A permit with five consultants has five schedules. The survey has to come before the site plan, the geotechnical report before the foundation design, the arborist report before the tree plan. When nobody owns the sequence, the permit waits on whoever is slowest.
How it stalls
Scopes with gaps. Each consultant scoped their own piece, and nobody scoped the coordination between them.
Responses in pieces. Correction items go to the consultant who owns them, and come back on different days.
Owners in the middle. The owner forwards emails between firms and cannot judge whether an answer is complete.
One open item. Plan review is split by discipline, and one unanswered comment keeps the whole permit from issuing.
What one point of contact changes
Every licensed scope is defined, contracted and scheduled before work starts.
The sequence is set: survey, then studies, then design, then submittal.
Correction letters are split by discipline and come back as one complete response.
The owner gets one status, in business days, not five.
Licensed work stays licensed
A coordinating firm does not seal drawings for disciplines it is not licensed in. Surveyors, engineers and architects of record seal their own work. The coordinator makes sure that work arrives in the right order, answers the right comment and matches the rest of the set.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does my permit stall when only one consultant is behind?
Review is split by discipline, and one open comment from any reviewer keeps the permit from issuing.
Does a single point of contact replace the engineer or surveyor?
No. Licensed professionals still seal their own work. The point of contact scopes, schedules and coordinates it.
How does it speed up corrections?
Correction items are split by discipline, answered together and returned as one complete response, so the permit does not cycle on partial answers.
Sources
Insights are general information researched from published sources on the date shown. Rules change, so confirm with the permitting authority before you act.
