Government Services
Lakeside Consultants offers premium building department solutions.
No matter the size or zip code of a Village, Town, or City, all communities deserve and need access to valuable supplemental regulatory services. Lakeside Consultants can provide a level of quality and efficient, streamlined services not available from a typical service company. From building code interpretations to inspections and plan review of high-rise City buildings we have you covered.
We are available to help your building department become more efficient and either evaluate or help modernize your current building department operations. We also specialize in updating building/zoning codes and record keeping that aligns with current demands of regulatory services.
Our principal and select professionals have helped develop and implement various programs for many government clients to help streamline operations and procedures, including building department services. Lakeside is at the forefront of all current code cycle implementation and new design materials/practices.
Lakeside offers expeditious full spectrum plan review services for jurisdiction clients anywhere in the United States. Our proprietary funnel plan review system ensures complete review from multiple trade and design professionals simultaneously.
Lakeside’s plan review packet was designed in conjunction with code trained architects and code professionals from around the country. Our team has experience with all national codes, many local amendments and zoning codes.
Lakeside offers project specific and full spectrum inspectional services for partners. Inspectors have all the required professional experience, ICC certifications and professional licenses to ensure projects are completed safely to the adopted code cycles and local amendments.
Our programs can be customized to any topics or areas of preference. We also have already developed courses that can be organized and deployed quickly with a minimum of time spent. Our courses offer the chance to earn desired or required nationally accredited continuing education credits in a fun, group environment. Condensed into 3 hours, we have streamlined the typical standard half or full day process while emphasizing education, knowledge and communication. Courses are typically formatted for 25, 50, or 75 attendees.
Lakeside can revolutionize your plan review processes, that is valuable for forward thinking and efficient building departments. We have designed a
proprietary electronic plan review system that is easy to use and can be utilized to provide prompt plan review for any municipality around the country. We offer free overnight shipping both ways for municipalities that would like to utilize our services for paper plan reviews.
Lakeside offers our fire protection inspections and plan reviews exclusively to our home state of Illinois fire protection districts, fire departments, and jurisdiction building departments, no matter the scope or installation.
We are the go-to for large-scale development and singular projects to supplement staff. Large scale projects and commercial projects in general require a large investment of time for building departments. Let Lakeside take the lead. Not only can we manage the site for you, but we can handle the inspection and plan review process while they pay the fee, and your community gets up to 25% back.
As a community-focused professional partnership, our primary goal is to help develop modern housing options through innovative solutions. One such emerging option is modular housing, which offers efficient and cost-effective construction. Over the past two years, Lakeside Consultants have extensively studied this method and its alignment with current building codes.
Builders working with communities unfamiliar with modular construction may encounter numerous challenges and roadblocks, including inspector exposure and adherence to existing building or zoning codes that may lack provisions for this construction method. However, our inspectors are well-trained and fully equipped to handle any modular regulatory inspection requirements.
To ensure accessibility and convenience, our solutions are available both on-site and virtually across the country. With the help of our new virtual inspection application and website Simplespect ™, modular construction projects can be efficiently inspected today.
Our team is skilled at listening to our client communities and translating those conversations and desires into simply enforced and administered regulations and standards, so you get the desired outcome with administrative efficiency and sound resource stewardship.
Want to learn more about our approach to zoning, subdivision, and other land use regulations? Reach out to us today! We can’t wait to discuss your needs!
Partnering with us for on-call services is a great way to expand your in-house capacity and expertise. Let us fill in the resource opportunities or help manage your heavy workloads! Our on-call service options include all services that an in-house planning staff would perform from case management to staff report development, to presenting to boards and commissions, or simply as a helpful person at the other end of the phone when you don’t know where else to turn. Turn to us and let us help you reach your goals.
Lakeside Consultants is here to provide local communities with our proprietary annual safety and property evaluation designed for rental homes and units with typical leases in the range of one day to one year.
Your community’s rental properties will be evaluated to ensure they meet modern building code and safety standards.
Help ensure your community meets resident standards and take control of when and how short term rentals are utilized in your community today!
Lakeside offers an easy-to-use virtual inspection program. Safe, efficient, and reliable, this is a great tool for building departments to use when and as needed; especially in the busy summer months.
Experienced and qualified permit technicians working for your community 7 days a week, 365 days a year! Enhance the efficiency of your building department and stay ahead of the curve with our cost-effective solution, designed to seamlessly address any gaps and fulfill all your permit technician-related requirements.
Lakeside can provide zoning reviews for any government entity. Each review comes with our proprietary easy to read zoning analysis. Our principal and select professionals have vast experience designing around and providing zoning services to municipal clients. We know zoning codes inside and out.
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