State of Idaho to Lead the Nation with Online Access to ePlan Services

Idaho’s CAS (Customer Access System) Program to Include Electronic Plan Submission, Review and Distribution Through ProjectDox® ePlan Solution

Avolve Software, developers of ProjectDox® communication and collaboration software, announced today that the State of Idaho will deploy the company’s ProjectDox ePlan solution as part of its CAS statewide citizen services initiative. Through its Division of Building Safety, Idaho becomes the first state in the U.S. to implement a statewide ePlan service program to citizens and multiple state agencies.

ProjectDox will enhance the CAS program by allowing the State to offer web-based electronic file submission and review to citizens, architects and developers who depend upon the Division of Building Safety for code-compliance review of construction and engineering plans. Key benefits include expedited plan approval and reductions in paper use, printing costs, storage costs, deforestation, drive time, gasoline consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions.

“We’re proud to be the first in the nation to officially endorse and commence the implementation of an end-to-end electronic, automated plan submission and review system statewide,” said C. Kelly Pearce, Administrator of the Division of Building Safety. “The expansion of CAS with ePlan services represents another important step in our efforts to elevate customer service, preserve the environment and communicate more effectively with our customers and other governmental entities.”

The Division of Building Safety envisions making its ePlan services available to other state agencies such as the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Homeland Security for the purposes of enhanced disaster response, mitigation and management.

“Implementing ePlan services within CAS at the state level demonstrates Idaho’s forward-thinking and innovative approach to serving citizens and streamlining operations,” said Ron Loback, President and CEO at Avolve Software. “It’s a great honor to be selected and to engage in a program that is designed to exploit the full potential of our product with respect to a statewide user community and collaboration between multiple agencies.”

About Idaho and the Division of Building Safety

As the fourteenth largest state in the United States, Idaho is home to nearly 1.5 million residents. Abundant outdoor recreation opportunities and scenic vistas attract over 20 million tourists annually. The mission of the Division of Building Safety is to safeguard life and property for the citizens of the State of Idaho by ensuring proper building design in the areas of electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and to promote public safety through the licensing of public works contractors and by conducting on-site inspections in accordance with all applicable state and federal codes and regulations. The Division also operates an industrial safety program to ensure the safety of elevators, escalators and boilers throughout the state. DBS is also the host agency for the Idaho Modular Building Advisory Board as well as the Idaho Manufactured Housing Board.

About Avolve Software

Avolve Software is a subsidiary of Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) and was founded in 2007. Avolve develops and markets ProjectDox® online collaboration project management software. IGC, which was founded in 1990, is a leading developer of commercial software products for content visualization, secure publishing and collaboration. Avolve Software has sales and marketing partners worldwide, including in Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.avolvesoftware.com.

Note to Editors: ProjectDox® is a registered trademark of Avolve Software. www.projectdox.com

Contacts

Avolve Software
Bill Gould
Director, Marketing
602-903-3094
bgould {at} avolvesoftware(.)com
or
State of Idaho
Division of Building Safety
Bill Hatch
Public Information Officer
208-332-7121
bill.hatch {at} dbs.idaho(.)gov