Permit Office (AHJ)
City of New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits
Orleans Parish · Louisiana
MEP, structural, civil, and energy-compliance engineering for New Orleans projects — permitted through City of New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits and designed to the city's adopted codes and amendments.
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.
New Orleans enforces the statewide LSUCC rather than a substitute municipal building-code edition, but its zoning, Historic District Landmarks Commission controls, flood-damage-prevention ordinance, and drainage/right-of-way requirements materially affect design. FEMA flood-zone data and the City's floodplain requirements can control finished-floor and equipment elevations.
Local construction demand spans Port NOLA and river/rail logistics, healthcare and research around the downtown medical district, hospitality and convention-related renovations, and resilient repair or elevation work. Historic neighborhoods and the French Quarter add preservation review and constrained urban utility conditions to otherwise conventional commercial projects.
Reviewed 2026-09-11. Code editions and local requirements can change; confirm the current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before design.
Safety and Permits accepts permit applications and plan documents through its One Stop for Permits and Licenses portal. Commercial work can require coordinated building, zoning, fire, historic-district, floodplain, public-works, and drainage review; the Department of Public Works separately administers right-of-way and drainage-related approvals where applicable.
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