Benefits of Using SMARTreview

Owners

Owners are looking to achieve their objective of having their building completed safely, quickly, and on-budget. Owners want their building completed so that they can begin to realize it's many benefits, such as generating income. Delays within the overall project push out the date when the owner can occupy the building. One significant source of delays in the overall project timeline is the time it takes to obtain a building permit.

There are many reasons for delays in the permitting process, most of which can be overcome with the use of productivity tools and refining inefficient processes. With municipalities struggling with staffing and increased demand resulting in huge backlogs (measured in months) an owner can no longer afford to take a passive approach in the permitting process.

• Owners should insist on architects integrating the SMARTreview APR into their design process since it will identify building code violations early in the design cycle and ultimately lead to a final design that is fully compliant with the International Building Code. Exiting the design phase with a fully compliant set of plans assures the owner of a simpler review cycle with the Authority Having Jurisdiction since there will be no delays introduced as a result of building code violations.


• Owners should insist on architects submitting the SMARTreview CPR to the permitting authority since it fully describes the project's compliance to the International Building Code and does so in a standardized report that makes it easier for a plans examiner to verify and ultimately issue the building permit faster by eliminating the information gap and design compliance rework.