PrimaryElectric
Member
If I ran my business the way 95% of building department ran their business, I would be out of business as fast as I could spend my operating cash. I use to think that there should be a state internal affairs department that when you had a disagreement with a municipality operating procedure, you call them and complain and they would investigate. The problem is that no one would use this method because it would take too long and all you would end up doing is upsetting the building officials. So I think the 2008 NEC should mandate that there be a minimum of (2) AHJ's in every municipality that compete for the business of contractors. After all we are the customers here and maybe this situation would spark a sense of customer relations with the building departments. The problem gets worse every year and its to the point now where you almost need a permit expediter the same way you need a lawyer in a criminal case. Competition breeds good operating procedures. The current system is cancerous.