Health Facilities Engineering Section

Phone: 517-241-3408
Fax: 517-763-0213
E-Mail:  LARA-BCHS-HFES@michigan.gov

The Health Facilities Engineering Section serves to ensure the safe, efficient, and effective delivery of healthcare through the review and oversight of healthcare construction and modernization projects; participation in surveys and inspections of healthcare facilities; oversight of private sewage systems at healthcare facilities; and serves as consultants on issues related to the physical plant and sewage disposal systems at healthcare facilities.

Plan reviews can be submitted expeditiously online at https://aca3.accela.com/lara/. For reviews submitted online, the applicant can also check those review statuses at: https://aca3.accela.com/lara/. To ensure a timely review, please submit review requests at least 10 weeks before expected construction start date.

Plan reviews cannot begin until the following requirements have been met:

• Application for Engineering Plan Review filled out & submitted/uploaded
  • Application should be filled out in its entirety to ensure the review process can begin
• Operational Narrative detailing the scope of the project
• Sealed Plans with bookmarks
• Payment remitted to the State of Michigan
  • If paying by check – plan review cannot begin until payment is received and processed by the treasury department
• For courtesy reviews submitted online, please note “INFO ONLY” in the project description and choose “Pay by Check” to bypass payment.