New business leads for concrete, excavation and site work contractors in Portland & Vancouver, WA

Site work comes first on every new building: clearing, excavation, utilities, footings, slabs and flatwork. A pre-application conference is the earliest public trace of a project, while the site plan is still being drawn; a demolition permit means a site about to be cleared and graded; a new-building permit means foundations going in within weeks.

Launch Lookout pulls new-building and demolition permits from Portland Permitting & Development, Clark County and the City of Vancouver every day, along with Clark County pre-application conferences, and maps them around your yard. Each record links to the original filing, with the applicant and a description of the project.

Because site work is the first scope awarded, the general contractor or developer is choosing an excavation and concrete sub earlier than any other trade, often before the building permit is issued. Pre-apps and demolitions are the records that reach them in time. Commercial permits from Washington County cities such as Beaverton and Hillsboro are not included yet.