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…

11 TIPS TO PREPARE TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT DURING HURRICANE SEASON

11 TIPS TO PREPARE TO PULL A BUILDING PERMIT DURING HURRICANE SEASON

Hurricane season officially kicked off along the Texas Gulf Coast area on June 1,2020 and runs through November 2020.  And while this region has experienced many thunderstorms, major floods and hurricanes over the years that wreaked havoc, Hurricane Harvey, and its aftermath in 2017, was a wake-up call still fresh in our memory that created…

How to Obtain City Building Permits During a Wide-spread Health Challenge

How to Obtain City Building Permits During a Wide-spread Health Challenge

Here’s what we have learned over the years in expediting building permits across the state of Texas and areas in the United States:  Regardless if the economy is hot, warm or cold, obtaining a building permit fast is crucial for starting a project on time and in opening new businesses, roadways, etc. for use.  This…

The Top 7 Mistakes Small Contractors Make While Visiting the Permitting Center

The Top 7 Mistakes Small Contractors Make While Visiting the Permitting Center

Going to the Permitting Center sucks time from small contractors’ busy days that are often filled with worries about construction tasks and budgets.  Many contractors will call us voicing their frustrations about delays in permitting and the challenge of going back and forth talking with Plan Reviewers that seem not to hear what they are…

ConsensusDocs Publishes New Standard Public-Private Partnership Agreement

ConsensusDocs Publishes New Standard Public-Private Partnership Agreement

ConsensusDocs announced the publication of a new industry standard public-private partnership (P3) agreement. The ConsensusDocs 900 Standard P3 Agreement and General Conditions is a pioneering document from ConsensusDocs that represents a vast improvement of P3 agreements. Consistent with the ConsensusDocs philosophy, the document provides a fair and balanced standard for a P3 project to design,…

Misapplication of Construction Trust Funds

Misapplication of Construction Trust Funds

In the construction industry, the contract between parties is the principle source for determining the parties’ respective obligations. Project managers, superintendents, and other project-related personnel are routinely trained to review and understand contracts and administer projects in accordance with an industry understanding of the Contract. When juggling multiple projects, contractors are required to properly manage…

YOU CAN LAUGH AT PERMITTING WORRIES IF YOU FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE 7 TIPS

YOU CAN LAUGH AT PERMITTING WORRIES IF YOU FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE 7 TIPS

When the most gifted artist ever – Kanye West – is denied a building permit in Wyoming, do you toss up your hands and say, “if it happens to Kanye, how can I get my permit”.  Or do you shake your head from side-to-side and give up?  Or do you complain that jurisdictions are getting…

Construction Safety at Heights

Construction Safety at Heights

The very top of a construction project may have the biggest impact on a company’s bottom line. Workers for The Boldt Company, a member of multiple AGC chapters, routinely work 120-130 feet in the air on large power and industrial plant jobsites and the slightest misstep could result in personal injury and devastating losses to…

HERE ARE 21 SURPRISE WAYS TO AVOID DELAYS IN PERMITTING IN THE NEW YEAR

We receive many calls from Contractors, Project Owners and Architects from across the country.  Many are frustrated with their plans being stuck in permitting with no glimmer of hope that their permit will be issued any time soon.  Some of these calls reveal tough designs that require changes to meet building codes and from reviewing…

CONTRACTORS:  SOME STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR BUILDING PERMIT

CONTRACTORS: SOME STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GETTING YOUR BUILDING PERMIT

So, a contractor just finished the punch list on their customer’s renovated building; and they are feeling good that they wrapped up the project early and managed to make a good profit.  After a few weeks, as the customer starts the process to sell their building, a fear rushes over them because they are unable…

10 BENEFITS OF PULLING A BUILDING PERMIT

10 BENEFITS OF PULLING A BUILDING PERMIT

Contractors, do you understand that you are throwing away hundreds of thousands of dollars and risking your business when you skirt around regulations by starting and completing a construction project without obtaining a building permit? Sure, they take time out of your busy day, are challenging to obtain and involve lots of documents, but the…