Marietta, GA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Section 7-4-2-050(H)(6) sets out the inspections the building official must make on notification from the permit holder, releasing each portion of construction or listing the violations that must be corrected before work continues. Building work goes through a foundation inspection made after trenches are excavated and forms erected, a frame inspection made after the roof, framing, fireblocking, and bracing are in place and concealed wiring, pipes, chimneys, ducts, and vents are complete, and a final inspection made after the building is completed and ready for occupancy.

Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems each get an underground inspection before backfill, a rough-in inspection before wall or ceiling membranes are installed, and a final inspection once the building is complete and the system is properly connected. Gas work instead gets a rough piping inspection before any piping is covered and a final piping inspection that includes a pressure test, followed by a final inspection covering the whole system. Energy-code inspections cover the foundation for slab insulation, framing for wall insulation and air sealing, and a final check of ceiling and floor insulation R-values and equipment SEER ratings.

Under Section 7-4-2-050(H)(7), no work may proceed past the point marked by any of these inspections without a written release from the building official, and reinforcing steel, structural framing, insulation, and plumbing or electrical work concealed without that release, under (H)(8), must be exposed again for inspection.