More than 1,000 municipalities have come to SAFEbuilt with their community development challenges. But you may be wondering, what's the advantage of bringing in a third-party provider to help with your community development projects?
Why SAFEbuilt?
At SAFEbuilt, we don't just help you get the job done — we help you reach your goals through exceptional service and greater expertise. No matter your needs, we lean into our extensive, national resources to deliver the highest-quality service. And we'll align your services with your city budget.
With an operating model aligned to those tenets, you and your community can expect to:
- Get the people you need, right when you need them.
- Scale your building department up or down as workload demands, starting immediately.
- Reduce cost and risk associated with full-time employees, benefits, liabilities, etc.
- Customize solutions to match your needs, from supplemental staff augmentation to full-service embedded departments.
- Work with a team that fully understands your local regulations and the challenges your department faces.
- Gain access to specialized experts without adding to your full-time staff.
- Leverage our proven processes and technology solutions to further improve department efficiency.
- Maintain the highest levels of community satisfaction with fast, responsive, helpful, and courteous professionals.
Let's Bring Your Vision to Life
Revitalizing a Small-Sized Building Department
Welcome to Maryville, Georgia, population 12,000, led by City Manager Michelle.
Michelle and the city's building department have been unable to keep up with increasing workloads. Their backlog has only intensified as residents:
- Use insurance money to replace roofs following a spring hailstorm
- Continue to move to the community
- File complaints about the quality of their public spaces
City Manager Michelle:
- Time as city manager: < 6 months
- Platform: Revitalize her small community
Let's see what Michelle accomplishes in the next year:
New High School
With certified inspectors at the ready, Michelle made it possible to:
- Schedule inspections and manage inspectors online
- Streamline inspections with multi-disciplinary staffing
- Receive real-time inspection and project updates
Leading to:
- Less scheduling & administrative logistics
- A faster timeline to ribbon cutting
City Hall
With third-party plan reviewers on stand by, Michelle made it possible to:
- Complete plan reviews electronically
Leading to:
- Same-day inspections, leading to quicker plan review turnaround
- Breaking ground faster on new projects
Updated Public Park
With additional resources, such as planning and landscape architecture, SAFEbuilt helped:
- Design a practical, eco-friendly public space to better suit the neighborhood
- Interpret zone codes for Michelle
- Preserve the historical look and feel of the city
Leading to:
- A healthier, happier community
- A more desirable neighborhood to live in with increased property values
New Housing Development
With a third-party staff member to manage permitting, and SAFEbuilt’s electronic permitting software, Michelle was able to help:
- The department to keep up with the busy season via a permit technician
- Residents to submit, manage, and approve permits online
- The department to reduce their outstanding permits
Leading to:
- Happier residents
- Budget protection
- Speed to revenue
- Reduced calls and complaints to city hall
Do Michelle's experiences as a city manager sound familiar? Let SAFEbuilt bring your vision to life.
Let's take a closer look at how our services have helped grow the communities we've worked with.
Providing Next-Day Inspections and Streamlined Requests
When we first partnered with the Village of Hampshire, Illinois, their permitting and inspection process entirely relied on manual processes, including paper applications and in-person drop-offs. But the city's affordability, charm, and location meant continued growth, creating staffing challenges, delays, and ultimately complaints and resident dissatisfaction.
When their team partnered with SAFEbuilt, we provided a full-time team to handle their permitting and inspection requests. We also set them up with an electronic request platform to simplify their process.
With these changes implemented, the village went from experiencing scheduling delays and staffing inconsistencies to offering a sustainable digital solution for requests and next-day inspections within a two-hour window.
Now's the Time to Elevate Your Community Development Projects
Just like the Village of Hampshire, municipalities across the nation are taking notice of the value third-party providers like SAFEbuilt bring to their communities. As a result, we've seen a tremendous growth trend in municipalities across the country using these services.
At SAFEbuilt, we take pride in supporting our customers in building better, safer communities. Community development teams are strong, forward-thinking trailblazers, and we're honored to help them chase their goals and grow their communities.
Want to chat about what's next in your project pipeline? Talk with one of our experts.
SAFEbuilt is a community development services company. We provide comprehensive building department, private provider, and other professional services with the goal of helping our customers build better, safer communities.