Step Code Compliance Reports For BC Part 9 Builders
BC Energy Step Code compliance reports for Part 9 builders: pre-construction modelling, permit documentation, mid-construction checks, and as-built closeout.
A Step Code file can stall when the pre-construction model, AHJ forms, airtightness testing, F280 inputs, ventilation assumptions, and as-built updates are treated as separate jobs. Builders need a report path that starts before permit and keeps model assumptions, site results, and closeout documents aligned.
Apollo prepares the pre-construction BC Energy Compliance Report, coordinates HOT2000 modelling inputs, tracks assumptions that affect F280 and ventilation documentation where applicable, connects airtightness testing, and updates the file for the as-built report. For Penticton-specific timing, see the Penticton Step Code guide.
Timing: Start before permit submission, then keep the file active through mid-construction checks, final testing, and occupancy documentation. Update the report path whenever construction changes affect assemblies, glazing, mechanical assumptions, airtightness, or ventilation.
What to send: Send the drawing set or share link, project address, municipality or AHJ, target permit date, target Step Code/Zero Carbon Step Code path if known, window schedule, assemblies, mechanical notes, and any AHJ forms or instructions already received.
Start with the pre-construction report.
- Confirm municipality or AHJ, project address, target path, and permit timing
- Build or coordinate HOT2000 model assumptions from the permit drawing set
- Keep assemblies, glazing, air-barrier notes, and mechanical assumptions consistent with submitted drawings
- Include AHJ instructions or forms already issued to the builder or applicant
- Identify add-ons such as F280, ventilation documentation, or mid-construction testing before pricing the scope
Keep the report path active during the build.
- Record design or site changes that differ from the permit model
- Use mid-construction blower-door findings before final testing becomes the first measurement
- Track ventilation and mechanical documentation that will be needed at closeout
- Keep the builder, designer, and site lead aligned on assumptions that affect compliance
Bring final inputs back into the file.
- Final airtightness result
- Ventilation commissioning or balancing documentation when required for the project file
- Construction changes that affect the model or report
- Updated as-built reporting package for the builder or applicant to submit to the AHJ
Avoid preventable reporting delays.
- Permit drawings and model assumptions do not match
- Window schedule or assembly values arrive late
- Mechanical or ventilation assumptions change without updating the energy file
- Mid-construction testing is missed or booked after air-barrier details are covered
- Final test, ventilation, or construction-change information arrives after closeout is already due
What builders ask before booking.
What is the difference between pre-construction and as-built reporting?
Pre-construction reporting documents the design path for permit. As-built reporting updates the file with final airtightness results, commissioning inputs, and construction changes before closeout.
What does Apollo need to start the report?
Send drawings, project address, municipality or AHJ, target permit date, target Step Code path if known, window schedule, assemblies, mechanical notes, and any AHJ instructions already issued.
Does Step Code reporting include HOT2000 modelling?
Yes. The report path depends on model inputs and outputs, so Apollo coordinates HOT2000 assumptions with the compliance report instead of treating the model as a separate handoff.
What can delay the as-built report?
Unreported construction changes, missing final airtightness results, incomplete mechanical or ventilation documentation, or drawings that no longer match the built home can delay closeout.
Send the drawings and project basics.
Jesse Cummings reviews the file and returns a quote - base compliance package and applicable add-ons, priced by stage - within one business day after receiving the drawings and project basics.