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What New Permit Deadline Laws Mean for Your Building Department

By The Building Department Team | Apr 1, 2026 | 3 min. read

Are new permit deadline laws about to change how your building department works? Across the country, states are adopting laws that set firm permit rev...

Building Department, Community Development

Is Your City Ready for Data Center Growth?

By The Building Department Team | 4 min. read

If a data center project landed on your building department desk this week, how confident would you feel? Most cities know the opportunity is major......

Building Code

How To Prioritize Code Enforcement Cases With Limited Staff

By The Building Department Team | 2 min. read

How do you decide which code cases move first when everything feels urgent? Short-staffed departments face this question every day. When priorities ar...

Operations, Process Improvement

Procurement Q&A: How Cities Get Compliant Help Fast

By The Community Development Team | 4 min. read

When complaints rise, permits slow down, or staffing gaps hit unexpectedly, many communities reach the same inflection point: Do we issue a long, expe...

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Permitting, Building Department, Community Development

Outsourced Building Department Models for Small Cities

By Juliana Ficheli Hoffman | 7 min. read

Running a building department with limited staff and budget is one of the toughest challenges small municipalities face. When a single inspector handl...

Operations, Process Improvement

Private Provider Services [One-Page Overview]

By The Private Provider Team | 1 min. read

A simple way to keep projects moving when staff capacity is stretched High permit volumes, limited staffing, and growing inspection demands can slow y...

Operations, Process Improvement, Building Department

Municipal Partnership Guide: How to Use Piggybacking to Accelerate Service Delivery

By The Building Department Team | 1 min. read

Simplify Procurement With the Municipal Partnership Guide Staffing shortages. Delayed contracts. Too many projects, not enough support. What if you co...

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