By Joe Stoddard. Chalk it up to either an idea that was too far ahead of its time or another Internet “solution” looking for a problem. Either way, the viability of online permit services seems to be fading fast. Most recently NetClerk, which had a library of 30,000 permit forms for 2,000 locales, was acquired by Chicago-based Builders Information Group (BIG Co.), and will be morphed from an online permit engine into a data mining operation. In exchange for revealing information about their projects that will be sold to any willing buyer, contractors will receive “free telephone help” with the permitting process. Whoopee.
Dialing for Dollars
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