Pathworks Engineering
Approvals & Coordination

Permitting & Utility Coordination

Most permit delays aren't engineering problems; they're documentation problems. We prepare the drawings, exhibits and application packages that get submissions approved on the first pass.

Permitting & Utility Coordination field work
What we deliver

Concrete deliverables, not vague promises.

Permit drawing sets

  • Right-of-way and encroachment permit drawings to jurisdiction format
  • Highway, road and DOT crossing exhibits
  • Railroad and waterway crossing packages
  • Traffic control and work-zone plans
  • Municipal and county submission sets

Attachment and joint use

  • Pole attachment application packages
  • Attachment height and clearance exhibits
  • Joint-use coordination documentation and ticket support
  • Make-ready scope summaries for utility review

Supporting documentation

  • Environmental and cultural resource screening exhibits
  • Property owner and easement exhibits
  • Utility notification and locate coordination records
  • Submission tracking logs and resubmission response packages
What you send us

A proposed route, a design package, or a marked-up map. We work from whatever stage the project has reached and identify what the jurisdiction will require before submission rather than after rejection.

Standards and tools

Software

AutoCADCivil 3DQGISBluebeam RevuAdobe Acrobat
Full software list →

Codes & standards

Requirements vary by jurisdiction and utility, so this service is built around matching the specific authority's published submission format: sheet size, scale, north orientation, legend conventions and required exhibits. We maintain a format record per authority we've submitted to, so a second project in the same jurisdiction moves faster than the first.

How it works

Full service engineering design. Delivered remotely.

  1. 01

    Start with a bounded request

    Send what you have — sketches, GIS/CAD files, pole data, spreadsheets. A named engineer reviews it and confirms a scoping timetable.

  2. 02

    Agree scope, standards & criteria

    Work begins once a written SOW sets deliverables, assumptions, standards and who owns each engineering decision.

  3. 03

    Produce with visible controls

    Assumptions, RFIs and progress are logged as they happen, not buried inside the drawing set.

  4. 04

    Independent QA & handoff

    A second reviewer checks the package against the SOW before a revision-tracked transmittal ships.

Who this is for

Fiber and telecom builders managing high-volume permit throughput

EPC contractors with submissions across multiple jurisdictions

Developers needing permit-ready exhibits alongside a design package

Utilities processing third-party attachment requests

Common questions

Do you submit on our behalf?

We prepare the package to submission standard and can complete portal submissions where the authority permits third-party filing under your account. Where a licensed local agent or engineer of record is required to file, we prepare everything they need to sign and submit.

Can you handle jurisdictions you haven't worked in before?

Yes. The first project in an unfamiliar jurisdiction includes a requirements review before drafting begins, so the format is confirmed rather than assumed.

What if the submission is rejected?

Rejection responses are included in scope. We revise and resubmit against the authority's comments at no additional cost where the comment relates to work we produced.

Have a permitting & utility coordination project to scope?

A sketch, a photo, a spreadsheet: send what you have and we’ll take it from there.