Pilot
A 30-day CivWatch pilot, built for SHPO workloads.
Section 106 review, simplified — for state historic preservation offices running multi-jurisdiction dockets on teams of two, three, or twelve.
The Gap
One specialist. Dozens of active dockets. Zero margin for error.
State historic preservation offices are chronically understaffed relative to the volume of federal undertakings, state permit filings, and local land-use applications they must review. A single SHPO reviewer may be responsible for fifty active dockets — each with its own public-comment window, advisory-council calendar, and 36 CFR 800 procedural lane.
Existing govtech tools automate discrete steps — a permit tracker here, a calendar there. No platform continuously watches the full NHPA compliance stack: cross-referencing new filings against regulated properties, flagging conflicts the moment they arise, tracking comment deadlines, and generating the narrative output that review boards, federal-agency partners, and the State Historic Preservation Officer actually sign.
When a deadline slips or a 36 CFR 800.5 effect determination goes undetected, the consequences are not just procedural. Historic resources are lost permanently. Legal liability accrues for the agency. And communities lose irreplaceable parts of their built heritage.
“CivWatch fills the gap no existing solution addresses: continuous, agent-driven surveillance of the full compliance stack, with automated narrative output tailored to Section 106 and equivalent state preservation mandates.”
The system
Five capabilities. One pilot. Built for SHPO review.
The capabilities below are what your SHPO reviewers will use during the 30-day pilot — each grounded in NRHP review, 36 CFR 800, and state-specific preservation mandates.
01
Autonomous Zoning Surveillance
A continuous agent watches your municipal permit portals — filings, zoning amendments, variance applications — and cross-references every submission against Section 106 thresholds, overlay districts, and your jurisdiction-specific landmark inventory.
02
Landmark & Regulated Area Tracking
NRHP listings, state register properties, local landmarks, and conservation zones are mapped against every new filing. The moment a permit enters a regulated perimeter, the SHPO reviewer is alerted — well before the comment clock starts.
03
Public-Comment Deadline Management
Every active docket carries a comment window. The agent ranks approaching deadlines by risk, so a small SHPO team can cover the workload of a department eight times its size without missing a single close-of-comment date.
04
Submission-Ready Response Drafts
When a Section 106 conflict is confirmed, CivWatch drafts the consultation letter, the preservation impact narrative, or the public-comment response — grounded in the specific filing, the resource record, and the relevant 36 CFR citation.
05
Preservation Impact Reports
On demand or scheduled, CivWatch compiles structured impact assessments that synthesize permit history, architectural significance, prior SHPO rulings, and adverse-effect findings — formatted for review boards, federal agencies, and FOIA-tier record requests.
Outcomes
What your reviewers will see in week one.
From the field, not from a demo deck — three flagship §106 conflicts the agent surfaced end-to-end across the pilot dataset.
MN-03
Lighthouse rehabilitation, §106 HIT cleared
Minnesota · Lake Superior shoreline
Continuous permit surveillance caught the lighting-fixture sub-application a week before the comment window closed; the SHPO reviewer cleared the §106 hit with a single conditional approval letter.
MT-09
Cathedral of St. Helena viewshed, advisory letter drafted
Montana · Helena
A parsonage rehab filing inside the cathedral viewshed was flagged at intake; CivWatch drafted the SHPO advisory letter with the 36 CFR 800.5 effects assessment pre-populated for staff sign-off.
VA-10
Tobacco-warehouse rehab, conditional §106 approval
Virginia · Shockoe Slip
An 1860s tobacco-warehouse restaurant conversion on a contributing property generated three stipulations before the certificate-of-occupancy; the agent drafted the conditional approval and tracked the close-out at 800.6.
Pricing
Three tiers. Predictable monthly pricing.
The pilot covers all three CivWatch tiers — CLG Monthly, SHPO Community, and SHPO Pro. Full pricing, capability matrix, and procurement details live on the canonical pricing page.
Certified Local Government
CLG Monthly
- Single jurisdiction (1 connected municipal source)
- Up to 50 active permits / month
- 3 named reviewer seats
- 90-day audit log retention
- Weekly digest email
Most common — SHPO / county
SHPO Community
- Up to 5 connected jurisdictions
- Up to 250 active permits / month
- 10 named reviewer seats
- 1-year audit log retention
- Daily digest + Slack alerting
- Public-comment drafting enabled
Full-service state deployment
SHPO Pro
- Unlimited connected jurisdictions
- Unlimited active permits
- Unlimited reviewer seats
- Multi-year audit log retention
- Custom digest cadence + alerting channels
- SAML / SSO + dedicated CivWatch analyst
Next step
Schedule a pilot walk-through.
Tell us a bit about your SHPO office and the dockets you'd like CivWatch to cover first. A team member will reply within one business day to schedule a 30-minute walk-through of the pilot deployment.