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<br />P2/10/2006 12:10 FAX 919 662 4414 <br /> <br />NC DEPT OF INSURANCE <br /> <br />IgJ002 <br /> <br /> <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />CODE OFFICIALS QUALIFICATION BOARD <br /> <br />Stllff amI Administrative Agency: <br />N. C. DEPT. OF INSURANCE <br /> <br />JI~l LO~G <br />Commissioner <br /> <br />1202 Mail Service Center <br />Roleigh, NC 27699-1202 <br /> <br />322 ChapanokelRoad. Suite 200 <br />Raleigh, NC 27603 <br /> <br />TIM BRADLEY <br />Senior Deputy Commissioner <br />Secretary to the Board <br /> <br />9]9-66]-5880 <br />919-662-4414 (Fax) <br /> <br />FRANK M. PAGE, JR., PE <br />Chief Certification Engineer <br /> <br />February 10, 2006 <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />Scott MCAnulty <br />Chief Building Inspector <br />Cabarrus County Building Inspections <br />6S Church Street, SE <br />Concord, NC 28026 <br /> <br />Re: Maximum Number of Inspections <br /> <br />Dear Mr. MCAnulty: <br /> <br />You asked for information regarding the maximum number of inspections that the Code <br />Officials Qualification Board recommends an inspector to conduct to be in a manner <br />that would be consistent with the degree of responsibility required for a comprehensive <br />inspection. <br /> <br />As you well know, there are many variables with each inspection. It takes less time to <br />inspect a single story tract house on a slab than a three story, engineered, complex house <br />on pilings. It takes less travel time to get to a house down the street than to one that is <br />over the river. through the woods and then up a mountain side, especially if the terrain is <br />blessed with steep or unpaved roads, and for that reason, we have no formal guidelines. <br />It would not be prudent to assign a "maximum" number of inspections to an inspector <br />without knowing the specifics of his or her jurisdiction. <br /> <br />However, where the terrain is flat and job sites are in somewhat close proximity to each <br />other, it is expected that an inspector should be able to adequately perform an average of <br />ten or eleven inspections per inspector each day (single trade). The building inspector, <br />especially, should be limited in the number of inspections that he/she conducts since <br />building inspections generally are more involved than that of plumbing, mechanical or <br />electrical inspections. Any more inspections per day risk compromising the safety of the <br />public or putting your jurisdiction at risk for litigation. <br /> <br />"F - \'3 <br /> <br />..... .'1'..... __ .. _ ..I. _ n.._"___:__~1 n__._I_____.. ~I" r"'~A,., nr.........I.... <br />