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Mission
Our mission is to provide extraordinary customer service while maintaining a safe and vibrant community. We respond to our customers needs in a timely fashion. We readily avail ourselves to citizens, business owners, architects, engineers, developers and contractors. We are committed to our City's pledge of "Excellence Always"..

Program Description
The Building Department enforces the Florida Building code and its related publications, promoting safe standards to the building community. We provide plan review, inspections and education to our internal and external customers. The Department continually innovates procedures to best serve our customers.

Goals & Objectives
In support of Strategic Goal # 5 A Safe & Vibrant Community, the Department provides code compliant construction, inspections and plan review using local, state and federal codes and regulations to promote the continuation of high standards for our residential and commercial neighborhoods. The Department assists and is accessible to citizens, businesses, contractors and other Departments with information, expedient responses and accurate information. In support of Strategic Goal # 4, Clear Communication, the Department provides timely inspections, plan review status and comments expeditiously for customers in real time.

Performance Measures FY 2011
Actual
FY 2012
Forecast
FY 2013
Forecast
FY 2014
Target
Average number of business days to review building permit plans for Additions/Alterations and new development projects 4 10 10 10
Achieve 90% customer service satisfaction rating annually utilizing customer survey 87% 90% 90% 90%
Percentage of total inspectors completing a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education annually 100% 95% 95% >95%
Average number of business days to review small permits 4 days 3 days 3 days 3 days
% inspection requests via "click to gov" / month versus phone 14% 70% 75% 75%




Building Department
Claudio Grande
Director

6011 Nob Hill Rd.
1st Floor
Tamarac, FL 33321-6200

Ph:   (954) 597-3420
Fax   (954) 597-3450

Email

Hours
Monday - Thursday
7:30 am - 4:30 pm

Friday
7:30 am - 3:30 pm

Last time to sign in for service: 4:00 pm Monday-Thursday and 3:00 pm on Friday
** Lobby doors to the Building Department will lock automatically at that time. **

Inspectors are available 7:30 - 8:30 am and 3 - 4 pm, Monday through Thursday.



The Lobby will close at 3:00 pm on WednesdayMay 22nd, and will reopen Thursday, May 23rd at 7:30 am.

The Lobby will close at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 12th, and will reopen Thursday, June 13th at 7:30 am.

The Lobby will close at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, June 26th, and will reopen Thursday, June 27th at 7:30 am.



We apologize for any inconvenience.