Fairfax County:
Important Notice: Due to the economic downturn and inevitable budget cuts along with the low volume of plans being submitted for review to Fairfax County, ESI has determined to reduce activity in its Fairfax County ESI Office to help the County with cutting costs. Effective Monday, June 08, 2009, the Fairfax County ESI Office at the Herrity Building will be closed on Wednesdays and Fridays until further notice. DPEs already scheduled for those days will be rescheduled for a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday later in the year. Due to the low plan review volume, DPEs will not report for Peer Review on days no plans are available for review. ESI will send notification to the scheduled DPE the afternoon prior to a scheduled Peer Review if Peer Review is to be cancelled for any given day. Therefore, it is imperative that Fairfax County DPEs check the Peer Review Schedule on the ESI Web Page the afternoon before their scheduled Peer Review to see if it has been cancelled. Also, check your e-mail and voice mail for a message advising you of the cancellation before you leave for the Peer Review activity to avoid making an unnecessary trip.
Please contact Yong Paek at 703-324-1803 or e-mail: ypaek@esinova.org ; or Jerry Kitchens at 703-263-2452 or e-mail: jkitchens@esinova.org if you have any questions concerning this memo.
May 2009: The News from DPWES - New Cover Sheet for Major Plans. Go to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/publications/lti/2010feeschedule.pdf and select Site and Subdivision Plan Coversheet under Land Development, Forms. Also, New Fee Schedules for LDS are included on the referenced site.
An announcement from Fairfax County Building Plan Review entitled "Changes to the Commercial Walk-Thru Program" is available. Go to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/publications/lti/08_09.htm to view the letter.
Go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/publications/lti/08_08.pdf to view the letter entitled "Fire Marshal Fee Increase for Plan Reviewer Time or Inspector Time."
Program Description: The ESI Peer Review Program in the Fairfax County consists of a Minimum Submission Review (MSR). This program provides a plan quality control review to save the time of the regulatory reviewers and speed the process of the plan approval. The program is supported by Fairfax County fees. The Minimum Submission Review involves peer review performed by the ESI Peer Review Team (ESIPRT) which consists of rotating private industry/governmental peer review engineers and ESI Staff Engineer. The ESIPRT is committed to review the plan within 48 hours from the receipt of the plan by the Fairfax County Plan Control desk. The peer review is done according to the appropriate established current checklists as listed in the following lines. The Peer Review Team makes a final determination whether the result of the plan reviewed is acceptable, acceptable with inserts, or non-acceptable according to the checklist and response letter prepared by the submitting engineers. If the plan review result is unacceptable, the submitting DPE engineer will get a non- acceptable grade and is subject to a disciplinary action from the Fairfax County Advisory Plans Examiner Board (APEB) as a built in accountability measure. The submitting engineers will be notified of the status of the plan review results by phone, fax/form letter or email by the ESIPRT as soon as the review is completed.
Checklists: ( Please Note: Revised Checklists dated March 07 for Site Plan, Subdivision Plan and Public Improvement Plan, are located in the Knowledge Center Library)
Preliminary Plat Fist Submission
ESI Staff Engineer for Fairfax County: Yong Paek/Hiren Joshi, Office 703-324-1803
Submission Deadline: No Deadline, submit the plans during the business operation hours of the Fairfax County Plan Control desk.
Monday-Thursday: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Friday: 9:15am - 4:00pm
Detailed Instruction: TBD