Process Management

How can NYC Department of Buildings better manage internal processes to expedite permitting processes, building inspections, code reviews, and enforcement initiatives?

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Archistar

Sydney, Australia

Provides an AI software tool to help government and developers streamline compliance checks by instantly checking proposed building designs against up-to-date local bylaws and building regulations, which saves time and minimizes construction delays and risk.

Civcheck

Boston, MA

Provides a Guided AI Plan Review (GPR) platform to reduce permitting times by helping applicants improve the quality of their permit applications and helping plan reviewers conduct their review faster by automating manual parts of the review process.

GreenLite Technologies

New York, NY

Provides a modern construction permitting and plan review platform that streamlines the review process with organized comments, integrated code references and one-click response letters, enabling faster and more efficient workflows.

Infilla

San Francisco, CA

Builds configurable workflow software to help planning & building staff be more efficient, transparent, and consistent in their day-to-day work, which expedites the permitting and inspections process.

Routora

Dallas, TX

Provides a route planning tool that generates efficient, time-saving routes, reducing costs and minimizing environmental impact for individuals and teams.

Technologies may include but are not limited to solving the following use cases:

Internal process tracking tool to provide visibility of Personnel Action Requests (PARs—an internal process for certain personnel actions, such as new hires, promotions, or title changes)

Tools to automate the code review process

Tools to conduct remote building inspections

Tools to help certify and expedite inspections

Tools to streamline assignment of permitting applications based upon a reviewer’s relevant expertise

Workflow management tool to manage the process of going from violations to penalty calculations, to payments, to corrections, with easy communication access points throughout each step.

Practice management system for attorneys to follow cases from the time they are assigned until a summons is produced

Dynamic scheduling tool to reshuffle development inspection appointments based on completeness of applications

Real time integration of complaints and inspection responses in the field to allow inspectors to review nearby inspection needs to enable more efficient use of time.

More efficient routing of inspections to reduce travel distance/time between inspections.

Tools to help enforce waterfront permitting

Smart ID cards or tools to verify various permitting documents, plans, training credentials, etc. on a job site

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Recorded on August 15, 2024.

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How the Lab Works

The Buildings Tech Lab is a collaboration between the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Partnership Fund for New York City. We provide companies with expedited paths to testing, expert feedback, access to key decision makers from DOB, and an accelerated go/no-go decision.

Companies with exceptional use cases will be selected for a yearlong pilot with the agency.