Hmmm....
Codes run amok, and maybe even in conflict with each other? Electric, Fire, Building, Environmental, Energy, LEED, etc .... gee, I wonder how that could ever happen?
Permit costs in the order of thousands of dollars, for a rather simple remodel? Almost routine now.
Load calculations for a job? What a concept.
Grey market HVAC? Like the one I encountered, that had no nameplate?
I've made the point that code administration has got out of control a few times here .... only to have some folks scream 'you're too political.' Well, that's what it is - a political issue, which can be addressed only in the political arena.
The results are:
- My current job has had so many inspections, from so many parties, that I've lost count; and,
- Another recent job saw what should/could have been a $100K building put up at a cost of nearly a Million dollars. We also had a DAILY presence of an inspector on the site.
