building inspections
Structural safety audits
Building inspections are official examinations of structures to verify compliance with codes, safety standards, and regulations.
Local governments require inspections at various construction stages—foundation, framing, electrical, plumbing—before work can proceed.
Real estate transactions typically include inspections to identify defects: The building inspection revealed termite damage.
An inspector who conducts these examinations is a building inspector.
- crawlspaceShallow accessible foundation area
- atticSpace beneath the roof
- moldForm-giving container
- thermal imagingDetecting objects by warmth
- energy auditsAssessments of building power use
plumbing systems · basement · load-bearing walls · foundation cracks · occupancy limits · permit · condemnation · habitability · housing regulations · floor · square footage · reinspection · final walkthrough · punch list · safety audits · zoning laws · leak · radon test
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- city regulationsnoise ordinance, noise ordinances, housing codes, health codes, fire codes
- building codesIRC, safety codes, construction codes, electrical codes, plumbing codes
building inspectionsarchitectural design
Planning of structures
construction · building · structural engineering · development · project planning