QD Design produces the complete drawing set your city requires for a commercial building permit — architecture plus sealed MEP — then submits it and answers every plan-review comment until the permit is issued. Permit expediting is not a document drop; it’s a dialogue with reviewers. We have that dialogue weekly with City of Houston DSD, Austin, Sugar Land, Pearland, Tomball, League City, Harris and Fort Bend Counties, and TDLR.
What a Permit Set Includes
- Code analysis & life-safety plan (occupancy, occupant load, egress)
- Architectural plans and details
- Mechanical plans + load calculations
- Electrical plans + one-line diagram + panel schedules
- Plumbing plans + riser diagrams (+ grease interceptor and gas where applicable)
- COMcheck energy compliance reports
- TDLR/TAS accessibility registration (projects ≥ $50,000)
- Health-department and fire-marshal packages for food service and assembly projects
Our Plan-Review Track Record
- Sugar Land school kitchen — building dept + health dept + county fire marshal in parallel; permit in ~30 days
- Tomball meat market — 25-comment deficiency notice fully resolved to approval
- Austin restaurant — five review rounds; every response authored in-house
- Houston industrial TI — approved in a single response cycle
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you fix a set the city already rejected?
Yes — permit rescue is a specialty. Send the comment letter and the current drawings; we’ll quote the corrections and take over the responses.
Do you charge extra for comment responses?
No. Responding to plan review for the disciplines we design is included until the permit is issued.
Do you pull the permit for me?
We prepare and submit the documents and drive them to approval; the permit itself is issued to your contractor of record. We coordinate directly with your GC or permit runner.
Send your project details — fee proposal within one business day.