A restaurant owner in Keller came to us after spending four months trying to pull a building permit for a tenant improvement build-out that should have taken three weeks. The issue was a plan review comment about their commercial kitchen ventilation system that their architect had not addressed correctly in two resubmissions. We reviewed the comment, coordinated with a mechanical engineer to revise the ventilation design, resubmitted with a cover letter explaining exactly how each comment had been addressed, and had the permit in hand within eleven days.
Permitting is where construction timelines go to die — if you do not know what you are doing. Fast General Contracting has been pulling permits across every major DFW municipality for over 25 years. We know the specific requirements, the review timelines, the common comment triggers, and the submission strategies that move applications through the review process efficiently. Permitting is not magic — it is experience, preparation, and relationships built over decades of doing it right.
Fast General Contracting manages construction permitting for commercial and residential projects throughout the DFW metroplex — coordinating every permit type required for your specific project across every relevant jurisdiction.
Complete analysis of all permits required for your specific project — building permits, mechanical permits, electrical permits, plumbing permits, fire sprinkler permits, grading permits, tree removal permits, sign permits, and any special permits required by your specific municipality or project type.
Complete permit application preparation including all required forms, supporting documentation, and submission checklists for each permit type and jurisdiction. Applications prepared for completeness to minimize first-submission review cycle time.
Permit applications submitted to all relevant jurisdictions with active tracking of review status, anticipated approval dates, and review cycle progression. We follow up proactively — not reactively.
When plan review comments are issued we coordinate prompt and complete responses — engaging engineers, architects, and other design professionals as needed to address comments accurately and completely in the minimum number of resubmission cycles.
Upon permit issuance we coordinate all required construction inspections throughout the build — scheduling inspections proactively to maintain construction schedule and managing inspection results through to final inspection and certificate of occupancy.
We manage the complete certificate of occupancy process — coordinating final inspections across all trades, resolving any outstanding inspection items, and obtaining CO on the date committed at the start of the project.
Permitting timelines and requirements vary dramatically across DFW municipalities. What takes two weeks in one city routinely takes eight weeks in another. Submission requirements that are acceptable in Fort Worth may trigger a rejection in Frisco. Fast General Contracting has direct, current experience with the permitting processes in every major DFW municipality.
Our goal is to make the permitting process easier to manage by identifying required approvals, coordinating submissions and inspections, and keeping permitting activities aligned with the construction plan.
Our permitting experience covers Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, North Richland Hills, Hurst, Keller, Southlake, Colleyville, Watauga, Grand Prairie, Irving, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Allen, Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Trophy Club, Westlake, Prosper, Celina, Mansfield, Midlothian, Burleson, Aledo, and surrounding communities throughout the DFW metroplex.
For each municipality we know the current review timelines, the specific submission requirements, the plan reviewers and their common comment patterns, and the strategies that produce the fastest path to permit issuance.
Commercial permitting in DFW involves coordinating multiple permit types across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously — building permits, mechanical permits, electrical permits, plumbing permits, fire protection permits, health department permits for food service operations, and TxDOT permits for projects with state highway frontage.
Fast General Contracting manages complete commercial permitting programs for office buildings, retail centers, restaurants, warehouses, tenant improvements, medical facilities, and all other commercial construction types throughout DFW. Our commercial permitting services include complete permit type analysis, application preparation, submission, tracking, plan review response, inspection coordination, and certificate of occupancy management.
Residential permitting requirements in DFW have become increasingly complex as municipalities have updated building codes, energy codes, and inspection requirements. Custom home permitting in particular involves multiple submission phases — preliminary plat, site plan, building permit, and multiple trade permits — each with its own review cycle and approval requirement.
Fast General Contracting manages complete residential permitting for custom homes, additions, renovations, and new home construction throughout DFW — coordinating all permit types, managing review cycles, and scheduling inspections throughout construction to keep your project on schedule.
If your permit application has been sitting in review longer than expected or you have received plan review comments you are not sure how to address, call Fast General Contracting. We assess permit situations throughout DFW and develop strategies to move stalled applications forward.
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