Effective July 22, 2024
Purpose:
In accordance with Section II of the Memorandum titled “Ongoing Updates to OSF Process & Procedures (DRAFT),” dated September 7, 2023, this document lists the types of school construction, improvement, and renovation projects requiring OSF plan review submission and approval.
South Carolina Code §59-23-210 indicates that all new structures, additions, renovations, and alterations made to public school buildings and property are within the authority of the Office of School Facilities (OSF), as the designee of the State Superintendent of Education.
Projects Requiring OSF Plan Review and Approval
- Accessibility changes
- Administrative Offices (adjacent to student occupied facilities)
- Amphitheaters
- All New Construction, Additions, and Renovations/Alterations in connection with the public education program in South Carolina
- Athletic Training Rooms
- Auditoriums
- Batting Cages
- Bleachers (indoor or outdoor)
- Cafeteria
- Canopy Additions
- Career and Technology Centers
- CATE (Career and Technology Education)
- Concession Buildings
- Door Replacements
- Door Access Controls
- Dugouts
- Dust collector exhaust systems (used by students)
- Enclosed outbuildings (for student learning)
- Fencing
- Field Lighting
- Fire Apparatus Access Routes
- Greenhouses (for student learning)
- Group Toilet Facilities
- Modular Classrooms
- Multipurpose Rooms
- New Schools
- Outdoor Classrooms
- Paint Booths
- Parent Drop Off and Bus Loops
- Parking Lots, Road Entrances, Car Stacking Loops
- Pavilions
- Performing Arts Centers
- Playgrounds
- Portables
- Press Boxes
- Relocatables
- Restroom Buildings
- Roofing (repairs or replacements)
- Security Vestibules
- Sheds (student use)
- Solar Panels
- Stadiums
- Storage Facilities (student use) or containing flammable/hazardous materials located with the building(s)
- Temporary Structures
- Tents or Sundades
- Ticketing Booths
- Weight Rooms
- Welding equipment/Assoc. ventilation systems
- Window Replacements
Note:
There is a separate document applicable to projects waived from OSF review
