Construction

All construction work or placement of structures located in the county is governed by the building codes as mandated by the state of South Carolina.

See our Building Codes page for a listing of applicable codes. If your project exceeds 400 square feet in area you must submit drawings for review. The drawings should be complete enough that a contractor can build the structure without trouble.

A plan review can take from 3 to 5 days depending on complexity of the structure and size. Commercial plans are required to be sealed by an appropriate design professional.

Residential plans are not required to be drawn by an architect. We have sample plans available to assist you.

If you need to schedule an inspection, you should call the day before work will be ready for inspection. For example, if your work will be ready to be inspected on Tuesday, request inspection on Monday. Work should be accessible to the inspector. You may leave the door unlocked, leave a key onsite for the inspector or leave a key at our office (returned at job completion). If work is not accessible, a re-inspection fee may be charged.

All work should be ready to be inspected at 8:00 AM on the day inspection is requested. Because of the volume of inspection requests, we are not able to schedule a specific appointment time.

If work is to be done at an owner occupied residence by the owner, a license is not required for residential work.

All other work required licensed contractors.