Calculators, planners & checklists

Free tools for planning a Colorado outdoor project.

Check project readiness, explore budgets, and organize the work at your own pace. No account or Registry application required.

A useful first step

Your area. Your project. A place to start.

Choose a location and a project to find free planning resources. These selections stay on this page; no contact details are needed.

1. Where are you planning?2. What are you planning?

Start with circulation, utilities and the space you will actually use.

Find your local permit starting pointConfirm the actual jurisdiction, water provider and any private review.
Explore outdoor architectureOrganize the scope and decisions before pricing the work.
Use the free preconstruction checklistSave the questions to bring to your project team.

Every resource is free. Budget calculators state their supported range; local records are starting points, not parcel-specific approval.

Interactive · Eight questions

Identify up to three planning gaps to address next, with a practical action and resource for each.

Interactive · Capital

Explore how site condition and program priority shift a $500,000–$15 million planning allocation.

Interactive · Definition

Model an educational reserve for professional services, investigations, approvals, and builder preconstruction.

Interactive · Stewardship

Build a first annual range for operations, landscape, pool systems, preventive work, and replacement reserve.

Interactive · Sequence

Organize enabling infrastructure, the architectural center, supporting environments, and commissioning.

Printable · 35 checks

Carry one owner-side diligence list through the parcel record, team, approvals, commercial controls, and closeout.

Concise · 8-page PDF

Use the Registry’s concise briefing to frame scope, hidden infrastructure, reserve, phasing, and stewardship.

Source-documented · 20-page PDF + HTML

Compare capital levels, accessible and foothill scenarios, site multipliers, decision gates, controls, and long-term stewardship.

Optional builder introduction