03-21-2012, 12:00 PM
quote:Perhaps, but it bears repeating. If it passes inspection and is up to code, what difference does it make who installs it? This whole element of the permitting process is designed to keep a small, well connected group of businesses in control of a vital segment of construction.
Originally posted by Seeb
The needing licensed contractor for owner builder is a big one . . . I know that would not get past the union lobbyists . . . and I've probably said all this before
As for the recently passed building code, there are numerous elements of it which have no relevance whatsoever to conditions on the ground here in Hawaii. Add the past, current, and likely future lack of meaningful code enforcement outside the permitting inspection process, and it just gets curioser and curioser. If it's all just window dressing to pacify the Feds, somebody should say so. Then we'll all know it's just one more of many laws around here that they choose not to enforce.