Permit Office (AHJ)
City of Aurora Planning and Development Services Department — Building Division
Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas Counties · Colorado
MEP, structural, civil, and energy-compliance engineering for Aurora projects — permitted through City of Aurora Planning and Development Services Department — Building Division 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 Aurora and across Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas Counties — reviewed under responsible charge and sealed for submittal to City of Aurora Planning and Development Services Department — Building Division. 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.
Aurora is a home-rule municipality and maintains its own 2021-code amendments, administrative procedures, and adopted fire code. Its code package differs from Denver's energy overlays and from the Pikes Peak regional code used in Colorado Springs; city civil, drainage, and fire standards supplement the building-code review.
Aurora's market is led by the Anschutz Medical Campus and adjacent bioscience/healthcare cluster, Buckley Space Force Base and aerospace/defense activity, the I-70/Denver International Airport logistics corridor, and substantial residential and mixed-use growth. These uses create needs for medical reliability, lab infrastructure, secure facilities, and large-format distribution rather than a single downtown development pattern.
Reviewed 2026-09-11. Code editions and local requirements can change; confirm the current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before design.
Aurora's Building Division administers permits, plan review, and inspections through the city's online eTRAKiT services, with planning, civil engineering, fire, and utility reviews coordinated for development projects. The city uses pre-application and development-review processes for larger sites; a county line does not change the city AHJ for an Aurora address, but it can affect outside agencies and district coordination.
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.