Permits and Codes
How Time-Blocking Changed How I Review Permits
For most of my nine years reviewing building permit applications for a county office, I worked the way I suspect most people in...
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Every guide we have published, newest first. Cost breakdowns, kit comparisons, permit walkthroughs, and the occasional argument with advice that ignores what your local wind zone actually requires.
Permits and Codes
For most of my nine years reviewing building permit applications for a county office, I worked the way I suspect most people in...
Costs and Pricing
A client called me this spring, annoyed, because a repair bill on a two year old building had come in at just under six...
Permits and Codes
Most permit applications I review follow a predictable path.
Use Cases
A client called me last autumn about a workshop, and it took me two conversations to understand that she was not building a...
Use Cases
A high school kid named Owen, whose dad I built a 30x40 equipment building for two summers back, showed up at a job site last...
Permits and Codes
In my nine years reviewing permit applications for the county, the file that stuck with me longest was not a contractor's.