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Fairfax County, VA · Third-party review

Peer review that puts you in Fairfax County's expedite lane — with 1–2 day review rounds.

We're your third-party peer reviewer across every discipline — and choosing us automatically puts your project in Fairfax County's expedite lane: initial review in 1–3 business days and 1–2 day rounds after, instead of the standard queue.

  • 1–3 day initial review
  • 1–2 day rounds after
  • County expedite lane
  • 24-hour residential inspections
  • All disciplines in-house
  • Stamped & sealed

Expedite lane

Fairfax County

1–2 day

Review rounds

24 hr

Inspections

All trades

One visit

We complete the disciplinary peer review and record cards in-house — so the County's final audit is quick and rarely comes back.

1–2day

Review rounds, after a 1–3 day initial

24hr

Inspection guarantee

4trades

In one combination visit

100%

In-house, never outsourced

How it works

One decision puts you in the fast lane.

Choosing KCY as your third-party reviewer is the step that moves your project onto Fairfax County's expedited track.

  1. 01

    Optional — code consulting at preliminary design

    Optional

    Change of use, existing-building (IEBC), energy code and zoning — resolved early, before they cost you schedule.

  2. 02

    You finish the drawings — we notify Fairfax County

    We email the County that we're your third-party reviewer on the project. That one step changes everything that follows.

  3. 03

    Your project enters the County's expedite lane

    Expedite lane

    Automatically, because you chose us — initial review in 1–3 business days and 1–2 day rounds after, instead of the standard queue.

  4. 04

    We complete the third-party peer review

    1–3 day initial

    All disciplines plus a zoning pre-screen, in-house — and we fill out the County's disciplinary review record cards.

  5. 05

    We stamp and package the set

    Agency stamp on the cover, reviewer stamp on every sheet with your design team, plus the deficiency report — then standard submission to the County's final audit.

  6. 06

    Approved plans + all permits — fast

    In the expedite lane the whole way: the County reviews our peer-reviewed set quickly, and in practice it rarely comes back.

Services

Review, inspection, consulting.

Peer review that opens the County's expedite lane, 24-hour combination inspections, preliminary-design code consulting, and a grading-plan pre-screen for infill lots — every discipline in-house.

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Third-Party Peer / Plan Review

Independent peer review across all disciplines — and choosing us puts your project in Fairfax County's expedite lane, with a 3-business-day initial review and 1–2 day rounds after.

  • Automatic County expedite lane
  • All disciplines + zoning pre-screen, in-house
  • Initial review in 1–3 business days; 1–2 day rounds after
  • Agency stamp + reviewer stamps + deficiency report

24-Hour Combination Inspection

When the County inspection queue stalls your residential project, we step in — same-day when possible, guaranteed within 24 hours, all disciplines in one combination visit.

  • Same-day when possible, ≤ 24-hour guaranteed
  • Building, mechanical, electrical, plumbing — one trip
  • Signed by a licensed engineer, every visit
  • Flat rate per visit, billed only on visits performed

Code Consulting

Preliminary-design code strategy: change of use, existing-building (IEBC), energy code and zoning solved before they reach the review desk.

  • Engaged at preliminary design
  • Change of use & existing-building (IEBC)
  • Energy code & zoning pre-screen
  • Direct access to the engineer behind it

Grading Plan Pre-Screen — Fairfax Infill Lots

Before your Infill Lot Grading Plan goes to the County, we screen it against Fairfax's own review checklist and published comment library — so it clears in one cycle, not two.

  • Checked against the County's own submission checklist, including the items that make a plan non-acceptable outright
  • The County's highest-frequency comments pre-audited: outfall adequacy, grading, E&SC, geotech incorporation
  • Well & septic lots: Health Department approval sequencing screened before you submit
  • One avoided cycle pays for the screen — a failed cycle costs a four-figure resubmission fee and weeks of County clock
24-hour combination inspection

Building a home in Fairfax County? Waiting days for the County inspector?

We get your residential project inspected within 24 hours — often same day — all disciplines in one combination visit, signed by a licensed engineer. Flat rate per visit, billed only on visits actually performed.

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24 hr

guaranteed, same-day when possible

Building
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing

All four trades — one combination visit

Why KCY

A licensed team, not a queue.

KCY is a firm of licensed engineers, architects and code professionals spanning every discipline — and the work is signed at senior engineer level every time. Our team has performed third-party plan reviews since 2019 — from single-trade reviews to fully stamped multi-discipline sets, for firms and jurisdictions across the DMV.

Questions go straight to a licensed engineer.

No call center, no junior hand-off. Reach the engineer behind your review or inspection directly.

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A multidisciplinary licensed team

Licensed engineers across structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-protection and civil — with licensed architects, all in-house.

Authorized third-party review agency

An authorized third-party review agency under Virginia's USBC, serving Fairfax County's expedited peer-review program — our review and stamp carry the County's authority.

ICC-certified professionals

ICC-certified code professionals, including multiple Master Code Professionals (MCP) — and a Master Electrician on the team.

Senior-level sign-off, every time

Every review and inspection is signed at senior engineer level and never handed to a junior — with direct access to the people doing the work.

Coverage

Working on a project in Virginia — or beyond?

Fairfax County peer review is our flagship: we're an authorized third-party review agency under Virginia's USBC, serving Fairfax County's expedited peer-review program — plan review for all building types in the County's expedite lane, plus 24-hour combination inspections for residential construction. We also provide plan review and code consulting for projects across Virginia, Maryland and beyond. Send us your project and we'll confirm right away that we can take it on — fast.

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FAQ

The questions builders ask.

When you engage us as your third-party reviewer, Fairfax County moves your project onto an expedited track — initial review in 1–3 business days and 1–2 day turnaround on each round after, rather than waiting in the standard plan-review queue.

Contact

Get in the fast lane.

Tell us about your project — review, inspection, or both. It goes straight to our team, and a licensed engineer replies, usually within one business day.

  • Peer review that opens the County expedite lane
  • Inspections within 24 hours when the queue stalls you
  • You talk to the engineer who'll do the work

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