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Permit "Runner" here. The thing I am looking for is clear expectations. Is it going to be 5 weeks? Great, I can work with that and set expectations with my client. I will check in as we get near that 5-week mark to see if we need to reset expectations or beg for a favor if my client is in a...

Hey Winterstone - Sorry about your frustrating experience. It's hard to get the full picture without reviewing all the comments/knowing the reviewer/etc, but from what I'm seeing this is just a construction detail and special inspections hurdle. The anchors spec'd by your engineer are items...

We always have hope! I just have been doing this long enough that the City's idea of progress does not always equal a better process for the customer. There is a long history of promising something better, but it's hard to change bureaucracy. This will not likely be a quick or easy process.

We're definitely very connected to Portland with over 30 years of managing permits there. I'll jump over and weigh in. It's all conceptual at this time, so not much to go on.

Honestly, it's all very nebulous and undefined at this point so it's hard to even wager a guess as to how this will impact permitting. We've known the interim director of BDS since he was a permit tech and he's very competent. That said, efforts in Portland to improve the process generally...

I'm a senior project manager with a company called Faster Permits. I've been managing (expediting) permits nationally for just over 9 years. Started primarily in residential (NSFR, remodel/addition, land use) and now mainly handle commercial (retail sales, new apartment/high-rise buildings...