Building, Infrastructure & Transportation Department (BIT)

Shaping a sustainable community together!

We review building applications, issue permits, and inspect all privately-owned buildings. We develop and implement infrastructure master plans for Redwood City public facilities. Infrastructure includes roads, bridges, highway overpasses, buildings, parks, levees, lagoons, and water/sewer/storm/recycled water facilities and pipelines. We support local and regional transportation networks, including City streets, public parking, streetcars, shuttle programs, highway interchanges, statewide rail, and ferry systems.

Our Core Services:

• Green Building: Our building plan reviewers, inspectors, and code enforcement officers process permit applications and enforce building regulations and city codes to ensure health and safety conditions and aesthetic qualities.

• Sustainable Infrastructure: Our engineers, inspectors, and technicians provide design, design review, construction administration, and management of all capital improvement projects. This includes "design-through-completion" project management of all Capital Improvement Programs, and design review and inspection for private land development projects ranging from residential subdivisions to multi-story commercial structures.

• Multi-modal Transportation: Our transportation staff members plan, design, and upgrade the city's roadway and parking systems. We embrace the "Complete Streets" philosophy, to ensure that all city-owned and regional transportation systems are designed and operated to enable safe, attractive, comfortable, and independent access and travel for all users. This includes pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit users of all ages and abilities.

Awards and Distinctions:

Redwood City's Building and Engineering organizations have received many honors and distinctions over the years. Click here to learn more about our recent awards of excellence.

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Director
Chu Chang, PE, LEED AP, D5

Building, Infrastructure, and Transportation Department