Effective Permit Planning for Project Owners: Maximizing Efficiency and Minimizing Delays

Effective Permit Planning for Project Owners: Maximizing Efficiency and Minimizing Delays

Navigating the permit-planning process can often be a major hurdle for any construction project. Though it plays a significant role in your project’s timely completion, permit planning is often considered daunting due to its complex dance with regulations, piles of paperwork, and complex bureaucratic procedures. This blog aims to change that perception and guide you toward efficient permit planning. 

Streamlining Building Permit Approvals for Large-Scale Projects

Streamlining Building Permit Approvals for Large-Scale Projects

Managing large-scale projects comes with its fair share of challenges, and one significant hurdle is navigating the complex world of building permits. However, with the right strategies in place, project owners can ensure the timely execution of their projects. In this blog, we will discuss effective strategies that project owners can use to streamline the…

Tips for Project Owners with Multiple Projects

Tips for Project Owners with Multiple Projects

When managing multiple construction projects, navigating the building permit process efficiently is crucial for project owners. This blog will provide valuable insights and practical tips to help project owners master the building permit process and ensure timely approvals. Establishing a Streamlined Permitting Workflow Managing multiple projects simultaneously can be overwhelming, but project owners can streamline…

Contractors: 5 Tips for Carrollton Permit Pulling

Contractors: 5 Tips for Carrollton Permit Pulling

For contractors planning construction projects in Carrollton, TX, navigating the city’s permit requirements can be complex. Each city has its unique guidelines and understanding them is crucial for a successful project. Here are five tips to help you get started with pulling permits in Carrollton: Tip 1: Understand when permits are required. The first step…

Mastering the Building Permit Process: Tips for Project Owners Handling Multiple Projects

Mastering the Building Permit Process: Tips for Project Owners Handling Multiple Projects

When managing multiple construction projects, navigating the building permit process efficiently is crucial for project owners. This blog will provide valuable insights and practical tips to help project owners master the building permit process and ensure timely approvals. Establishing a Streamlined Permitting Workflow Managing multiple projects simultaneously can be overwhelming, but project owners can streamline…

Contractors: 5 Tips to Help You Get Started Pulling Permits in Carrollton

Contractors: 5 Tips to Help You Get Started Pulling Permits in Carrollton

For contractors planning construction projects in Carrollton, TX, navigating the city’s permit requirements can be complex. Each city has its unique guidelines and understanding them is crucial for a successful project. Here are five tips to help you get started with pulling permits in Carrollton: Tip 1: Understand when permits are required. The first step…

Waco Permit Pulling Tips for Contractors

Waco Permit Pulling Tips for Contractors

The process of pulling building permits can be complex and daunting. Every city has unique rules and procedures, and Waco, TX, is no exception. Contractors looking to start construction projects in Waco must be well-versed in the local permitting process to ensure a smooth and successful project. Here are five tips to help you get…

The Top 3 Secrets to Pulling Permits in Round Rock

The Top 3 Secrets to Pulling Permits in Round Rock

Breaking ground on your dream construction project in Round Rock, TX, is an exciting time. But before you can start building, you must have all the necessary permits. Pulling permits can be tricky, especially because every city has its specific set of building codes and regulations—and Round Rock is no exception. But we are here…

Before submitting to Grand Prairie, consider these 3 tips

Before submitting to Grand Prairie, consider these 3 tips

As we all know, getting a permit and building a structure is no easy task. There are numerous regulations to be considered, and many of them can change from one place to another. So before you begin the process, it’s important that you have all the information necessary at hand—including these three tips when submitting…

What’s the Latest in Permitting in McAllen?

What’s the Latest in Permitting in McAllen?

Construction is not as easy. It involves a multitude of complexities, challenges, and considerations that require careful planning, coordination, and expertise. Whether a residential building, commercial complex, or infrastructure project, construction demands significant efforts from various stakeholders, including architects, engineers, contractors, laborers, and regulatory authorities. However, the most important thing in construction is obtaining the…

Looking at Industry Challenges, Forecasts & the Future

Looking at Industry Challenges, Forecasts & the Future

For solid and consistent business success in a competitive construction market, it’s vital that you remain aware of statistics and data.  These recent findings highlight the state of construction around Texas and our nation, which will prove valuable in your decision-making when it comes to partnerships, certifications, and expansion efforts.  Whether you are a general…

Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia Develop a $200,000 Disparity Study Fund To Help Entities Implement MWBE Programs

Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia Develop a $200,000 Disparity Study Fund To Help Entities Implement MWBE Programs

A disparity study determines whether a government entity, either in the past or currently, engages in exclusionary practices in the solicitation and award of contracts to minority, women‐owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises (MWDBEs). This study can help determine if there is disparity between the availability of firms and the utilization of those firms in its…

Contractors: 5 Tips To Score a Building Permit in a Timely Manner

Contractors: 5 Tips To Score a Building Permit in a Timely Manner

By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer  Have you ever witnessed a kick-off return where the receiver ran 93 yards to score a touchdown?  This was the case for a rookie player on the Baltimore Ravens team at the opening of the 2020 NFL season, and there have been numerous other examples of this kind…

8 Steps to Follow When Completed Construction and Failed to Pull a Building Permit

Three years ago, one of the most devastating storms to hit the Texas Gulf Coast caused over $125 billion in damage and made a horrendous impact in the Houston area.  Today, the PermitUsNow continues to receive phone calls from Contractors, Architects, and property owners with pleas for assistance in obtaining building permits to restore and…

The Top Ten Mistakes Contractors Often Make When Submitting Online for Permit

The past few months have thrown many Contractors into a frenzy figuring out how to submit plan electronically.  While some contractors plowed on through and wasted time figuring out how to submit, others attempted to go the jurisdiction only to be told to submit online, and then, there were those contractors so frustrated, they proceeded…