What role do INSPECTIONS play in this process?
Permits are the first step in the City building approval process; inspections are the second step. Inspections are required throughout the course of a project to ensure that quality work has been performed. The contractor must request that the City perform the property inspections at the proper stage of work. At the time of the final building inspection a certificate of occupancy must be obtained on new or existing commercial property before it can be utilized. Property owners should not release a contractor until a final inspection has been conducted.

What are some typical residential and commercial inspections?
>Form Board Survey
>Plumbing rough inspections
>Foundation inspections – after underground plumbing and/or electrical is inspected and approved, and all of the steel is placed in the slab, the building inspector will check the foundation for compliance.
>Framing inspections – after the electrical, mechanical and plumbing
has been inspected and approved, the building inspector will check the framing for compliance.
>Insulation inspections – after the framing, electrical, mechanical and
plumbing has been inspected and approved, the building inspector will check the insulation for compliance.
>Electric and/or Gas Meter release inspections – before the final
building inspection, the building inspector will perform the meter
release inspection(s).
>Final inspection – after the electrical, mechanical and plumbing have
passed their final inspections, the building inspector can inspect for
total completeness and final the permit. After this final inspection is
approved, the space may be occupied.