Verify Building, Plumbing and Electrical Requirements

Freeze the scope facts

Record property type, suite or strata context, structural change, fixture moves, plumbing, electrical, ventilation and exterior penetrations.

Check the building route

Use current City information to ask whether the actual construction scope needs building review; do not rely on a generic renovation answer.

Check plumbing

Map fixtures and rough-in changes, who obtains the plumbing permit, inspections and closeout documents.

Check electrical

Route outlets, lighting, heating, fans, controls and panel work through current Technical Safety BC or applicable processes.

Add structural, suite and strata decisions

Record wall or floor changes, fire and acoustic assemblies, common property, alteration approval and building access.

Maintain an approval register

Log authority, date, project facts, answer, application or inspection, owner and open dependency.

Issue one approval summary

Describe property type, suite or strata context, wall and floor changes, fixture moves, plumbing, electrical, ventilation and exterior penetrations consistently to each authority. Save dated responses with the supplied facts.

• Distinguish repair from alteration
• Record common-property impacts
• Recheck after design revisions

Separate trade processes

Map City building and plumbing questions, Technical Safety BC electrical work and any structural or strata review into separate rows. Assign application, inspection, correction and closeout responsibility for each accepted scope item.

• Do not combine authority answers
• Name permit applicant
• Track inspection prerequisites

Link approvals to construction

Add approval identifiers and required inspection points to the project schedule. Require trades to use the accepted drawing revision, document concealed work and file final records before the bathroom is treated as complete.

• Post current plans
• Hold work for inspections
• Retain final approvals

Close the renovation approval register

Keep separate rows for Surrey building and plumbing routes, electrical authority steps, structural review and suite or strata decisions. For each, record the actual project facts supplied, source, date, responsible party, application, inspection, condition and closeout document. Tie approvals to the current plan revision and schedule required hold points before concealment. Recheck changed fixture locations, walls, penetrations or electrical scope. The register coordinates processes without treating a general City webpage, earlier verbal answer or another unit’s renovation as permission for this bathroom.

• Use one scope summary
• Name each permit applicant
• Schedule inspection holds
• Withdraw superseded plans
• Archive final authority records