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Building Smarter in the Digital Age - A National Forum
Summary Reports from Four Work Groups:
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Discussion and identification of barriers, solutions, possible actions: Group #1 - Permitting & Plan Review Process -Moderator: Stephen Garnier, Fairfax County, Virginia
Group #2 - Marriage of Plan Review, Field Inspection and Occupancy Permitting -Moderator: Scott Hassell, Rand Corporation
Group #3 - Integration with the Rest of the Building Process -Moderator: David Harris, NIBS
Group #4 - Re-engineering the Regulatory System -Moderator: George Arimes, American Planning Association
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Priorities of Barriers a) Use of Resources b) Focus on Software 2) Cooperation and Communication of stakeholders (Govt., IT Providers) 3) Cultural environment (in/ext) 4) Tech/Practical Plan, Review Barriers 5) Interoperability 6) Existing Process not geared for automation
Solutions Use of Resources
a) Sharing the product b) Cooperative Purchasing c) State developed Model of IT Solutions for Jurisdictions d) Lobby Govt officials at all levels use of IT e) Political and Financial support from Private industry f) Establish fee incentives g) Surcharge Focus on Software a) Software for low hanging fruit b) Simple permits and plans c) Residential d) Modular Planning
Cooperation and Communication of stakeholders (Govt., IT Providers
a) Initiate dialog (Incentive needed) b) Create an IT Chat Room (Centralized Resource for Govt to identify for Research) c) Encouragement by the industry for stakeholders to participate and partner
Cultural
environment (in/ext) (resistance to change, perceive security issues)
a) Education and training b) Phased Approach to Implementation c) Change focus in hiring practice d) Identify Expense and status Quo Tech/Practical Plan, Review Barriers a) Sharing Success with other jurisdictions (Best practice) b) Funding c) Encourage development and improvement in Technology d) Focusing on benefits
Interoperability
a) Buy in by Software vendors (IT providers) b) Defining Existing
Process not geared for automation a) Identify commonalties |
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Clusters:
1) Technology
2) Culture
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