boffintech
Civil/Environmental
Chapter 17 of the IBC requires, among other things, a final report to the building official stating the outcome of the special inspection process. Over the last several years of performing special inspections no one has ever asked me to sign any such final report. I believe what's happening is some project manager who has never performed a single inspection at the job is signing off on these. I suspect that he has no real clue if the all the required inspections were performed and if all discrepancies were actually corrected. If I keep a log of discrepancies and list the various resolutions it's fairly clear that all was completed. But if no log of discrepancies is kept (like on a job that is not full-time to a single inspector) how is project manager to know for sure. I have seen many a so-called "resolution" that was an RFI which didn't have an answer written on it yet.
So my question is: Would a testing lab really not sign off on one of these reports thereby possibly denying the owner a CO? There seems to a huge risk of a testing lab getting a serious bad name in town if that were to happen.
1704.1.2 Report requirement. Special inspectors shall keep records of inspections. The special inspector shall furnish inspection reports to the building official, and to the registered design professional in responsible charge. Reports shall indicate that work inspected was done in conformance to approved construction documents. Discrepancies shall be brought to the immediate attention of the contractor for correction. If the discrepancies are not corrected, the discrepancies shall be brought to the attention of the building official and to the registered design professional in responsible charge prior to the completion of that phase of the work. A final report documenting required special inspections and correction of any discrepancies noted in the inspections shall be submitted at a point in time agreed upon by the permit applicant and the building official prior to the start of work.
So my question is: Would a testing lab really not sign off on one of these reports thereby possibly denying the owner a CO? There seems to a huge risk of a testing lab getting a serious bad name in town if that were to happen.
1704.1.2 Report requirement. Special inspectors shall keep records of inspections. The special inspector shall furnish inspection reports to the building official, and to the registered design professional in responsible charge. Reports shall indicate that work inspected was done in conformance to approved construction documents. Discrepancies shall be brought to the immediate attention of the contractor for correction. If the discrepancies are not corrected, the discrepancies shall be brought to the attention of the building official and to the registered design professional in responsible charge prior to the completion of that phase of the work. A final report documenting required special inspections and correction of any discrepancies noted in the inspections shall be submitted at a point in time agreed upon by the permit applicant and the building official prior to the start of work.