Key features ___________________
Automated fee calculation
Report generation
Stores scanned image
On-line application submission
Mobile working
Embedded map integration
Blackpool Borough Council has always been keen to ensure that operational services are backed up with robust information systems. Use of ACOLAID for Planning, Building Control, Enforcements and Appeals enables the Council to take full advantage of the E-government functions within ACOLAID including interfaces to Planning Portal and GGP GIS.
ACOLAID for Building Control
Simplifying the Building Control process from plan receipt through inspections to facilitate a competitive service.
Financial accountability and efficiency are central to ACOLAID for Building Control. The flexibility that users have to create and modify fee charges, and to set email alerts, are examples of this in action.
Site inspection details can be stored
in ACOLAID for Building Control
Shared information source
ACOLAID for Building Control incorporates an automatic fee checking module to calculate and track fee income. Our finance link module makes sure that invoice data is never duplicated. An on-line fee calculator is also available to allow members of the public to calculate their fees for any schedule of a building control application on the internet.
Time monitoring
Time, mileage, and costs associated with applications and inspections can be recorded. A link to ACOLAID for Time Monitoring allows this information to be automatically recorded in a central diary and timesheet system.
Mobile Working
Whether used from a building site, or a railway station, Plantech can offer field based officers secure access to case and inspection details via a mobile device to update the departments database in real time and view information they need.
On-line submissions
Full Plan Building Regs Applications can be submitted on the internet through our Building Control On-Line Submission Pages. The facility updates the back office ACOLAID system with submitted data and any attached documents. Plantech can also integrate with Submit-a-Plan to receive Building Control applications on-line.
For more information contact Shaun Barrett, Building Control Product Manager.