Permit Office (AHJ)
City of Long Beach Development Services Department, Building and Safety Bureau
Los Angeles County · California
MEP, structural, civil, and energy-compliance engineering for Long Beach projects — permitted through City of Long Beach Development Services Department, Building and Safety Bureau and designed to the city's adopted codes and amendments.
Permit stuck waiting on a seal? Apex Grid's licensed engineers provide fast review-and-seal for drawings in Long Beach and across Los Angeles County — reviewed under responsible charge and sealed for submittal to City of Long Beach Development Services Department, Building and Safety Bureau. Typical turnaround is 3–5 business days once we have a complete package.
Coordinated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design — engineered as one system, stamped by licensed professionals, and documented for fast permit approval.
Structural systems designed to the loads your state actually imposes — gravity, seismic, wind, and snow — with drawings built to get approved the first time.
Site engineering that clears local review — grading, drainage, and utilities designed to each jurisdiction's published standards from day one.
Energy compliance handled as engineering, not paperwork — documentation matched to the exact code edition your permitting jurisdiction enforces.
Long Beach Municipal Code Title 18 adopts the California codes with local amendments. Coastal-zone, seismic, grading, floodplain, and local green-building provisions can be site-specific additions; port-related facilities may also face separate fire, harbor, air-quality, and public-works requirements.
Long Beach's market combines Port of Long Beach logistics and industrial facilities with healthcare, higher education, multifamily infill, hospitality, and adaptive reuse. Waterfront and port-adjacent work layers heavy vehicle circulation, air-quality, utility, and resilience issues onto the standard Southern California permit process.
Reviewed 2026-09-11. Code editions and local requirements can change; confirm the current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before design.
Long Beach Development Services accepts permit applications and plan-review materials through its online LBDS portal and routes commercial plans among Building and Safety, Planning, Fire, Public Works, and other reviewers. Project scope determines whether the work can use a streamlined permit path or requires full plan check; coastal, port-adjacent, and historic sites can add agency approvals before permit issuance.
Request a ProposalReviewed and sealed by licensed PEs. “Solid engineering and clear communication from start to finish.” — Jason Mitchell, Principal Architect
Tell us what you need and where the project is — quotes back within 12–24 hours on qualifying scopes.