How to prepare and submit building permit plans in Coral Gables, including digital signatures, discipline PDFs, plan corrections and review coordination.
Coral Gables building permits are submitted electronically
The City directs building permit applications and plan submittals through its electronic process. Before upload, the permit application, scope description, project cost and any project-specific approvals should be assembled with the drawing package.
For projects subject to design-board or other pre-approvals, those requirements should be identified before the building permit package is treated as complete.
One PDF per discipline is an important file rule
Coral Gables’ Electronic Submittal Guide instructs licensed professionals to submit drawings as one PDF per discipline. Architectural, civil/site and other discipline files are organized separately rather than uploaded as an arbitrary collection of sheets.
The City also has file naming rules and requires plan sheets to carry consistent information such as scale, north arrow where applicable, issue date and revision space. Preparing the PDF correctly reduces intake problems.
Digital signatures and seals
For professional plan files, Coral Gables describes the accepted digital signing approach and requires the discipline PDF to be digitally signed. The City’s guidance also distinguishes between the verifiable digital signature and the license/seal information shown on the plan sheets.
A digital seal workflow should be completed only after the discipline is coordinated and ready to submit, because post-signing edits can invalidate the digital signature.
How corrections and reworks should be handled
Coral Gables has specific instructions for corrected plan sets and revisions. The corrected discipline package should maintain the City’s naming and organization conventions, and superseded sheets are handled in the manner described by the City’s guide.
The practical takeaway is simple: do not improvise the file structure during a rework. Keep the original discipline identity and follow the City’s correction procedure so the reviewer can compare the revised package efficiently.
Coordination before resubmission matters
A correction to one discipline can create a conflict elsewhere. Before signing and uploading the revised files, compare the architectural, structural, civil and MEP sheets that touch the change. That internal coordination is often the difference between resolving a comment and receiving a new one.
MIA Express provides professional plan coordination and permit processing for Coral Gables residential and commercial projects.
Official resources
Permit requirements change. For current forms, portal instructions and agency-specific rules, verify the project against the applicable government source: