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Faster constructionapprovals.

Construction projects can’t move until cities approve the technical studies behind them. Northbound is building the quality infrastructure to get those studies right earlier and move approvals faster.

Pencil-sketch aerial view of a San Francisco development site highlighted in Northbound blue

Meet today’s review doom cycle.

Technical studies get trapped in revision cycles. Each round can add months to approval. Approval schedule delayed. Developer costs increased.

Prepare
Submit
City review
Approval
Months per additional cycle
Revise

Northbound breaks the cycle.

Faster approvals. Lower costs.

Northbound moves quality review upstream, before submission. Catch issues earlier. Reduce preventable revision cycles.

Prepare
Submit
City review
Approval
Northbound QA/QC / ReviewCatch issues earlier · Fewer revision cycles

Already running on real projects. Already seeing real results.

65+

transportation-study projects processed through Northbound

“Northbound has become an essential part of my workflow by condensing tasks to a single program with verifiable results.”

Ian · Hexagon Transportation Consultants

Transportation is our wedge.

Northbound is building the quality infrastructure for the technical studies behind development approvals.

Built by the team this industry needs.

Ollie Zhou

Ollie Zhou, TE

Co-founder & CEO
Licensed traffic engineer
UC Berkeley · MBA, Santa Clara University

Deep industry expertise and relationships.

12 years in transportation consulting, including 6 as VP and part owner at Hexagon. Deep relationships with peer consultants and city staff, with firsthand knowledge of how technical studies are scoped, produced, reviewed, and approved.

Jason Zhou

Jason Zhou

Co-founder & CTO
Software engineering leadership
UC Berkeley

Software transformation for a traditional industry.

12 years building software and AI at Redfin, including engineering leadership for flagship AI products. Deep experience transforming complex, judgment-heavy professional workflows into reliable software systems built to scale.

Transportation is where Northbound starts.

See how we plan to scale across the development approval ecosystem.

“Reducing the amount of time devoted to data entry… ultimately accelerating the preparation of various operational analyses.”

Lance Knox · City of San José
Prefer to reach out directly?Ollie Zhouollie.zhou@nbtechsolution.com