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The Future of Permitting is Here
Plan Review & Inspections Reimagined for your Local Jurisdiction.
Vertexplans is the all-in-one plan review, inspection, and permit platform that dramatically cuts review times, reduces costs, and keeps every stakeholder fully informed, so your city permits faster without needing more staff.
FROM CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION TO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - ALL IN ONE PLATFORM
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Applicant Register
Permit applicants select their preferred local jurisdiction(s) to register. Applicants can upload their certificate of insurance, contractor license, drivers license etc.
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City Approve their account
The local jurisdiction receives an email notification in real time when an applicant registers, and can then review the account and either approve or decline it.
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Apply for a permit
Once the local jurisdiction approves an applicant’s account, the applicant can submit a permit application and make a payment.
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City Verification
The local jurisdiction reviews the submitted permit application and assigns the project to an appropriate plans examiner(s) to proceed with a review.
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Plan Review Module
Plans examiner reviews the design documents and provides a plan review letter. Applicants can upload updated design documents requested by their plans examiner if needed. Plans examiner approves the project in vertexplans.
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Issue Permit
Once the plan review is approved and the permit payment is completed, a permit clerk issues and emails the permit allowing work to begin on site.
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Inspection Module
Applicants can request an inspection by selecting their preferred date and time. Inspectors can complete inspections either on‑site or virtually.
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Certificate of Occupancy
Once all required inspections pass, the local jurisdiction issues and emails the certificate of occupancy.
Vertexplans
Your complete development services partner for the following departments: planning and zoning, building, public works, fire, health, code enforcement, and finance
Manage every contractor; general, trade, and beyond, from a single, centralized portal. Vertexplans makes it easy to verify credentials like Certificates of Insurance (COI), Driver's Licenses, and State Licenses, so your team stays compliant without the paperwork headache. Define and collect contractor registration fees, automate renewal reminders and workflows, and take full control of contractor accounts, activating or deactivating them with ease. One portal. Total oversight.
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Permit Management
Digitize your entire permit intake process and reduce walk-ins by up to 90%. Applicants can apply for new permits, submit requests to existing permits, make payments, and check project status, all online, without calling your office. Accept digital payments with full flexibility: partial payments, fee updates, and re-inspection fees. Departments across your development services division work from the same platform, enabling real collaboration without operational silos.
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Plan Review Module
Conduct plan reviews entirely digitally. Issue branded PDF plan review letters with comments directly from the system. Assign deadlines to plan examiners to keep reviews on track. Manage revise-and-resubmit workflows efficiently, with full visibility into where each project stands. Digitally stamp approved plans and email them to the applicant directly from the platform. Automated approval notifications reduce inbound call volume. All departments maintain visibility and can collaborate without barriers.
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Issue permit
Issue permits digitally and deliver them directly to the applicant via email from the system. Define permit expiry dates dynamically on a per-permit basis, giving your team the flexibility to manage timelines based on project type and requirements. Automated notifications keep applicants informed at every stage, significantly reducing inbound calls and email inquiries to your office.
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Inspection Module
Inspectors work from an iPad in the field, capturing photos, notes, and findings directly into reports that are automatically generated and distributed to applicants, no follow-up calls needed. For virtual inspections, connect office-based inspectors with on-site contractors in real time, with built-in geotagging, session recording, and automatic report distribution. Applicants can schedule, reschedule, or cancel inspections from their portal or via a login-free link, reducing inbound call volume and keeping the process accessible to all. Once the final inspection is passed, issue the Certificate of Occupancy digitally, directly from the system.
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Admin Configuration
Define permit types, assign departments, and configure fee structures that match exactly how your city charges, with support for valuation, square footage, fixed fee, line item, min/max thresholds and other types. Build custom questionnaires per permit type, map inspection workflows, and manage contractor registration including fees and payment plans. Everything your portal needs, configured in one place.
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Code Enforcement
Set up different types of violations your city handles via a dynamically configurable module. The citizens can raise a complaint, or the inspectors when onsite view a violation or through any other means, such cases can be entered in Vertexplans which then generates a “Notice of Violation” which is automatically sent to the concerned house owner. The code enforcement officer can create multiple reinspections/follow ups where they can attach images and documents in real time. This feature has built-in geotagging, picture capture, and automatic report generation and distribution.
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Health Inspection
Streamline your food service and environmental health inspections from start to finish. Empower health inspectors to schedule inspections, conduct site visits, complete digital checklists, issue violations, and monitor compliance, all within a single, unified system. Inspection reports are instantly shared with establishments, enabling prompt corrective action.
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Real Time Tracking
Applicants log in and see exactly where their permit is: what's been completed, what's in progress, what needs action from them. A real time project status minimizes daily status calls to your front desk.
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Fee Calculator
Use the built-in fee calculator to quickly estimate permit costs for applicants without requiring a formal application, ideal for handling ad hoc public inquiries.
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Analytics & Reporting
Vertexplans automatically delivers monthly KPI reports digitally to you, ensuring decision-makers always have the data they need. An interactive dashboard provides rich graphical insights that can be filtered by date range, type, module, team member and other relevant categories giving city leaders a clear, comprehensive view of operations at a glance. The city can also generate the reports of their account at any point in time.
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Dynamic Roles/Permissions
The cities can define custom roles, assign team members, and configure permissions at both the role and individual user level. Every portal view and available action is tailored to exactly what your organization needs, ensuring the right people have access to the right modules and actions.
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