Does Using a Private Provider Reduce Your Permit Fees?
Yes. Florida law requires building departments to reduce permit fees when a private provider performs plan review or inspections, with minimum reductions on commercial projects.
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How Private Provider Inspections Work, Step by Step
From signing on with a private provider to your certificate of occupancy: the documents, deadlines and inspections involved under Florida law.
Read resourceWhat Is a Notice to Building Official (NTBO)?
The NTBO tells the local building official that a private provider will perform plan review or inspections. Here is when it is due and what it must include.
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A Builder’s Checklist for Faster Plan Reviews
The specific things that separate a plan set that sails through review from one that comes back with a page of comments. Use this before every submission.
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