Sean Thomas et al Amen! I've been inspecting building construction for the last 35 years. It seems like the building depts in California are finally coming around to more completely enforcing the code regulations wrt inspection (they can't do it all themselves. In general the code requires the owner to retain a special inspector for certain catagories of work: reinforced concrete, structural masonry, structural steel and welding, etc. I have been saying to all our clients that it is cheap insurance. Regards Barry snip-- > So there is lots of agreement about what can be done, but no one wants > to put their money where their mouth is and possibly prevent these > horrible casualties. > > Regards, > Sean-Thomas > __________________________________________________________ > __________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
Larry Cochrane <cochrane@..............>