Fairfax PLUS Services and Planned Downtime November 5th – 9th

The Planning and Land Use System (PLUS) and all its related services will be unavailable from 5 p.m. on November 5th through 7 a.m. on November 9th. If you have any time-sensitive projects, please plan accordingly by submitting any necessary materials to PLUS ahead of the scheduled downtime. For additional information, please refer to the Fairfax PLUS Scheduled downtime.

Updated Fairfax ESI Checklists

New checklists available in the ESI Fairfax webpage for SD, SP, PI and Resub plans.  Checklists will become effective on November 1, 2026 when the new checklists must be used. Prior to that, current(prior) checklists may be used for new plans or plans in progress.

Updated Fairfax County LDS Functional Org Chart

Updated Fairfax page on the ESI website with a new LDS Functional Org chart.

ESI Executive Director to Retire

Jeff Blackford, the current ESI Executive Director, has advised the Board of Directors (Board) of his intent to retire.  As such, the Board is currently conducting a search and accepting applications for eligble candidates to fill the Executive Director position.  If you or someone you know is interested in learning more or applying, please click the following link to take you to the LinkedIn advertisement.

New ESI Overview Video

For information about ESI, please peruse our “About Us” webpage, via the link above.  On that page, and also available by clicking here, is a short (3 min) video overview of the Engineers & Surveyors Institute.