Signals and projects

What early signals are

Early signals are the steps a large project has to take before anyone applies to build: regulatory and environmental filings, energy and grid filings for large new loads or generators, planning and zoning approvals, and public contract awards. For a data center, a plant, a hospital or another large project, these steps often come months or years before the building permit does. They show that a project is taking shape, though its scope and timing may still change.

We tie each signal to the project it belongs to and link the permits that follow into the same timeline. You can see who is involved as they become known and reach the owner and the team while plans are still open, rather than waiting for the building permit.

One timeline per project

Each project gets a single timeline that runs from its first signal to the building permit and on to completion. Early signals and permits for the same project land in the same place, and the timeline shows the stage the project has reached, so you can see where it stands without piecing records together yourself.

Who is involved and what changed

Every project lists the owners, developers, applicants and contractors named in its records, as they appear there. When something new is recorded, such as a new filing, a permit or a change of stage, a change alert tells you. With Projects and Signals Pro, those updates are delivered the moment we record them.

Who uses it

Business development teams use projects to find large work early. They see a project at its first public trace, follow its stage and know which owners and developers to call before a contractor is chosen.

Manufacturers and suppliers use it to sell into new facilities. A maker of switchgear, cooling or water treatment equipment can follow data centers, plants, hospitals and treatment works from their first filings and reach the buyer while the design is still open.

Contractors use it to get on bid lists earlier. Change alerts tell them when a project moves toward a permit, and the timeline shows who is already involved.

How to get it

The Signals add-on adds early signals linked into projects, by state or by industry pack, from $500 a month. Projects and Signals Pro includes everything, with project timelines, change alerts and push delivery, from $3,000 a month. Both sit on top of the permit data, which you can reach over the API.

Forecasts and estimates are in early access: estimated project value, expected approval time, construction activity forecasts by market and properties likely due for major system replacement. Ask about early access.