Land developers come to us at every phase. From the moment we look at a parcel to the day the final plat is recorded, every Bailey project moves through the same nine phases — knowing what's coming is half the work.
Market demand, site identification, zoning and FLUM review, utility availability, access and constraints, preliminary yield, and the go/no-go decision.
Developer-side phase — Bailey does not participate. PSA or option agreement, due diligence, title and easement review, refined concept and costs, exit strategy.
Bailey leads the entitlement process from concept planning through the preliminary plat decision. The work combines site information, agency coordination, public meetings, application materials, and the approvals that establish a viable path into engineering design.
Engineering design. Bailey produces the civil line work and product fit exhibit, and coordinates the landscape architect (planting plan per code) and surveyor (final plat layout) into one document set. Iterative client redlines.
Bailey shepherds the submittal package through agency review. Other documents the CDs depend on — legal descriptions and easements from the surveyor, landscape plan from the landscape architect — are coordinated by Bailey into one coherent submittal. Comment-response cycles average three to four rounds. Outcome: CDs stamped and approved.
Horizontal build — roads, utilities, grading above and below ground. Bailey is not the contractor; Bailey's role is construction observation and agency coordination. Agency inspections and punch list throughout.
The surveyor measures what was actually built. Bailey converts those measurements into record drawings, which agencies review for conformity with the approved CDs. The developer may need to remediate punch list items before approval.
Engineering report, final plat applications, mylar routing through multiple agencies, owner signature, county recording, addressing. Outcome: multi-agency approval results in county recording.
Timing note: These durations are planning estimates and vary by agency, jurisdiction, project complexity, and review workload. They reflect typical agency review periods only and do not include Bailey project-management time, preparation between reviews, resubmittals, additional review cycles, permit corrections, or delays caused by incomplete or revised information.
Bailey's engagement ends after Phase 8. The builder or developer handles vertical construction, sales or lease-up, and HOA or asset-management transition.
Most projects come to us mid-process. That's fine — but a feasibility study saves more money than every other phase combined.
