirements mandated by the state-wide building code. Therefore, agreeing on a standarized system used both by those who create plans and those who check them, it could be quickly verified that a project meets those requirements, reducing both plan-check time and re-submittals.

Notes for single family dwellings will serve as a prototype with other building types added later. So far, the Codes, Permits & Processing Committee has discussed this idea, with favorable response, from the City of San Diego, County of San Diego, and the International Code Council, San Diego chapter.

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