The Back-Office GC for Contractors

Permit and back-office support for contractors — cleaner setup, less admin drag, more time in the field

Southern Cities helps licensed contractors reduce paperwork drag, inspection delays, correction follow-up, and coordination burden — without hiring full-time office staff. NC GC License #107724.

What clients are trying to avoid

  • Permit paperwork keeps slowing production down.
  • Inspection follow-up keeps pulling attention off the field.
  • Correction handling gets dropped or delayed.
  • The office side is too thin for the job load.

What clients want instead

  • Less paperwork drag and more time for production.
  • Cleaner permit handling and better inspection follow-through.
  • More office support without full-time payroll.
  • Better coordination when active jobs start feeling stretched.

What this page is for

For people with a real project, deal, permit question, or active job — not just browsing prices.

Start with the smallest step that fits the decision in front of you, and move into fuller support only when the work calls for it. If the job is already active or time-sensitive, just tell us and we’ll point you to the right help.

Start with the stage you are in

Get the right help for where the project is right now.

You do not have to buy one giant undefined construction relationship. Use the stage below that matches the project and start with the specific help that will move it forward more cleanly.

When permits and inspections are the bottleneck

Use these when filings, corrections, and inspection scheduling keep pulling you off the field — hand the paperwork to a licensed GC office.

Priced After Review

Permit Administration

Permit help for contractors and trade teams that want paperwork handled more cleanly.

Priced After Review

Inspection Scheduling Support

Support for contractors who need inspections lined up, tracked, and followed through without extra back-and-forth.

When active jobs need back-office and oversight help

Use these when the job load is heavier than your office can carry and you want admin and coordination support without adding payroll.

Custom-Quoted Service

Admin Support for Active Jobs

Back-office review support for contractors who need help sorting paperwork, follow-up, and coordination gaps on live residential work.

Custom-Quoted Service

Construction Oversight Support

Help for contractors who need tighter coordination around milestones, updates, and project follow-through.

Monthly support

When the same problem keeps eating time, use a monthly plan.

For contractors, monthly support makes sense when the same permit, inspection, and paperwork problems keep coming back across active jobs.

Monthly Support Plans

Use this when the same questions, reviews, or follow-up keep repeating and you want ongoing help on a recurring basis.

Entry plan

Permit & Inspection Support Plan

Monthly support

Monthly price

$899/mo

4 requests and up to 2 active jobs

1 business day response target

Office work keeps pulling time away from production and slowing jobs down.

Monthly support for contractors who need permit follow-up, inspection scheduling, and correction handling taken off their plate.

Get ongoing monthly support for recurring permit and inspection help.

  • Up to 4 permit or admin requests each month, each meaning 1 permit filing task, correction response, inspection scheduling task, or status follow-up sequence
  • Inspection scheduling support
  • Correction follow-up support
  • Permit status coordination on active files

Best when the same office-side friction keeps coming back.

Strongest recurring fit

Back-Office Support Plan

Monthly support

Monthly price

$1,750/mo

8 requests and up to 4 active jobs

Same-day acknowledgment, 1 business day standard response

Back-office overload is choking field production and forcing the owner to carry too much admin personally.

A broader monthly support plan for contractors who need recurring help with admin, follow-up, documentation, and coordination across active residential jobs.

Get ongoing monthly support for the office-side work that keeps repeating across active jobs.

  • Up to 8 support requests each month, each meaning 1 clearly scoped admin, permit, inspection, or documentation task
  • Permit and admin support
  • Inspection coordination
  • Documentation and follow-up support

Best when the contractor needs a real office extension without hiring full-time first.

Higher-touch

Contractor Office Extension Retainer

Monthly support

Monthly price

Starting at $2,900/mo

Defined active-job cap with 12 clearly scoped support tasks each month, not unlimited work

Priority 24-hour response target

Hiring pressure, admin chaos, and revenue-producing field time are all getting squeezed by office problems.

A retainer for busy contractors who need steadier outside office help without building a full internal admin team yet.

Start with a retainer review so the support is scoped to your real job load.

  • Weekly check-in
  • Up to 12 support requests each month, each meaning 1 clearly scoped admin, permit, inspection, or documentation task
  • Priority permit and inspection coordination
  • Documentation and follow-up support across active jobs

Best when the contractor needs higher-touch outside office support.

Need help choosing?

If you are not sure whether to buy now, get pricing, or request a review, start here.

Southern Cities can help you choose the right next step before you lose time, spend in the wrong place, or push a project forward too casually.

Contact

Need us to review the project first?

Buy Now when the deliverable is already clear and contained.

Get Pricing when a few project details affect price, but the work does not need full custom scoping.

Use this form when the project is larger, more active, or important enough that it needs real review before anyone should quote it responsibly.