Florida threshold inspection question

[struct_eeyore]

I'm looking for disambiguation of Section 110.8.3 in the FBC.

The section says "The fee owner of a threshold building shall select and pay all costs of employing a special inspector"

Is this to be interpreted that the owner of the building must be the contracting party, or can the GC hire one with owners approval?

Thanks in advance!

 

[lexpatrie]

That sounds like the owner owner. Not the G.C.

I suppose if the G.C. is building it on spec hoping to sell it, then it would be the G.C. but you should contact FBPE on this, or dig up one of the other firms that offer threshold inspection (not quite the same as special inspector, by the way). If I recall correctly, the Jurisdiction has to approve the threshold inspector as well.

If this is your first foray into Threshold inspection, be aware there is a fairly long history of these guys not doing their job and getting disciplinary actions from FBPE.

 

[Aesur]

This link has a lot of good information on this: Link. To answer your question, the owner/owners rep hires them. It's a potential conflict of interest anytime a contractor hires an inspector as the inspector then works for them and not the owner.

 

[lexpatrie]

And Florida has a long history of that conflict being a bad thing........ so they want the inspection out from under the G.C. in terms of paycheck and interest.