The City of Denver's Community Planning and Development Department has made the move towards farming out some of their building plan review tasks to nationally recognized "Safebuilt" out of Loveland, Colorado.
Many in the industry stop short of breathing a sigh of relief, as the this effort to ease up the building bottleneck is what some believe to be long overdue. I don't envy City leadership at this point in time. I think it's best to recognize, embrace, and encourage this effort by the City of Denver to churn out more permits that, combined with other recognized efforts, will ultimately and adequately facilitate the current record-setting Denver construction boom.
For the past year I have been a strong advocate of this move, and while it will surely take some time, I think that patience is in order. The fruits of this labor won't be recognized right away, but as they expand the planning counters on the second floor of the Webb Building (and hopefully simultaneously increase trained staff to fill the seats at the new counters), I think we will soon see the City of Denver be more able to keep up with the pace.
Many in the industry stop short of breathing a sigh of relief, as the this effort to ease up the building bottleneck is what some believe to be long overdue. I don't envy City leadership at this point in time. I think it's best to recognize, embrace, and encourage this effort by the City of Denver to churn out more permits that, combined with other recognized efforts, will ultimately and adequately facilitate the current record-setting Denver construction boom.
For the past year I have been a strong advocate of this move, and while it will surely take some time, I think that patience is in order. The fruits of this labor won't be recognized right away, but as they expand the planning counters on the second floor of the Webb Building (and hopefully simultaneously increase trained staff to fill the seats at the new counters), I think we will soon see the City of Denver be more able to keep up with the pace.