A-101 · Service
Permit expediting & management
Pathway manages permitting from initial strategy and application preparation through agency review, comment coordination, resubmittal, and permit issuance.
- Building permits
- Commercial finish-out
- Certificate of Occupancy
- Trade permits
- Stalled submittals
S-201 · Included
What the engagement covers
Jurisdiction and permit research
Which permits the scope actually triggers, in this jurisdiction, at this address. That takes in the ones that are not obvious, such as a separate electric permit in Georgetown or a county health review for food service.
Application coordination and completeness review
We assemble the submittal against the jurisdiction's own checklist. Round Rock requires an engineer's stamp on commercial plans over 5,000 sq ft, a 2024 ComCheck, a TDLR project number above $50,000, and an asbestos survey where pre-1980 walls are being removed. Missing any one returns the package.
Permit tracking, per department
Status means which department is holding the file, how long they have had it, and who we last spoke to there, rather than a one-word "in review."
Review comment management
Comments become a task list with an owner and a date, routed to whoever has to draw or calculate the response.
Consultant coordination and resubmittal
We manage the responses back through the same portal and reviewer, and confirm the resubmittal was accepted rather than assuming it.
Issuance coordination
In Round Rock the permit will not release until the general contractor and every subcontractor has accepted the assignment in the portal. We chase that so approval and issuance are not weeks apart.
T-101 · Published windows
What the jurisdiction publishes
These are the city's own stated review windows, not our estimates. Nobody shortens them. What changes is how many times a submittal has to pass through one.
Round Rock commercial finish-out, using the city's published windows. Building and fire review run in parallel. The Certificate of Occupancy clock starts only after the building passes final inspection.
Source: City of Round Rock, Building Inspection Division. Retrieved August 2026.
D-201 · Deliverables
What you receive
Jurisdiction plan and fee estimate before anything is filed
Submittal confirmation and reference number on filing
Weekly written status with per-department state
Comment task list, translated and assigned, on receipt
Issued permit, fee receipts, and the close-out items still outstanding
W-100 · Waypoints
How it runs
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Understand the project
We establish scope, jurisdiction, development status, approvals already completed, and the decisions still outstanding. You get a straight read on what the project is actually facing.
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Map the path
We identify the likely approvals, permitting dependencies, agency requirements, consultants needed, and the major project milestones, including the sequencing gates that determine what can be filed when.
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Coordinate the team
We manage communication and deliverables among ownership, consultants, contractors, utilities, and reviewing agencies, so responsibility for each next action is unambiguous.
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Manage the process
We follow applications, reviews, comments, responses, resubmittals and approvals per department rather than per project, and escalate whichever review has stalled.
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Keep moving
We maintain visibility into what is complete, what is outstanding, and what needs to happen next, through issuance and close-out.
Q-001 · Questions
On this service
Can you make the city review our plans faster?
No, and neither can anyone else. Georgetown states plainly that it "does not offer an expediting option for plan review." Round Rock publishes no expedited program either. What we change is the number of times a set has to go back through that window: a submittal accepted on the first pass, and comment responses turned around in days rather than weeks.
Do you need finished drawings before you start?
No. The most useful time to talk to us is while the set is still being drawn. A requirement identified at 60% costs a redraw; the same requirement identified in a comment letter costs a review cycle.
Who pays the agency fees?
You do, and they go to the jurisdiction directly. We calculate them up front and pass through receipts at cost. Our fee is separate and quoted against scope.
Can you take over a project that is already stuck?
Yes, and it is a common way to start. Send the comment letter, the plan set, and the submittal date. Check the expiration first. Round Rock permits become invalid if work does not commence within six months of issuance, and plan reviews lapse.
S-100 · Other services
Runs alongside
Land development & entitlements
Zoning, annexation, platting, variances, and development agreements.
Details C-101Platting & civil infrastructure coordination
Subdivision and infrastructure approvals across the project team.
Details C-401ROW & infrastructure permitting
Municipal, county, TxDOT, and utility right-of-way approvals.
Details EC-101Site & environmental permitting
Site development, stormwater, TCEQ, and Edwards Aquifer approvals.
Details G-001Fee-based development
Development leadership for ownership groups, without the overhead.
DetailsT-001 · Transmittal
Have a project that needs a path forward?
Evaluating a site, working through entitlements, preparing an application, responding to comments, or trying to move a project that has stalled. Tell us where it stands and we will map what comes next.