Dublin, CA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Dublin Municipal Code Sec. 570 subjects all permitted construction or work to inspection by the Building Official, with continuous special inspection required for certain construction types under Sec. 620. Sec. 590 bars covering, concealing, or using any work until it has been tested, inspected, and approved; anything covered before inspection must be uncovered again once the Building Official gives notice to uncover it. Sec. 600 requires the permittee to notify the Building Official and arrange inspections at each listed stage, including underground utilities before backfilling, foundation forms before concrete, underfloor framing, rough inspection of framing and utility rough-in before it is covered, wood frame, reinforced concrete, structural steel, insulation, lath, wallboard, suspended ceilings, and a final inspection once all construction, exterior finish grading, paving, and landscaping are complete and the building is ready for occupancy.

Sec. 580 requires written Building Official approval, often recorded on an inspection record card kept at the site, before work can proceed past each successive inspection point, and gives ten days to correct a failed inspection before the failure itself becomes a separate violation. A contractor who repeatedly misses correction deadlines can be blocked from getting permits for any other work anywhere in the city until all corrections are made (Sec. C).