All Panel Wood Foundations must be designed and installed in accordance with:
All current Building Codes Standards

While wood foundations are easy to build, this is only true if one is building from an accurate well designed plan. When such a plan is incorrect, or if something is left out of the plan or absent, or if a design is made using a guide manual (these are not design manuals); major mistakes can be made during the construction process. These errors cause problems for the owner, builder, and the building department.

P.W.F. Quality Control Foundation Inspection Report

Each Foundation package which is certified as being in compliance with this Permanent Wood Foundation fabrication specification shall be produced under a quality control program, and each panel and other component parts in the package shall comply with this specification. A certification of inspection showing conformance to this specification and to approved shop drawing shall be issued by the fabricator and shall be sent in duplicate to the purchase of each foundation package.

An inspection shall be made on each foundation system certified as being in compliance with this specification, and a written report shall be prepared. The fabricator shall maintain a file copy of each inspection report for not less than two years.

The inspection report on each foundation system shall indicate that the inspectors has access to approved shop drawing for that job and shall include but not be limited to: