The competent authority monitors compliance with public building laws on behalf of the legislature. This entails the following responsibilities:

• Reviewing building applications and issuing building permits / partial building permits
• Reviewing preliminary building inquiries and issuing preliminary building decisions
• Reviewing special structures
• Reviewing structural engineering documentation (structural stability, fire protection)
• Reviewing emergency exits
• Reviewing and approving deviations, exceptions, or exemptions
• Construction supervision, final inspections
• Regulatory measures within the scope of building inspection
• Maintenance of the register of building encumbrances and recording of such encumbrances
• Participating in fire safety inspections
• Processing of appeals

For more information, see the following services:

• Demolition Notice
• Building Permit: Issuance
• Construction Projects Not Requiring a Permit: Notification
• Preliminary Building Inquiry and Preliminary Building Permit Decision