Changes to the Quality Management Plan

To provide homeowners more certainty in their home's development, we have made changes to our Quality Management Plan to help improve residential building safety.

A Quality Management Plan (QMP) outlines safety standards that must be followed to be accredited by the Safety Codes Council, and changes to the QMP will provide homeowners additional certainty in their home's development.

Starting May 1, the City will require all contractors - plumbing, gas and electrical - to request inspections at both rough-in and final stages of new construction. The additional inspection allows the City to monitor the quality and compliance of construction work and provides homeowners with an extra layer of protection ensuring homes are built correctly.

Another change involves the building permit inspection process. Building permit applications with a value of $50,000 or less will require a single building inspection. Any building projects valued above $50,000 will now need a minimum of two inspections to ensure quality and compliance standards are maintained throughout construction. This change only applies to building permit requests and does not apply to trade permit inspections.

Applicants can apply for inspections on the CityView Portal and all site inspections will be completed within seven working days. All required building inspections will be noted on the permit application.