Dive summary:

• A phone app available from Engineering 7 of St. Petersburg, Fla., allows buyers to download a PDF form of a local or state building code so it is available at job sites whether or not the user has an Internet connection available.
• The product is called Building Code Digital, and each downloaded code contains figures and tables.
• Joel A. Levy, Engineering 7's CEO, envisions a scenario in which the contractor can immediately explain an allowed code exception to a building inspector and avoid having to answer allegations that something was done incorrectly.

From the article:

If you could’ve had your building code binder with you during the walk-through, none of this would’ve happened. You need something mobile. ...