Plan and Permit Review Process

[Jim Goebel]

We are taking on the most aggressive rehab project to date.

I'm an engineer, licensed, and have practiced electrical engineering and some limited structural engineering.  The upcoming project, I'm told - all permits and plan reviews go through a 3rd party engineering company.  Hopefully, I will speak their language and we can navigate this without adding any un-needed costs.  My wife told me to be diplomatic, but other regulatory items have come up and I would not share that same opinion on our ability to keep un-needed costs as low as possible, especially when managing rehabs that are very aggressive and involve some systems type of work.

So far, our experience with cities and places that have 3rd parties (Ankeny) have been very good.  There has been good rapport and a focus on efficiency, is my candid feedback on that, as compared to in house regulators.  I wanted to get any and all feedback on people working through 3rd party reviewers, either for a rental certificate, or if any plans need to be reviewed.  I can share more info but I think anything beyond this would be best tailored to a 1 on 1 type of conversation.