PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7, 2025 – Avolve, a leading provider of electronic plan review software, today announces the first commercially available Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automated pre-submission validation in government plan review, designed to reduce the biggest cause of delays with plan reviews: incomplete or inaccurate submissions. Avolve AI Submit will significantly improve first-time submission accuracy to accelerate permit processing and create a smoother experience for residential and commercial applicants.
As part of a broad offering of innovations introduced to Avolve’s market leading plan review solutions, the new Avolve AI functionality will allow ProjectDox and DigEplan customers to enable smart plan submissions. Tapping into the potential of AI, Avolve will support the initial submission check to significantly reduce common submission errors, delivering faster, more accurate, right-first time submission packages. This will allow agencies to pivot from repeated manual reviews and assistance, to focus resources on critical urban planning and code compliance decisions.
“Working closely with our customers, we saw an opportunity to move beyond the AI hype and deliver tangible value,” said Becky Tamashasky, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Avolve. “Our goal was to solve a real-world bottleneck for local governments, and with tools that would be reliable and deliver ROI. Avolve AI Submit gives agencies control over which validations to enable, so AI is adopted on their terms, creating a smoother experience for staff and applicants while keeping the human effort focused on community development. This is just the start towards a longer vision on what we can deliver with AI, with even more innovation on the horizon.”
Avolve AI Submit, for both ProjectDox and DigEplan, will enable agencies to set a minimum compliance level, using customizable validation checks to deliver more accurate plan submissions. This will provide ready-to-view packages that streamline the review process for a faster turnaround.
Avolve’s commitment to continuous R&D innovation in its electronic plan review software is unmatched, enabling it to be at the forefront of the latest emerging technologies, ensuring customers can gain the maximum benefit from digital government solutions.
Avolve AI Submit functionality will be available in DigEplan later this month, and ProjectDox later in 2025. To see how this could transform your development plan review processes, while keeping human expertise at the forefront- book an appointment or visit Avolve’s website for more information.
About Avolve
Avolve delivers the most trusted and proven electronic plan review solutions on the market, ProjectDox and DigEplan. These enable our 330+ customers to streamline and enhance operational efficiency for development services, making a meaningful impact on the communities they serve. Our market-leading investment in product research and development sets us apart, creating advanced digital solutions that transform both the applicant and reviewer experience. Avolve’s hallmark customer support and commitment to stringent security standards has been key to its success, which is a result of collaboration, shared values, and a commitment to excellence in every aspect of our business. For more information: avolvesoftware.com
Partnering with Esri’s Platinum Partner GEO Jobe to Apply Powerful GIS Technology to Avolve’s Solutions Enables State and Local Government to Transform Construction Plan Review Processes
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 29, 2025 – Avolve, a leading provider of electronic plan review software, today announce the first electronic plan review platform that is integrated with Esri’s advanced geospatial capabilities. Working with Esri, the global leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, this breakthrough integration, facilitated by Esri Platinum Partner GEO Jobe, revolutionizes construction, planning, and community development processes for state and local government agencies.
As part of the Esri Partner Network (EPN), Avolve enables government agencies of all sizes to combine Avolve’s proven plan review solutions (ProjectDox and DigEplan), with Esri’s GIS technology—accessing the key components of urban planning to enable government to build thriving, resilient communities more efficiently than ever before.
Underpinning this strategic partnership is Esri’s Platinum Partner GEO Jobe, renowned for building advanced cloud-based GIS technology. Through this collaboration, Avolve introduces an embedded spatial viewer, which applies GIS-centric principles within Avolve’s ProjectDox and DigEplan electronic plan review solutions. This will enable government organizations to visualize proposed developments within the context of existing infrastructure and environmental factors, analyze critical data, such as floodplains, utilities, and fire hydrant accessibility, and enhance collaboration between government departments and external stakeholders, providing all parties a single, integrated view of plan documents and geographic data. By leveraging geospatial technology, this first-of-its-kind integration empowers agencies to make informed decisions and paves the way for those striving to function more efficiently.
“We are proud to be the first and only electronic plan review provider to offer a fully embedded Esri spatial viewer for an integrated user experience,” said Becky Tamashasky, Chief Product and Technology Officer for Avolve. “Our significant R&D investment and legacy in purpose-built plan review solutions drive our commitment to continuous innovation and industry leadership. Through this partnership with Esri and GEO Jobe, our customers can seamlessly integrate geospatial insights into their workflows—empowering them to make data-driven decisions, address complex urban planning challenges, and efficiently and sustainably build thriving communities.”
“This partnership showcases the tremendous impact of bringing together ArcGIS with electronic plan review solutions like ProjectDox and DigEplan, and the impact it can have for our customers,” said Keith Cooke, Director of Planning and Community Development Markets at Esri. “Esri’s Partner Program celebrates Avolve’s dedication to continuous R&D to help make it an integral part of Esri’s Planning System. We look forward to seeing how this will reshape the way governments plan, review, and ultimately build.”
