Thoughts on construction, AI, and building a better future.
Most plan review corrections are not obscure code conflicts. They are the same recurring violations — egress widths, accessibility clearances, fire separation ratings — missed across thousands of submissions. Here's what gets flagged most and why it keeps happening.
Read more →Every vendor calls themselves 'permitting software.' The term covers three genuinely different product categories. Here's how to tell them apart and pick the right one.
Read more →Most building departments have moved to digital plan submissions. Few have changed how they actually review them. The gap between digital intake and digital review is where permits go to wait.
Read more →Building departments are losing experienced plan reviewers faster than they can replace them. AI-assisted review addresses the labor shortage, cuts cycle times, and eliminates the inconsistency that makes the permitting process unpredictable.
Read more →How a quiet crisis in municipal administration is distorting the American economy, driving migration, and deciding where the future gets built.
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