I joined a year ago and regularly go to the local meetings.
It's a great place to meet with a large cross section of Inspectors and ask your questions in a non-confrontational setting.
On the job site; you're arguing with a busy guy who has more things to do and doesn't feel like explaining his every decision.
At the meetings, you're asking a guy in a relaxed setting to explain why something is required 'so that I understand and will not make that mistake again'.
Most inspectors are helpful if you catch them right. They generally hate seeing something done wrong and have to be torn out; they'd much rather see it done right and just sign off on it.
Of course, there are always w few who INSIST on being a PITA and ruin it for everybody else.
Personally, I've seen things installed wrong on jobsites and chased the Foreman down to ask him; how can we get this fixed with the minimum of re-work?
