District of Columbia

Construction Permits (Recent)

Locations and attributes of above ground permits applied for and approved by the District Department of Transportation. They are newly occupied constructions and events.

Example records
NamebrandAlternate NamebrandStreet Addressoperating locationFull NamebrandFull Addressoperating locationXgeospatialYgeospatialApplicationdatetemporalIsexcavationclassificationIsfixtureclassificationIspavingclassificationIslandscapingclassification
VERIZON FIOSVERIZON2715 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NWVERIZON FIOS2715 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW395101.039999999137462.2100000012026/02/11 11:23:48+00TFFF
Wash Gas & Light Co.Wash Gas & Light Co.1001 HARVARD STREET NWWash Gas & Light Co.1001 HARVARD STREET NW397708.229999997139908.982026/02/11 11:55:51+00TFFF
Potomac Electric Power CompanyPotomac Electric Power Company1100 - 1199 BLOCK OF 16TH STREET NWPotomac Electric Power Company1100 - 1199 BLOCK OF 16TH STREET NW396830.850000001137427.272026/02/11 11:51:42+00TFFF
Use cases

Contractor Activity Verification for Vendor Onboarding

A procurement team vetting a construction contractor checks whether the firm has a current, active permit history in DC to confirm it is operationally engaged and not misrepresenting its local project volume.

ContractornameStatusEffectivedateExpirationdateStreet Address

Utility Expansion Signal for Commercial Real Estate Intelligence

A market intelligence analyst tracking infrastructure investment identifies streets where telecom or utility companies have filed excavation permits, using permit clusters as a leading indicator of neighborhood development activity before it appears in property records.

NameIsexcavationStreet AddressApplicationdateLatitude

Permit Overlap Detection for Insurance Underwriting

An underwriter assessing liability exposure for a property checks whether active construction permits at or adjacent to the insured address overlap with the policy period, which affects risk pricing for damage or disruption claims.

Street AddressEffectivedateExpirationdateStatusWorkdetail