Recent Posts from The Building Department Team

Four Keys to Successful Municipal Budget Management
By The Building Department Team | Nov 26, 2024 | 5 min. read
As a city leader, you know that balancing the budget is no walk in the park. You're constantly juggling rising community expectations with the reality...
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5 Essential Elements of High-Quality Building Inspections
By The Building Department Team | 3 min. read
Building inspections are more than just checking boxes—they’re vital to creating safe, resilient communities. While meeting International Code Council...
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Building Department Government Outsourcing: Day One to First Inspection [Timeline]
By The Building Department Team | 6 min. read
Imagine a growing city of 75,000 residents — let's call it Greenville — facing the common challenges of an overwhelmed building department. Like many ...
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How To Improve Community Engagement and Boost Resident Satisfaction
By The Building Department Team | 7 min. read
Today, more than ever, resident satisfaction is doing more than impacting the overall well-being of our communities — it’s practically shaping it in r...
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Permit Delays, Plan Review Backlogs: The Risks
By The Building Department Team | 4 min. read
Backlogs may be part of municipal life, but their consequences don’t have to be While the focus on the backlogs caused by permit delays and plan revie...
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Who Is Your Local Inspection Partner?
By The Building Department Team | 3 min. read
In today’s building and development environment, the importance of working with consultative inspection experts who fully understand your local regula...
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How to Keep Projects Moving During the Building Inspector Shortage
By The Building Department Team | 3 min. read
Inspections are a necessary good — they keep communities safe and ensure healthy living conditions for the future. But because inspectors are such imp...
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