Esri Platinum Partner GEO Jobe, drawing on its 25 years of experience in developing advanced cloud-based GIS solutions, played a critical role in creating the connector that anchors this first-of-its-kind integration. By harnessing Esri’s technical architecture, GEO Jobe has ensured a stable, secure, and efficient connector between the two best-in-class solutions.
“We are excited to bring our expertise to this innovative partnership, and we believe this game-changing solution will transform government plan review processes,” said David Hansen, CEO for GEO Jobe. “Having witnessed the power of GIS technology in optimizing public services, we look forward to seeing the Avolve and Esri collaboration deliver unprecedented benefits for government organizations.”
Avolve’s longstanding heritage as a purpose-built electronic plan review software provider is unmatched in its commitment to ongoing innovation. By consistently investing in R&D and maintaining a forward-looking roadmap, Avolve remains poised to deliver new enhancements that harness the best of emerging technologies—ensuring its customers stay ahead of the curve in digital government solutions.
Electronic Plan Review fully embedded with a GIS experience will debut in both ProjectDox and DigEplan in 2025. To see how this industry-first solution can transform your construction plan review processes, book an appointment or visit Avolve’s website for more information.
About Esri
Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in hundreds of thousands of organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofit institutions, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial technology and analytics, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions that leverage a geographic approach to solving some of the world’s most complex problems by placing them in the crucial context of location. Visit us at esri.com.
About Avolve
Avolve delivers the most trusted and proven electronic plan review solutions on the market, ProjectDox and DigEplan. These enable our 330+ customers to streamline and enhance operational efficiency for development services, making a meaningful impact on the communities they serve. Our market-leading investment in product research and development sets us apart, creating advanced digital solutions that transform both the applicant and reviewer experience. Highly-rated customer support, coupled with our commitment to the highest security levels, has been key to Avolve’s success, which is a result of collaboration, shared values, and a commitment to excellence in every aspect of our business. For more information: avolvesoftware.com
PHOENIX, Arizona, March 31st, 2025 – Avolve, a leading specialist in advanced electronic plan review solutions, announces successful achievement of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certification for Information Security, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Protection (ISO Certification) in compliance with standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). This ISO Certification achievement demonstrates Avolve’s unwavering commitment to protect our customers’ data with best-in-class security practices.
Achieving ISO/IEC 27001:2022 required a robust assessment of all operations within Avolve to ensure strict controls and processes are in place, as well as a framework for continuous risk assessment and improvement, which covers cybersecurity, data and privacy protection. This certification follows the October 2024 announcement of Avolve’s SOC 2 Type II compliance accomplishment, underpinning Avolve’s commitment to ensuring industry-leading security standards.
“As we look to support government organizations’ innovative use of plan review technology to revolutionize their ability to build thriving communities, we know that our core responsibility is to provide data and security protection. We take this very seriously and are fully committed to enforcing industry best practice processes to deliver robust SaaS solutions to our government customers. Achieving both ISO Certification and SOC 2 compliance in such a short amount of time is testament to our steadfast dedication,” said Lance Clark, CEO for Avolve.
The ISO Certification was completed by third-party Prescient Security, an internationally accredited ISO company. This third-party certification of the worldwide-recognized ISO certification demonstrates Avolve’s robust approach to data and security process and compliance.
“The cornerstone for any technology provider, especially those serving the government sector, is security. Security is a mandatory and critical component and remains a continuous effort as part of our everyday operations. As well, security is a fundamental component when considering advancements for our modern solutions. This certification supports our company-wide dedication to provide robust and secure plan review products that mitigate risk and protect Avolve’s customers,” said Becky Tamashasky, Chief Product and Technology Officer for Avolve. “We are incredibly proud of the work our team is doing to uphold these standards and ensure the security and trust our customers rely on.”
Avolve is trusted by 330+ government organizations in North America and Europe to support their electronic plan review needs.
Interested to find out more about Avolve Software’s solutions? We’d love to have a chat: [email protected]
About Avolve
Avolve delivers the most trusted and proven electronic plan review solutions on the market, ProjectDox and DigEplan. These enable our 330+ customers to streamline and enhance operational efficiency for development services, making a meaningful impact on the communities they serve. Our market-leading investment in product research and development sets us apart, creating advanced digital solutions that transform both the applicant and reviewer experience. Highly-rated customer support, coupled with our commitment to the highest security levels, has been key to Avolve’s success, which is a result of collaboration, shared values, and a commitment to excellence in every aspect of our business. For more information, visit avolvesoftware.com.
Avolve Recognized as an Important Contributor to the Government Sector
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 21st, 2025 – Avolve, the leading specialist in advanced electronic plan review technology for state and local governments, has announced its inclusion in the industry authoritative GovTech 100 for 2025. Published annually by Government Technology, the list showcases innovative companies making a significant contribution to the public sector in the United States.
“To be named in the GovTech 100 list is an honor and is testament to the incredible people that I work alongside every day,” said Lance Clark, CEO, Avolve. “This team explores technological advances, treats customers with the utmost of respect and care, brings partners into the fold, and speaks openly and passionately to jurisdictions about how we can help them do plan review more efficiently, effectively, and deliver the best experience to applicants. I am overjoyed that we have been recognized, but this accolade is for every Avolve team member.”
