Why Building Plan Approval

In a rapidly developing country like India, municipal corporations, urban local bodies and other development authorities are facing several challenges. These challenges are being fuelled by rapid urbanization, unplanned development, eroding accountability and a declining public image due to the increasing gap between service delivery and public expectations. 

There is a critical need to align services to meet the growing needs of urbanization. Building plans need to be approved in compliance with development control rules and building bye laws applicable to specific locations. Previously the process of such approvals was fraught with delays and subjectivity in interpretation of the rules. 

Who for : 

State level Urban Development Authorities, Town & Country Planning Department, Fire Department, Industrial Development Corporation, Municipal Corporations City Level Urban Development Authorities and Municipal Councils
 

Innovating Building plan scrutiny and approval

• AutoDCR® is a unique and innovative e-governance solution for automation of building plan scrutiny and approval. It reads CAD drawings and maps them to the development control regulations for approval by municipal corporations and approving authorities. 

• AutoDCR® is one of the most widely implemented architecture engineering software for e-governance of building plans across India. It is seamlessly integrated to an online approval workflow to monitor the approval process with associated document scrutiny and site visits (where applicable). It integrates SMS and Personal Digital Assistants for creating alerts and notifications to concerned authorities.

• AutoDCR® acts as a unified platform for the citizens, urban local bodies and authorities. It helps improve compliance, efficiency and effectiveness through collaboration between urban local bodies, government, citizens and other stakeholders.

• Several municipal corporations have been able to transform their building plan scrutiny and approval process by implementing AutoDCR®.

It is an identified best practice for building plan approval by Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). 

Benefits

1. Uniformity and Compliance - The approval is based on uniform interpretation of development control rules bringing in uniformity and compliance.

2. Acceleration - Accelerates scrutiny process by eliminating lengthy and cumbersome computations.

3. Innovation - Transformation of scrutiny and approval of plans through CAD and workflow technology brings in innovation in the process.
Integration - All stakeholders concerned in the approval process are brought together on a single platform.

4. Accountability - Authorized roles and responsibilities are mapped and MIS reports generated to help track process efficiency.

5. Transparency - Subjectivity in the plan approval process is totally eliminated and clear reasons are stated for approval or rejections. 

AutoDCR won the coveted Manthan South Asia Award, 2010  in the e-governance category

Download our product factsheet and call us for a demonstration