Building plan review staff
Britt McAdamis, Building Plan Review supervisor britt.mcadamis@state.mn.us 651-284-5276 Ryan Rehn, Plan Review Unit manager ryan.rehn@state.mn.us 651-284-5410
Categories: Building plan review, staff contact, staff members, building plan review contact information, email addresses
Public buildings and state-licensed facilities
What are public buildings? A public building is a: school district building project or charter school building project where the cost of the project is $100,000 or more; and a building and its grounds where the cost is paid by the state or a state agency regardless of its cost. School district or charter school building projects considered state building projects include: educational buildings administration buildings bus garages stadiums
Categories: public building, state licensed facilities, municipal agreements, educational buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, correctional facilities.
Overview of the Minnesota State Building Code
Every six years, our agency adopts new building codes designed to promote cost-effective ways of ensuring building safety and efficiency. The agency adopts new energy codes every three years in accordance with statutory requirements to ensure the energy efficiency of new construction.
Categories: Minnesota State Building Code, building safety, building efficiency, building plan reviews.
Makeup of the Minnesota State Building Code
The Minnesota State Building Code (MSBC) consists of many Minnesota rule chapters. Some of them adopt by reference amended model codes or standards that were developed by a code-making organization. The remaining chapters contain provisions written specifically for Minnesota. All of the following Minnesota rule chapters must be enforced.
2020 Minnesota State Building Codes
2020 Minnesota Codes View code Where to purchase Fact sheet Illustrated Field Guide to the Minnesota Residential Code View
Categories: Minnesota State Building Code, building code
Building plan review policies and prescriptive alternative designs for state licensed facilities and public buildings
Plan Review Policy (PR-#) – General Use Prescriptive Alternative Design (PAD-#) – General Use PR-01 – Smoke Resistant Construction PR-02 – Downgrading Existing Buildings
Categories: Building plan review, opinions, staff interpretations, interpration, policies
2015 Minnesota State Building Codes
View information about the 2020 Minnesota State Building Codes.
Categories: State building code, residential code, fire code, mechanical code, electrical code, codes, Minnesota building code, state code, code, plumbing code
50+ years of the state building code
Illustrated Field Guide