2024 was a significant year for Avolve; the Phoenix-based company has doubled its customer-based over the last two years reaching almost 350 government jurisdictions by the end of last year, which includes 44% of the 50 biggest US cities. These agencies utilize Avolve’s proven solutions, ProjectDox and DigEplan, to enhance their development services, as well as benefit from Avolve’s extensive investment to apply technological advancements to its product portfolio.
“For the last decade, the GovTech 100 has been a cornerstone for curating companies focused on state and local government as their primary customer,” said e.Republic President Dustin Haisler. “It has become a platform for validating the incredible innovation in this market – from early-stage startups to publicly traded enterprises. With the rise of exponential technologies and evolving behaviors, the market activity, in many ways, feels like it’s just heating up.”
Avolve offers advanced electronic plan review solutions for state, county, and city customers who want to optimize their end-to-end permitting processes. Enabling real time collaboration, cross-department visibility, and function-based workflows, Avolve has proven to reduce the time it takes to conduct plan review by more than 50%.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 5th, 2024 – Avolve Software, the global leader in electronic plan review solutions, announces the appointment of George Mastakas to its executive leadership team in the role of Chief Revenue Officer, as the company positions itself to extend its community development support to government agencies.
George joins Avolve from Trimble and has spent most of his career focusing on supporting the public sector with enterprise solutions and building strong alliances across the government technology industry. Having held senior management positions in Cityworks prior to its acquisition in 2019, and then following that in Trimble, George’s insightful knowledge of local government is critical to Avolve’s next steps in product, innovation, and market growth.
“George has an industry pedigree that can only be achieved through decades of meeting customers, understanding the changing landscape of local government, and being their partner in overcoming the challenges,” said Lance Clark, CEO for Avolve Software. “When I first spoke to George, I knew straight away that he had the right ethos to match ours. I am excited about Avolve’s future and George’s fundamental contribution to ensuring that our solutions, exceed customer and community expectations.”
In his role as Chief Revenue Officer at Avolve, George will oversee the sales, business development and partner teams. This will include Avolve’s continued commitment to work in close partnership with existing customers, government jurisdictions looking to improve their plan review processes, and supporting our highly regarded partner community.
“I’ve admired Avolve since the moment I became acquainted with them years ago. Their passion and focus on improving the critical services public sector agencies must provide is inspiring; I am excited to be a part of it in such a meaningful way. My profound thanks to Lance, and the entire team at Avolve, for the opportunity and for creating such an important business for our customers,” said George Mastakas Chief Revenue Officer for Avolve Software.
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 22, 2024 – Avolve Software, the global leader in electronic plan review, announces the achievement of SOC 2 Type II compliance in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) standards for System and Organization Controls (SOC) for Service Organizations also known as SSAE 18. The validation of SOC 2 Type II compliance underpins Avolve Software’s continuing dedication to safeguarding customer data following robust processes and standards.
Avolve Software is trusted by almost 350 global local government and private sector customers, to deliver community development, planning and building services for their citizens and customers. With that, Avolve is committed to ensuring the highest levels of security.
“We recognize the vital role our solutions provide for our customers in serving their citizens. It is critical that our processes, systems and data management not only support their services, but are robust and secure. We are excited to share the achievement of SOC 2 Type II compliance, as it demonstrates the dedication of every single person at Avolve to put our customers first,” said Lance Clark, CEO for Avolve Software.
The audit was undertaken by Prescient Assurance , a leader in security and compliance attestation for SaaS companies worldwide. This third-party endorsement of Avolve’s processes and systems demonstrates its enterprise-level security for customer’s data managed within Avolve Software’s systems.
“From the development of our products, to testing, and delivery through to customer support, we are committed to infusing security at every stage, in every department,” explains Becky Tamashasky, Chief Product and Technology Officer for Avolve Software.
“We engaged with Prescient Assurance to gain an unqualified opinion on our compliance to SOC 2 Type II, so we can clearly demonstrate to our current and fast-growing customer base that their data is protected by the highest standards in process and management.”
Interested to find out more about Avolve Software’s solutions, we’d love to have a chat: [email protected]
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About Avolve Software
Avolve Software is the global leader in electronic plan review software. With almost 350 customers globally, Avolve’s significant investment in research and development ensures that its community development solutions meet the needs of jurisdictions of all sizes. Its leading solutions ProjectDox and DigEplan, automate and streamline the permitting process, removing the inefficiencies of paper or non-integrated plan review solutions. The solutions ensure a robust and proven electronic plan review that enhances jurisdiction productivity and economic growth.
For more information visit: avolvesoftware.com
About Prescient Assurance
A leader in security and compliance attestation for B2B, SAAS companies worldwide. Prescient Assurance is registered in the US and Canada, providing risk management and assurance services, including SOC 2, PCI, ISO, NIST, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and CSA STAR. For more information about Prescient Assurance, you may reach out them at [email protected] or visit: www.prescientassurance.com
