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F.O.A.D.

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On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:46:40 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 7/30/13 3:25 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:41:16 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 7/30/13 12:31 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:12:11 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

"F.O.A.D." wrote:

I was in south Florida on assignment for a client for two months after
Hurricane Andrew and was astonished at the evidence of really shoddy
construction and bad inspections allowed, even in commerical
construction. Is Florida still a state where that happens?

Bull. My son in law is an OSHPD inspector. Hospitals hire reputable
contractors and they are avoiding code a lot of the time. Why my son in
law has a really nice profession. If these people are so well trained, why
do you need an inspector.

It is interesting that Harry brought this up. Maryland does not have a
uniform electrical code, any municipality can pretty much approve or
exempt anything they want (the AHJ is king of his patch) and there is
no state licensing of inspectors.
Some places might have basic requirements and across the street, the
inspector might just be the mayor's out of work brother in law (like
it was in Florida 25 years ago).
Contractor licensing looks pretty rudimentary too. (a 4 hour test and
pay the fees)
I did not see any continuing education requirements.

My county uses "the National Electrical Code, as
amended, which sets standards for and provides for the inspection of,
inspection procedures, permit requirements of the installation,
alteration, repair, servicing, and maintenance of electrical
wiring and equipment and interpretation of the Electrical Code."

What does your county use? The "brother in law knows wiring" code?

You missed the part where I said Florida has a uniform state wide
building code with NO LOCAL AMENDMENTS.
The Electrical code is the NEC with one state wide amendment,
requiring bonding metal studs.
The local amendment thing is a big part of the problem. You say "my
county" but how many other jurisdictions exist inside that county and
what have they amended the code to say?
Contractors tip toe around a mine field of local amendments that may
change every time they cross a city or county border.

For Example,
Does Chesapeake Beach have a building department? Do they have their
own amendments to the code?

Chesapeake Beach has a mayor and council, but as far as I know depends
upon the county for permits, schools, et cetera, although I do remember
reading something about a zoning permit problem for some sort of
celebration years ago. Depends upon the county for police, too. My guess
is that none of the little towns or census places in this county have
any substantial governmental operations. What we do have are some really
interesting contemporary and historical residents.

That is the kind of thing that makes life confusing. Little towns like
that can easily decide that they want their own building department
and a kingdom is born

It's not confusing. If you need a permit you contact the county permit
office in prince Frederick.