Few people get passionate about permitting—angry perhaps, but not passionate. Fortunately for building officials, developers and building teams, Robert C. Wible does. When it comes to building regulatory reform, the consultant from Reston, Va., is a cross between an evangelist and a traveling salesman.
He has preached his streamlining-permitting sermon for some 30 years, gathering converts to his cause. And like a salesman, he jets around, lugging a suitcase full of sample permitting “tools” in an attempt to get code administrators and politicians to buy into both regulatory reform and the digital age of permitting and plan approval.