ePermits Working Group Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Agenda
1. Working Group approval to submit to
BORA Uniform application forms
2. Notarized property owner signature
required
3. File Naming Conventions
4. Status of the Design Professionals
electronic signature
5. Presentation
6. Open discussion
Decisions
Approval to submit to BORA:
• Uniform Permit Application
• Uniform Permit Revision Application
Decisions
Is a notarized property owner
signature required?
Decisions
Accept File Naming Conventions
• File naming conventions for
uploaded drawings
• Cloud Reference # convention
Application Reference Number:
LLL-YY-######
e.g. FTL-14-000001
Upload plans should have this
naming convention
EXAMPLES:
0001 Cover Sheet.PDF
0002 A1.PDF
0005 Mechanical.PDF
0010 Plumbing.PDF
0010.01 – Plumbing Update.PDF
City
Cloud Server
Status Update
Design Professionals electronic
signature
Presentation
Broward City County Management
Association 5-15-14 Presentation
Broward City County
Management Association
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Agenda
1. What ePermits Is
2. Efforts to date
a. Broward ePermitting System
b. Preparing the environment
3. The turning tide
4. Ongoing collaborative effort
What ePermits Is
Customer
Broward EPGMD
Project
Project
Information
Information WEB &
Plus
GIS Permitting
Requirements
Permits
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Development Review
Environmental Review
Fire
Mechanical
Structural
Electrical
Plumbing
Zoning
Surface Water
Storage Tank
Air Quality
Hazardous Materials
Wetlands
Solid Waste
Remediation
What ePermits Is
Top 10 Reasons for ePermit
1. Improve customer service
2. Promote economic activity
3. Improve transparency of the permit
process
4. Reduce applicant processing time
What ePermits Is
Top 10 Reasons for ePermit
5. Reduce cost by elimination of paperbased submittals
6. Eliminate redundancies among multiple
permitting sections
7. Simultaneous
review
of
permit
applications
What ePermits Is
Top 10 Reasons for ePermit
8. Transition to more green work
processes
9. Improve regulatory checks and
balances
10. Meet changing industry expectations
Efforts to date
Broward ePermitting System
• 2012
– Began developing concept
• 2013
– Capital budget commitment
– Hardware acquisition
– Began building solution
– Introduction to the permitting community
Efforts to date
Broward ePermitting System
• Component 1, 2013 – 2016
– 19 business lines (1 live)
– Electronic plans processing and review
• Component 2, 2016 – 2018
– Same 19 business lines
– Electronic Customer Requests
– Online permit issuance
• Component 3, 2014 – 2018
– Of 19, 15 business lines
– eInspection
PE sign &
seal
Efforts to date
Preparing the Environment
Architect or
interior
designer sign
and seal
eInspections
Worker’s
Compensation
The Turning Tide?
The Turning Tide?
The Turning Tide?
Considerations for
Involvement Now
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Learn from others
Leverage efforts
Keep abreast of changes
Maintain momentum and positive pressure
Habit 1 and Habit 2
a. Be proactive
b. Begin with the end in mind
6. Realize a triple bottom line
a. People
b. Profit
c. Planet
Ongoing Collaborative
Efforts
ePermits Working Group
Armando Linares
Chris Zimmerman
James Dipietro
Sergio Ascunce
D. K. Mink
John Siegle
Steven C. Bassett
Mustafa Albassam
Mason C. Jackson
Vicki Morrow
Carlos Alvarado
Environmental Protection and Growth Mgmt.
American Institute of Architects
Board of Rules and Appeals
Building Officials Association of Florida
Building Owners and Managers Association
Construction Associates of South Florida
Florida Building Commission
Florida Engineering Society
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
GIS Broward County
IT Broward County
Building
Officials
Users Group
IT
Marketing
Design
Professionals
Working
Group
GIS
Ongoing Collaborative
Efforts
Building Official’s Subcommittee Tasks
1. Uniform Permit Application
2. File Naming Convention
3. Uniform Permit Revision Application
QUESTIONS
Jeffery Halsey
Director
Pollution Prevention, Remediation and Air Quality Division
954-519-1468, jhalsey@broward.org
WWW.BROWARD.ORG/EPERMITS
Discussion
Open Discussion
Set Next Meeting Date
Meeting Adjourned