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DBI pauses Acela permitting rollout, seeks third‑party assessment amid defect dispute
Summary
DBI staff told the Building Inspection Commission it has paused vendor activities on the Acela permit-and-project-tracking system and asked for an independent assessment after end-to-end testing uncovered about 204 severity‑1/2 defects; vendors disputed that most items are defects rather than new requirements.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said it has paused vendor work on the Acela permit-and-project-tracking system and will hire an independent assessor to define what is required to finish the project.
At an informational session Wednesday, Henry Bartley, the project manager, said the project team and city leadership agreed to pause vendor activities because, after end-to-end testing, “we don't have budget to deliver the project as currently scoped.” Bartley and colleague Sean Buellen told commissioners the project encountered a substantial spike in…
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