City of Windsor signs on to One Ontario initiative
TORONTO, Ontario, January 6th, 2021
AECO Innovation Lab welcomes the City of Windsor as a supporter of the One Ontario initiative.
The City of Windsor believes that a harmonized data standard is a key step to achieving a fully automated process.
In 2018, Windsor was the first city in Canada to go fully digital with an e-permitting system in an effort to make the building permit process easier, quicker and more transparent. This effort has provided many lessons learned, including the need for a more streamlined method to communicate with provincial partners outside of the city.
The Corporation of the City of Windsor has taken significant steps to streamline their internal processes, but also acknowledge that addressing permitting challenges requires remarkably close co-operation and management with other stakeholders including developers and applicable law organizations. Without improving interoperability between all stakeholders, the development approval process will continue to be a challenge.
The City of Windsor strongly supports the One Ontario initiative and agrees that a unified data exchange framework would harmonize and streamline the entire development approval process. It would significantly reduce costs by eliminating redundant customization in every municipality, and help them realize much-needed tax revenues as projects move more quickly from design to construction.
About the City of Windsor
Windsor is the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, and was the first Canadian city to go fully digital with an e-permitting system. Windsor is a major contributor to Canada's automotive industry and is culturally diverse. Known as the "Automotive Capital of Canada", Windsor's industrial and manufacturing heritage is responsible for how the city has developed through the years. To learn more visit – www.citywindsor.ca
About One Ontario
One Ontario is a collaborative initiative established by AECO Innovation Lab, with the aim of establishing a set of provincial guidelines for data and information exchange throughout the development approval process. The framework will be aligned with regulatory requirements set by the province and will be driven by technological tools and advancements within the AEC industries.
About AECO Innovation Lab
AECO Innovation Lab leads digital transformation of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries and governments through collaborative R&D projects. We are dedicated to breaking down silos and increasing the productivity of the AEC sector by providing a hub for collaboration, knowledge sharing and digital transformation. AECO R&D projects unite the private, public and academic sectors by building coalitions to investigate AEC industry operating practices and develop optimization solutions. To learn more visit - www.aecoinnovationlab.com and follow AECO on social media: LinkedIn and Twitter
