Five firms, three review authorities, two utilities, one consistent package.
A ground-up McDonald's on Buffaloe Road in Raleigh, with a delivery team spread across four states. Commun-ET carried City of Raleigh site plan and building review, Wake County and state health, the city's grease program, Duke Energy electric, and the AT&T telecom pathway on one coordination cadence.
One restaurant, five firms, and reviewers who each needed a different view of it.
The Buffaloe Road restaurant was designed and delivered by a team spread across four states: architect, civil engineer, general contractor, owner's representative, and the brand's construction group. City of Raleigh site plan and building reviewers, Wake County and state health, and the city's grease program each needed the same project described in their own format, on their own calendar, at the same time.
- Five delivery firms in four states producing one submittal record
- City of Raleigh site plan and building review running alongside county and state health
- Grease-interceptor sizing tied to the city's grease program requirements
- Duke Energy electric service and the AT&T telecom pathway sequenced to construction
- A mid-project site address change touching every open application
One package of record, one coordination cadence.
Commun-ET held the single package of record for every reviewer and every utility, and ran one cadence across all five firms so a change in one drawing set reached every open application in the same week it happened. AI does the pattern recognition. Our people do the judgment.
Single package of record
Every submittal, resubmittal, and condition response was issued from one controlled set, so no two reviewers were reading different versions of the project.
Address change absorbed before review
A mid-project site address change was reconciled across the open building, site, health, and utility applications before it reached a reviewer's desk.
Grease-interceptor mismatch caught in intake
A grease-interceptor sizing mismatch between the plumbing set and the city's grease program was identified during our intake review and corrected before submission.
Utility tracks opened alongside permitting
Duke Energy electric and the AT&T telecom pathway were opened and tracked in parallel with building and site review, not after issuance.
Built and open on Buffaloe Road.
The restaurant was built and opened on Buffaloe Road in 2026. Across a five-firm delivery team and three review authorities, the project moved on one submittal record, with the address change and the grease-interceptor mismatch both resolved inside Commun-ET's review rather than in an agency correction cycle.
Raleigh Buffaloe Road case study (PDF)
The client-facing case study, with the full permitting and utility record.
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