docpass

For architecture practices

Your Baugesuch.
Complete the first time.

Docpass is the second set of eyes on your supplier documents. It collects every certificate, reads the actual values, and checks them against your canton's current requirements before a Nachforderung resets your timeline.

The four-eyes principle for your building permit.

The cost of waiting

67%

Increase in Swiss permit timelines since 2010.

Source: Zürcher Kantonalbank, April 2023.

330days

Average permit timeline in the City of Zurich today.

Up 136% since 2010.

CHF6,000

Per day in idle labor costs for a halted Swiss crew of five.

Indicative — based on a 5-person Bauteam at standard Swiss day rates.

Avoid the wait — your first project is free.

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The problem

You know your canton.
But you didn't write the supplier's datasheet.

Swiss permit timelines are up 67% since 2010. In the city of Zürich the average is 330 days. Understaffed Bauämter, 20-plus specialist offices, objections — none of that is in your hands.

One supplier document is. And it's rarely a missing file. It's the standard-glazing window when the project needs passive-house. The datasheet from an older edition. The U-value that's fine in one canton and fails in yours. Small things — and every one of them triggers a formal Nachforderung during Vorprüfung. The clock restarts.

Docpass catches that before it reaches the authority. Not because you don't know the rules, but because no one should have to cross-check twenty supplier certificates from memory.

How it works

Four steps. One submission. No surprises.

docpass.io/workspace
The Docpass workspace dashboard: a required-documents checklist with validation status, supplier contact tracking, and a Bauamt-ready dossier download button.

Live document checklist

Pulled from your canton's Wegleitung — every document you need, none you don't. Library shortcuts attach pre-validated PDFs for common products.

Built for Switzerland

We read the Wegleitung.
So you don't have to.

Live in 3 cantons today — Zürich, Basel-Stadt, and Aargau. Built from each canton's published Wegleitung and pinned to the dated source documents the authorities themselves cite. Not a generic SaaS bolted onto a Swiss template.

Canton Zürich

  • eBaugesucheZH submission
  • Stadt Zürich Wegleitung file naming
  • EVEN platform for energy proof
  • Ordentliches & vereinfachtes Verfahren

Canton Basel-Stadt

  • OBG submission via BVD
  • BGI forms 170-101 to 170-107
  • Bau- und Gastgewerbeinspektorat workflow
  • Anzeigeverfahren handled

Canton Aargau

  • eBau Aargau submission portal
  • EnergieV in force since 1.4.2025 (MuKEn 2014)
  • EVEN platform for energy proof
  • 0.17 W/m²K floor U-value — tighter than MuKEn baseline

Norms we validate against

  • SIA 380/1

    Thermal performance

  • SIA 181:2020

    Sound insulation

  • SIA 260–267

    Structural design

  • MuKEn 2014

    Energy thresholds

  • VKF BSR 14-15

    Fire classification

  • BauPG / BauPV

    Product certification (CE / DoP)

  • EN 14351-1

    Windows & external doors

  • EN 13501-1

    Reaction-to-fire class

Pricing

Start free.
Scale with your practice.

Run a real Baugesuch through Docpass before you pay anything. When it earns its place, your whole studio comes on at a flat monthly rate.

Launch

Free

Your first project, free during launch. No card, nothing to install.

  • 1 project · 1 canton
  • Up to 10 suppliers
  • Up to 10 validated documents
  • Automatic reminders
  • Submission-ready dossier
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Studio

Flat monthly

One plan for your whole practice. No per-project counting, no surprises. Billed annually, two months free.

  • Your normal project volume, covered
  • All live cantons (ZH, BS, AG)
  • Full team access
  • Shared supplier address book
  • Automatic extraction & validation
  • Priority support
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Fair use covers normal practice volume. Very high-volume firms we structure separately, just ask. Pricing for ongoing use is being finalised with our first studios, so early practices help shape it.

Frequently asked

Things you might ask.
Plain answers.

Get in touch

The best Bauamt submission
is the one that earns
no Nachforderung.

Questions? Reach out.