STATE OF MICHIGAN BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION CODES DIRECTORY

RELEASE OF BUILDING PERMIT RULES – RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

 Department & Phone

 Areas covered

Administration
517-241-9302

Office of the Bureau Director and Deputy Directors; Construction Code Commission.

Office of Administrative Services (OAS)
517-335-2972

Personnel actions; promulgation of administrative rules; publications; forms; technical bulletins; web production; media coordination; and duties related to the Americans with Disabilities act.

Office of Management Services (OMS)
517-241-9313

Building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits; electrical, mechanical and plumbing license renewals; purchase of codebooks.

Boiler Division
517-241-9334

Code questions; boiler installers, inspectors, and reapers licenses; boiler permits and inspections; complaints and reporting of boiler accidents; boiler invoices; purchases of boiler codebooks; Board of Boiler Rules.

Building Division
517-241-9317
 

Code questions—i.e., residential, commercial, foundations, drywall, roofing, footings and foundations, snow loads, demolition, etc.; school construction inspections; building permit questions; building inspections; certificates of occupancy; manufactured housing community pre-licensing inspections; manufactured housing questions; manufactured housing commission; manufactured housing community, installer/service, and retailer licenses.

Note: Builder License questions are not handled though this agency, Please contact the Bureau of Commercial Services at 517-241-9254 (license/renewals); 517-241-9202 (complaints); 1-800-733-9267 (examination questions); 1-900-555-8374 (licensing verification).

Electrical Division
517-241-9320
 

Code general questions; electrical examinations and licenses; apprenticeship registration; electrical permits and inspections; Electrical Administrative Board.

Elevator  Safety Division
517-241-9337

Code questions; elevator examinations and licenses; elevator permits and inspections; purchase of elevator codebooks; complaints and reporting of elevator accidents; Elevator Safety Board.

Office of  Land Survey & Recommendation
517 241 6321

General questions; ensure orderly division of land; conduct final reviews of plat maps; administers statewide program of monumenting and remonumenting the original U.S. government public land survey property controlling corners.

Mechanical Division
517-241-9325
 

Code questions –i.e., furnaces, HVAC (heating and air conditioning), duct work, solar heating, refrigeration, underground tanks; mechanical contractors examinations and licensing; mechanical permits and inspections; Board of Mechanical Rules.

Note: Freon questions are not handled through this agency. Please contact the Stratospheric Ozone Hotline at 1-800-296-1996.

Note: Calls regarding auto mechanics or auto mechanic licenses are not handled though this agency. Please contact the Secretary of State at 517-373-9060.

Office of Local Government & Consumer Services (OLGCS)
517-241-9347
 

Review of applications from local units of government to locally enforce state building, electrical mechanical, and/or plumbing codes; complaints regarding local code enforcement, electricians mechanical contractors, plumbers, and barrier free design requirements; complaints against manufactured housing communities, installer/servicers, retailers, and manufacturers; manufactured housing community and retailer audits; manufactured housing community ordinance and variance request reviews; inspector registration, training and educational requirements; instructor approvals for training and education.

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Livingston County Building Department
email  building@co.livingston.mi.us
East Complex - 2300 E. Grand River Ave. Howell, MI  48843
Phone 517.546.3240 * FAX 517.546.7461

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm Monday - Friday except County Holidays

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Last updated:  Thursday, September 24, 2009 Updated by: L. Lalewicz