Iron Data

Planning, Zoning, Building

IDS Planning, Zoning & Building

As a government manager, you understand that the faster that building developments can adhere to building codes - the faster a government's tax base can grow. New residents and businesses translate into new taxpayers that represent an ongoing inflow of tax payments helping to fund capital improvements and provide a host of services for the community. Iron Data’s expertise in streamlining the complexities of the building permit process has helped local governments to optimize their planning, zoning and building processes.

Iron Data’s IDS Planning, Zoning & Building Solution can be used by large and small governments, allowing them to manage of the complete planning, zoning and building transactions process. Iron Data has also focused its development efforts on providing ‘mobile inspection’-related solutions for city and county governments.

Back Office Features

Whether handling a simple building code approval or documenting a lengthy code enforcement, Iron Data offers a complete way to capture and display activities in the office. Features include:

  • Developer Files. Manage roll plans, contractor’s certification files, building permits and other ancillary department functions.
  • Timely Data Access & Review. Capture and display daily activities in the field and in the office.
  • Broad Data Views. In office users can identify violations by parcel, providing notifications to responsible parties, and establishing follow-up priorities.
Easy to Configure

Iron Data designed the IDS Planning, Zoning & Building Solution module so you could easily configure the associated fee conditions, requirements, reviews, inspections, and other options for any type of case. The system can also issue date-driven conditions, court summonses and/or fines, with multiple violations per property, parcel, or occupant name.

Field Inspections

As part of IDS’ Planning, Zoning & Building solution, Iron Data offers Mobile INSPECTOR™, which helps save time and money by allowing your field and back office personnel to spend more time on their responsibilities, and less time on unproductive administrative tasks. Iron Data helps you get the most out of your workforce by minimizing inefficient communication and data capturing practices.

Mobile INSPECTOR™ enables your field personnel to remotely access their daily schedule or itinerary, retrieve permit or inspection history, and automatically transmit inspection results, violations and comments to your back office systems.  In addition, Mobile INSPECTOR™  allows for your inspectors to generate inspection result reports or violation notices in the field at the inspection location. Iron Data mobilizes a variety of departments and users, including:

  • Building Inspections & Safety
  • Fire Safety
  • Land Management
  • Neighborhood Services
  • Public Works
  • Utilities
  • Business Licensing
  • Code Enforcement
  • Field Operations
  • Health
  • Planning
  • Rapid Response
  • Zoning
Contractor Management

As part of IDS’ Planning, Zoning & Building solution, Iron Data also offers Mobile CONTRACTOR™, a building inspection management system built specifically for builders and contractors to eliminate delays in the inspection process, allowing projects to be completed on time and under budget. From an Internet enabled Mobile Phone, Blackberry® or computer you can:

  • Schedule inspections by lot or job number
  • Quickly schedule and cancel inspections from the field or the office, across multiple jurisdictions
  • Check the status of a permit
  • Automatically receive detailed inspection result alerts, sent directly to you and your trade contractors

Through the Internet and advanced wireless technology, Mobile CONTRACTOR™ gives you 24/7 access to building service departments anytime, anywhere. This powerful yet simple to use tool allows you to manage all of your inspection activity from the field or the office via a Mobile Phone, Blackberry or computer with a single, standardized system across multiple building service departments in your area. Mobile CONTRACTOR™  eliminates:

  • The countless hours spent tracking down trade partners and inspectors
  • Driving to job sites to check inspection status
  • Calling the building service departments to schedule, cancel or check inspection results

With Mobile CONTRACTOR you are always connected, ensuring that everyone on your project has the same up-to-date information.

To learn how the IDS Planning, Zoning & Building offering can enhance your government, please contact us.