Sentences with phrase «building inspectors on»

Nowadays, cities have more building inspectors on staff, and those inspectors are equipped with cell phones and pagers that make them more efficient when they are out in the field.

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On May 17, inspectors from the city Department of Buildings closed?
At one property, on the corner of 38th Avenue and 126th Street, inspectors determined a building had been illegally subdivided into five shops.
«[Likewise] I've known Paul for many years — me and him worked on a lot of cases together [when he was Saugerties» building inspector].
The Inwood resident has been a housing advocate, and signed on as a building inspector with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to assist tenants with taking landlords to court over poor living conditions.
The largely amicable town board race will feature former town building inspector Paul Andreassen, running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence party lines; longtime Saugerties police officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local government.
Marilyn Louie, a Chinatown grandmother whose father opened a newsstand on the Bowery at Pell Street 35 years ago, has been fighting for months against city inspectors who say the stand is 3 inches too close to a neighboring building.
He was commenting after the PM's Housing speech yesterday and on a statement made by the Housing Minister, Sajid Javid, who said that councils which fail to meet targets would be stripped of the right to decide what is built within their boundaries, with inspectors making decisions instead.
City building inspectors had found several «illegal classrooms» in the basement of the Sanford Street school and issued a partial vacate order on Dec. 18, 2014, for a «failure to maintain the building,» city building records show.
The plan calls for independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.
Rockland County officials and firefighters rallied on Friday calling on the state to either take over Ramapo's building inspections or allow county inspectors to step in.
«We have reached broad agreement on the inspector general legislation which will enhance the effectiveness of the Department, and at the same [time] will increase the public's confidence in the police force, building stronger police - community relations,» Quinn said in a statement.
For instance, Texas employs just seven inspectors to keep an eye on 7,400 dams, and in many states inspectors lack the authority to inspect private dams, including those built to hold back the chemical by - products of mining operations.
It matters not a jot how much high quality teaching and learning can be observed in the tiny sample of lessons inspected, because having been forced to make the judgement on the hopelessly invalid school performance data, all the inspectors do in the lessons they look at is to think up comments to make to justify the inadequate / requires improvement judgement already made before they set foot in the building.
If you wait 10 years before closing your permit, then an inspector will hold you accountable to the most current code, which may have changed over the years since you've built the home or done work on the house.
We know what you're wondering: Don't county building inspectors make sure construction on a new home is up to snuff?
By following the inspector through the inspection, observing and asking questions, you will learn about the new building and get some tips on general maintenance.
Once you've decided on a property, it's a good idea to get a qualified building inspector to assess it for structural integrity, safe electrical fittings and future maintenance costs.
Building Inspectors will be looking for the proper labels on installed products after this date to ensure that they meet this standard.
Here it depends on the structural engineering knowledge of contractors and building inspectors, who often do not understand the reasons behind such codes.
I lived in a country once upon a time that looked as if it were almost ready for associate EU membership, first world look and feel in many respects, building codes, building inspectors, lots of new impressive looking construction projects on the go.
Building on the Ten Year Framework on Energy and Environment Cooperation, government officials of both countries will «work together and with the private sector to develop energy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, [and] exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systemsBuilding on the Ten Year Framework on Energy and Environment Cooperation, government officials of both countries will «work together and with the private sector to develop energy efficient building codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, [and] exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systemsbuilding codes and rating systems, benchmark industrial energy efficiency, train building inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, [and] exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systemsbuilding inspectors and energy efficiency auditors for industrial facilities, harmonize test procedures and performance metrics for energy efficient consumer products, [and] exchange best practices in energy efficient labeling systems.»
In the morning of April 9, Russian inspectors located and visited the massacre building on April 9 (shown in Hadi Alabdallah video (rFKkTwa0TBM) posted late in the afternoon).
A few years ago, I worked on a project in the middle of PA where they didn't have a model building code or building inspectors.
Knowing that one of the jurors had years of experience as an architect, Mr. Catalano told the jury that the situation equated itself to the circumstance «When a building inspector finds a structural flaw, he's not going to sign off on the building until he knows it won't collapse.»
Whether you are a roofer, firefighter, police officer, construction worker, solar panel installer, building inspector or just have to access a roof in order to inspect an electrical box as part of your job as an electrician, employees from countless professions may find themselves on top of a roof during any given day.
18.1 (1) If an inspector is satisfied that a person is contravening or not complying with or has contravened or failed to comply with any of the following, the inspector may, by order, impose an administrative penalty on the person in accordance with this section and the building code:
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They would also communicate with inspectors about compliance with building codes and assist with on - site inspections.
What have worked are strategic links with complementary businesses, such as home inspectors; promoting the URL address wherever, whenever possible — on business cards and signs; and building a site that informs as it encourages involvement.
Nor do these inspectors have the slightest clue as to the quality of the glass panels being installed on these buildings, beyond what the on - site foreman is telling said inspector what said inspector wants to hear.
It does not require the inspector to turn on or open up building systems.
«It all started with the concept of our founder Paul Spires, who, like many home inspectors, started out in the building industry,» says HomeTeam President Adam Long, who goes on to explain that in the early days, only a small percentage of homes were inspected.
Where I'm at, we have one building inspector, I have his cell number in hand, and things are always on the up and up.
The local authority building inspector will «sign off» on the commencement and completion of the home by way of various certificates of compliance, so purchases are safe in this regard.
I had worked with my father as a teen - ager, custom building new homes (hands - on), as a licensed tradesman during my twenties and early thirties, as a Real Estate «salesman» during my mid thirties (I very effectively used sales techniques to become my office's top producer my third month in the business), as a conciliator / inspector with the Ontario New Home Warranty Program (now TARION) during my late thiries / early forties, as a real estate appraiser affiliated with the Appraisal Institute of Canada, 2002 through 2007, all prior to my return to becoming a Realtor again in 2008.
The creative minds at PAFCO believed that the warranty could be administered from behind a desk over the phone, by sending out building inspectors, appraisers etc. on a contractual, arm's - length pay - per - file basis to inspect warranty issues within new homeowners» homes.
While a home inspector can tell you if your home was built on a slab or raised foundation, a foundation engineer can tell you if the home is sliding or the foundation is faulty.
I know former REALTORS who after selling 500 homes became inspectors and used all the knowledge gained from those 500 inspections to start their business, then took courses, then took franchise courses, then read every current news item on home building problems, just to provide a great inspection.
We intend to build a list of members who are willing to share their knowledge and experiences with new inspectors coming on board.
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