How It Works

Seven stages. One accountable team.

Every Tideway permit runs the same proven path, so you always know where the project stands, what we are doing and what we need from you.

Discover

Understand the property, its permit history and the agencies involved.

Your role

Share basic project information.

Tideway’s role

Research the site and develop the initial permit roadmap.

Define

Confirm requirements and the professional scope the project needs.

Your role

Approve scope and commercial decisions.

Tideway’s role

Build the requirements checklist and professional scopes of work.

Coordinate

Engage survey, engineering and environmental professionals.

Your role

Use your own professionals or the Tideway Network; approve costs.

Tideway’s role

Procure, schedule and coordinate every deliverable.

Assemble

Build the complete permit package.

Your role

Provide requested business inputs.

Tideway’s role

Complete forms, assemble documents and quality-check for submission.

Submit

File applications and fees with each agency.

Your role

Authorize the submission.

Tideway’s role

Submit, track and keep you informed.

Resolve

Respond to agency comments and requests for additional information.

Your role

Approve any business or scope changes.

Tideway’s role

Coordinate technical responses and resubmittals.

Approve

Deliver approved documents and permit conditions.

Your role

Prepare for construction.

Tideway’s role

Close out the permit package and communicate the approval.

What this means day to day

Your total involvement is a handful of decisions: approve the scope, choose your professionals or ours, authorize the submission and sign off on any changes. Everything in between — the research, the checklists, the coordination, the forms, the follow-ups — is Tideway’s job. That is the point.

Stage 1 is free

The Discover stage is our free Permit Readiness Review. Put a real project through it and see how the process works.

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