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Louisville, KY |
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Oct. 21, 2002 |
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Presented by |
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Sheila Lee |
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Building Official |
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City of Santa Clara, Calif. |
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Participants: |
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Building Officials |
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Facility Managers |
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Architects |
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Santa Clara Manufacturing Group |
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Silicon Valley: Joint Venture |
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Others |
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Growing economy in the Silicon Valley |
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Slow delivery of construction permits |
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Delays in Permitting are costly |
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More standardized permit process |
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More standardized code interpretation |
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Out dated technologies used in the early 90’s |
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Uniform Permit Application Form used by
jurisdictions in the Silicon Valley |
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Standardized form saves applicants’ time in
working with different jurisdictions |
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Collaboration among jurisdictions in Silicon
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Silicon Valley Uniform Code Program |
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Reduction in Local amendments – Local amendments
reduced from 400 to 11 in the 1995 California Code adoption, and further
reduced to 1 in the 1998 California Code adoption |
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One-stop Permit Centers –Applicants obtain
permits at one location instead of driving/traveling from one office to
another |
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Obtain Simple permits at home –by fax or online |
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Better Service to clients: |
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Obtain City or Permit information online |
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Access permit status and inspection status
online |
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Inspection request 24 hour a day and 7 days a
week utilizing automated inspection request system |
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Geographic Information systems (GIS) |
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Provides zoning, building, property lines,
utilities information Provides flood zones, fire zones, and historical
buildings or districts information |
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GIS information can be accessed via a web
browser over the internet |
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Electronic Plan Submission and online plan
checking |
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Plans can be submitted via e-mail, CD, or a
designated FTP site |
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Red-lined sent to applicants/architects either
via e-mail or FTP site |
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Final approved drawings to be attached to the
Permit database |
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Document imaging |
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Construction drawings, documents, soils report,
calculations, etc. are digitized/scanned |
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Images can be stored electronically or attached
to the permit database |
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Easy retrieval of drawings and document saves
time considerably |
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Automated field Inspection system |
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Field inspectors can access permit information
at project site |
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Download and upload inspection information using
a handheld unit |
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Schedule inspection in field |
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Daily Routing |
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Consistent Failure List |
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Permit Information |
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Accuracy |
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Time Savings |
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Palm based field units |
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HP LaserJet 350 Printers |
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The Executive Summary and The Inspection Module |
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Interface to Tidemark Database |
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Senior Inspector Management |
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Inspector Time Assignment |
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Access to full Permit Information |
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Print Corrections in Field |
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Download and Upload with Palm |
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Setting up Users |
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Configuring Displayed Information |
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Other Configurations |
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Address Selection |
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Inspection Selection |
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Signing off Inspections |
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Selecting Failure Reasons |
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Permit Information |
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Parcel Information |
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People Information |
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Inspector can reschedule inspection for the
contractor using the Palm unit |
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Saves contractor’s time to make inspection
request |
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Notes