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Oct. 12, 2006 at 11:13pm
Using What We Build
AKA Avoiding Lines at the Health Department
It's not often that I use the stuff we build. It's not that I don't support the businesses we do business with, it's more that I spend so much time online thinking of how we build things for our customers that I don't generally get a chance to actually use the websites we build in the way a customer would.
I'm selling my house and as part of that process in Pierce County a seller needs to complete a Report of System Status (RSS) and Operation and Maintenance Report for a septic system. In order for your house to close, you need to have a certified septic inspector pump your septic system as well as fill out a form with the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department. Once your system is marked as "A-OK" your sale is able to go through.
Prior to our intervention, a seller would need to get an inspection, deliver the completed form to the Health Department (don't forget the long line), wait for a response, then get a clean bill of health to pass on to the new owner.
This is much easier now, thanks to SiteCrafting, although at the time it was built I was not so sure how much easier it would make it. The answer is, a lot easier.
- I looked up my as-built drawing here.
- I registered and added my septic company here.
- They posted my completed report here.
I paid...and it was done...no lines, no problems...kinda makes me wish others built things to work so well.
Other cool things we've built for TPCHD include:
- Online Permitting for Food Service Organizations
- Food Service Establishment Reports
- A pretty cool Website Management Application
Posted in From the Workbench by Brian Forth
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