Well it's seven months since I mentioned Ipads. I now have the Ipad....or I should say that my wife has it. I have been told that the Planning dept. gave Ipads to the field personnel who promptly gave them back.
Years ago there was an attempt at modernization that involved laptop computers. Ipads didn't exist but Oracle corp. did and my AHJ handed Oracle millions for a software program that would take us to the next level. I was chosen to be a test pilot. I asked a few questions and nobody ever heard from the computer squad again.
I'm pretty sure that there was no refund from Oracle and now they have another hole in their pocket. Instead of attempting to help inspectors by initiating programs at the top of the food chain they should start with us.....let us tell them what we need. But no that's not the way it's done because all of the smart people are at the top.
Oh sure, they come around and form a committee to poke and prod....after they are too deep into it to have much success in tuning it up. Perhaps they know that had they started with the bottom feeders we would have chewed it up before it was built.
All those years ago the first question that I had was "is there a drop down menu of common corrections?" The answer was no. I asked if we could create one. The answer was no. Well then, look at this picture:
There is no protection from nails. So this is the correction, "provide nails plates to protect el. cable that is stapled or the edge of a hole is closer that 1 1/4" away from the face of the framing". I have to write that correction often. I can't just say, "protect the cable" because they won't know what I mean. And then there's the plumbing with 1" away and 1 1/2" past each side of the pipe. Sometimes these corrections require a drawing.