radiopet
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Paul, let me set your conscience at ease with a pearl of wisdom my father shared with me long ago - it sounds insulting, and probably is, but it has shaped my sense of responsibility and pride growing up: You're not that important.
Granted, I wasn't there, but I seriously doubt that some unwitting electrician wandered out to his van and grabbed a spare 750 kVA transformer out of the back, along with a 3000A switchboard, and wired it in without the knowledge of someone higher up than him, in his own company. Your lack of a plan review had nothing to do with that guy getting canned, I guarantee: You're not that important.
If you or I got fired tomorrow, the world would keep on spinning, and life would continue to flourish all across this beautiful planet. We are simply not that important.
Agreed, that makes sense. The plans should bear a striking resemblance to the work at hand.
That really sounds like the AHJ is opening pandora's box to me. If the AHJ simply dismisses culpability in the event of an error, it seems like a safer stance than to say "my employees bear the responsibility for some mistakes." The inspectors are the AHJ's employees, and to force the employee to admit culpability seems to piggyback that culpability onto the AHJ that they could simply deny in whole, if they kept their mouth shut.
Interesting.
Wow...how did this turn into where I think I am so important?...I was simply saying that the one-line shows the 750 KVA and the switchboard but on the drawings it did not appear anywhere and it was missed by the Engineer and the 3rd party review. I was simply saying that maybe I could have found it, remarked on it during the review phase and possibly corrected it before it gets to that stage. No I am not important, but I maybe could have saved the mans job by finding it if given a chance. To his 3 children he is important and his job is important, It was simply an example......where do I embelish my importance in that statement of simply wishing I had a chance to review the plans?
BTW....it is not a matter of importance...our new building commissoner has already told me I am a "Dime a Dozen" so trust me it is not about me.