09/09/2026
Material prices move. But at least teams can track them.
Permitting timelines are harder to price into a project.
When an infrastructure or construction project spends additional months between design, review, approval, and ex*****on, the original estimate does not stand still with it.
Materials can escalate. Labor rates change. Financing exposure grows. Scope evolves. In some cases, packages have to be rebid.
That is why permitting reform is increasingly more than a regulatory conversation. It is becoming a project-delivery conversation.
Faster approvals are part of the equation.
But AEC teams also have control over what reaches the review table in the first place: accurate existing-condition information, coordinated BIM, constructability checks, and clear permit documentation that helps reduce avoidable revisions.
Keep approvals from becoming the next project bottleneck.
Not every project delay can be controlled. The preventable ones should be.