Inspections And You

What you can learn from being onsite for city building inspections. I love to learn. Whether its experiencing a new culture or just understanding the meaning behind a new word, I love to learn. This also holds true in our business. My main responsibilities include everyday management of our construction sites and nothing can be more educational than being involved in city inspections.

The amount of information we are required to know and understand as licensed general contractors is immense and invariably there is some aspect of construction that is new to me on every project. Our building plans are always evolving, project by project, which allows for the possibility of a new building code application to materialize that I haven't dealt with before.

That is why being onsite during inspections can be invaluable, not only from a knowledge standpoint but also from a time-saving standpoint. Inspectors are called upon to make sure that construction practices are meeting building codes and if they don't you must make corrections before moving on. So if you can learn from past mistakes that are pointed out by insp.