Maintenance Inspections?

[bphgravity]

I am reviewing the 2004 International Code Council Electrical Code Administrative Provisions. In Section 102.1.2 Maintenance, the code states: "The owner or the owner's designated agent shall be responsible for the maintenance of the electrical systems and equipment. To determine compliance with this provision, the code official shall have authority to require that the electrical systems and equipment be reinspected."

My question is, are there any building departments in your area that you are either and inspector or electrical contractor that has adopted a similar requirement as apart of their administrative code? I asked the building official in my area and he stated that they only reinspect under cicumstances of fraud or deception concerns, or if a known code violation is learned. There is nothing for maintenance of systems.

Do any of you work under the ICC codes and ever seen this enforced? Thanks

[ April 23, 2004, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: bphgravity ]

 

[bennie]

Re: Maintenance Inspections?

This law may fly in Afganistan or Iraq. Americans will not agree to a search and seizure without known cause. No one gets in my castle unless they have a valid warrant or my permission. Otherwise there is a gunfight.

When a choice is made between safety and freedom, I will stand by freedom, and make my own safety.

Bennie R. Palmer

[ April 23, 2004, 02:34 PM: Message edited by: bennie ]

 

[tom baker]

Re: Maintenance Inspections?

The intentions of the ICC are noble, but I feel there are more important issues, this would not be a well recived requirement. And I agree with Bennie.

 

[charlie tuna]

Re: Maintenance Inspections?

south florida has a "thirty year" inspection or re-inspection thing. i spoke to the building department inforcing this issue. they told me is a methode of ridding the city of old buildings. i was getting calls to certify buildings that required more repairs than they were worth. consider looking at a laundrymat that was built in 1948 and what it would take to bring it up to today's code requirments?

 

[brian john]

Re: Maintenance Inspections?

Washington DC has a requiremment for inspections of Switchboards exceeding 1000 amps at 277/480 VAC.

The building owners comply and supposedly get a break on their insurance, typically an IR scan is performed prior to service. So electrical discrepancies in other distribution equipment can be repaired during this outage.

By default the same owners with buildings in VA and MD, have this service performed on those properties.

The problem is the QC of companies perfoirming the service