When a building permit is filed over a certain value, a construction project is about to begin — and the general contractor, developer, or owner behind it is about to make a wave of purchasing decisions. Whoever reaches them first, while the plans are still being finalized, has an outsized shot at the work.
This Hound watches permit boards across the regions you serve, filters for projects that fit your trade and size, finds the right people on the project team, and opens the conversation — automatically, the morning each permit posts.
How to set it up
Four things to brief your Hound. This is the exact configuration behind this play.
Describe the opportunity
Define what a “permit opportunity” is, the fields to extract, and the criteria that make one worth pursuing.
Opportunity: A newly filed commercial building permit.
project_valuepermit_typejurisdictiongeneral_contractorownerfiled_datesquare_footage- Project value ≥ $2,000,000
- Permit type is commercial or mixed-use
- Jurisdiction within your service territory
- Exclude renovations under 10,000 sq ft
Choose the sources to monitor
The places this Hound checks continuously. Forest suggests these; add your own anytime.
County & city permit boardsOfficial filings, refreshed hourly
est. 40/wkSAM.gov & public bid boardsSolicitations and awards
est. 12/wkRegional construction pressProject announcements & groundbreakings
est. 8/wkDefine the ICP to reach
Which roles on the project team to find and reach, in priority order, with fallbacks.
Director of PreconstructionPrimary — owns early vendor selection
PRIMARYProject Executive / Sr. PMOwns delivery and subcontractor scope
VP of Construction / Owner's RepFallback if no PM is reachable
FALLBACKEmail & LinkedIn sequence
The play the Hound runs for each match. Fields from the permit drop in as variables.
Saw the permit for project_name in jurisdiction — congrats on breaking ground. We’ve done preconstruction on similar square_footage projects and can turn around budget pricing in a week. Worth a quick call before scopes are locked?
Hi first_name — reaching out about the project_name project. Would love to connect.
Circling back on project_name — happy to send a few references from comparable jobs. Even if the timing’s off, worth being on your bid list for the next one?
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