Denali Construction Plans Approved by Municipality with Zero Changes!

Two weeks ago Denali Investments submitted architectural plans to a municipal building department for review, approval, and issuance of a building permit to kick-off the construction of their most recent project.  The plans were released by the city last week and the building permit issued with absolutely no changes, comments, or “in-field corrections” required.  In the construction business this is practically unheard of!  Normally, building or engineering department officials put many comments or “red-lining” on every architectural plan submitted—even if only minor changes.  It is a rarity to have plans released with no mark-ups.  But Denali Investments achieved this yet again!

Why?  Because Denali Investments knows the permitting process, knows how municipal officials think and what they are looking for on plans, and knows how to conduct the necessary pre-construction planning process and related organization meetings.  The latter is particularly important: bringing together all players in the construction process—the client, architect, general contractor, mill workers, equipment providers, material venders, and any other consultants—in multiple well-orchestrated meetings to coordinate all details that must go into the architectural plans.  Often these meeting are long and intense, but they can save the client extensive money, time, and other future project head-aches!

If architectural plans are inaccurate, contain mistakes, or just do not show the correct detail, they will be rejected by the building department and sent back for revision.  This in turn means the architect has to re-visit the plans, contact necessary people or companies to get more detail or correct a problem, and then re-draw the plans.  In turn, the client’s project is delayed…and will eventually cost more to complete.  Each time plans are submitted (or re-submitted) to a municipality for review and approval requires, on average, a week or two for review time.  If plans have to go back two or three times to the city, this can easily eat up a month or more in the construction schedule. This is expensive and can be potentially detrimental to the ultimate success of a project.

This above example illustrates one of the many financial benefits Denali Investments’ expertise brings to the table to benefit their clients.

For more on this subject, look for the upcoming article What an Owner Representative Adds to the Construction Permitting Process on their website at: www.denali-investments.com