Building Plan Review

General Overview

Plan Review coordinates the approval processes for building permit review and issuance. Examiners can not design projects. They provide the following services:

Coordinate the overall approval of plans with appropriate code disciplines (Electrical, HVAC, Zoning, etc.)
Review building plans for conformance with state and federal building codes and local ordinances governing construction
Answer questions about a design relating to code
For more information, see Building information and handouts

Guidance on new Minnesota State Building Codes adopted March 31, 2020

Electronic Plan Review for Building Plan Review

St. Paul offers electronic plan review. You will need to submit a completed General Building Permit application to be processed. Once the permit is entered, the system will generate an email to you with a link to upload your plans.

General Building Permit Applications must still be submitted to the Department of Safety and Inspections (375 Jackson St) via mail, email (DSI-BuildingPlanReview@ci.stpaul.mn.us), or drop off during office hours.

If you choose to have your project reviewed this way, you will upload all plans to our Eplan software: ProjectDox, receive all reviewer comments online and be able to download stamped plans as soon as they are ready. You must submit a permit application to DSI before you will receive an upload link to begin uploading plans.

For more information on ProjectDox, visit our Electronic Plan Review Homepage