09-08-2013, 05:37 AM
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Originally posted by peteadams
Ha, I told Jane to expect the first response to be "pooh pooh, how idealistic" or some such. What I described seems to me to be simple, ordinary, basic management practices, implemented elsewhere all the time. If these "features" really are "in place" and you are being affected by the situation start making calls and go from there. If enough people start giving feedback up the chain...I know, I know, too idealistic. Easier grumble on a forum.
We did have one recent occasion to call a supervisor regarding an inspection and got satisfaction of the situation in a few hours, so I can't call our current inspection regime entirely fubar. But from that experience a little, and a lot from other experiences, we did acquire our impression that there is little oversight of the inspectors, much less vetting them regularly for their knowledge and practices.
There was a lot of giving feedback a couple of years ago when the new bldg codes were being adopted. LOTS of feedback from the trades, the architects, and the homeowners. Not much of it listened too or implemented.
"entirely fubar"? LOL.... no just about 80% fubar. I thought things would get a little better when Neil Erickson got into Bldg Dept but unfortunately (and Neil you know I like you if you are reading this), it in fact has not and has gotten worse. And moved the one decent inspector to the office.
PA - why dont you check and see how many of the inspectors are certified inspectors? or is your daddy having a construction company experience enough? (and it may have been if this person actually worked for the company previously as a hands on trade person but they didnt!)
As for Carey suggesting you have to know more and inspect the inspectors and contractors, then why not just F'ing do it yourself? So now we have come back full circle. Chicken and the egg.