ivsenroute
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- Florida
OK for anyone who does not know or cares I just happen to live on both sides of the fence. I still do electrical work but I am also a state registered electrical and building inspector.
Just sat down today to do a plan review on a new construction single family residence. In our state, the IRC 2006 is the standard.
Instead of unrolling a nice set up detailed plans, the builder basically gave us 2 drawings of a floor plan. No framing details, no window schedule, no plumbing, mechanical or energy details and of course, no electrical plans. All in all I had to write up 22 major deficiencies in his plans which will of course hold up the start date because who knows how long it will take him or the architect to give me a completed set of drawings.
OK, the rant here is because the subs, including the electrician is probably on a schedule and has expectations of starting this job in the next few weeks. Unfortunately the builder is completely unprepared and since I am on the other side of the fence I know that he will blame me for the hold up.
Why can't people simply be prepared for what they know they need?
On the electrical side, we need a drawing for the electrical because I will be stamping a set of prints as reviewed and accepted. Nothing was even mentioned about electrical in his submission package. We need to know:
Location of the service, OH, UG?
Location of main service panel.
Will there be any use of the footer for grounding before they pour it?
Lighting locations, receptacle locations.
Size of the service, dwelling load calculation, etc.
It is so much easier to catch problems before the job starts rather than have to make changes after the fact.
Just sat down today to do a plan review on a new construction single family residence. In our state, the IRC 2006 is the standard.
Instead of unrolling a nice set up detailed plans, the builder basically gave us 2 drawings of a floor plan. No framing details, no window schedule, no plumbing, mechanical or energy details and of course, no electrical plans. All in all I had to write up 22 major deficiencies in his plans which will of course hold up the start date because who knows how long it will take him or the architect to give me a completed set of drawings.
OK, the rant here is because the subs, including the electrician is probably on a schedule and has expectations of starting this job in the next few weeks. Unfortunately the builder is completely unprepared and since I am on the other side of the fence I know that he will blame me for the hold up.
Why can't people simply be prepared for what they know they need?
On the electrical side, we need a drawing for the electrical because I will be stamping a set of prints as reviewed and accepted. Nothing was even mentioned about electrical in his submission package. We need to know:
Location of the service, OH, UG?
Location of main service panel.
Will there be any use of the footer for grounding before they pour it?
Lighting locations, receptacle locations.
Size of the service, dwelling load calculation, etc.
It is so much easier to catch problems before the job starts rather than have to make changes after the fact.