BuildingPermitCost How Building Permit Fees Are Calculated
The formulas US building departments use: valuation tables, per-$1,000 and per-square-foot rates, minimums, plan review and state surcharges.
Building Permit Cost by Project Type
What a remodel, an addition and a new home cost in permit fees, compared across US cities using each official fee schedule.
What Is Construction Valuation (ICC Building Valuation Data)?
How building departments decide what your project is worth for permit fees: contract price, the ICC Building Valuation Data table, or a local table.
Building Permit Fees People Often Miss
State surcharges, technology fees, impact and utility fees, re-inspections and more: what else turns up beside the building permit fee, from official schedules.
Plan Review Fee vs Building Permit Fee
What the plan review fee pays for, how cities price it, and how much of a permit bill it is, from official fee schedules.