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New member here. Thanks for allowing me to be here. I took the job as Building Commissioner on the 8th of this month. While the inspecting and office part are new to me the construction world is not. I have been in construction for the last 15 years and for the last 10 have been a lead commercial electrician for a large outfit in my area. I am looking forward to obtaining my ICC certifications here in the coming future and making sure things are being properly built in my area.
 
Hi, I am a nuisance abatement officer with a little over 2 years in the job. I am a retired firefighter/paramedic. I hope to learn. Thanks for having me!
 
Hello, My name is Christos. I am an Architect licensed in California since 2018. I spend a lot of time reading the code but often find myself questioning verbiage and I'm hoping this forum can help me deepen my understanding of the building code.
 
CHardt&SmNmbrs said:
Hello, My name is Christos. I am an Architect licensed in California since 2018. I spend a lot of time reading the code but often find myself questioning verbiage and I'm hoping this forum can help me deepen my understanding of the building code.
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Welcome to the forum and the wealth of knowledge that resides here.

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Welcome, Christos! This is THE best forum to ask questions and get quality answers! There are plenty of California members (architects & engineers as well as code officials) along with other very knowledgeable architects, engineers and code officials from all over North America. I'll also echo Fatboy's comment - take the plunge and become a Sawhorse. For the amount of wisdom and depth of knowledge here it is well worth the yearly price! It will be one of your best investments.
 
Hello all, my name is Alec, and I am a building inspector here in beautiful CA. I'm excited to have found this forum to help grow my knowledge and keep me on my toes.
 
Hello, my name is Tim, I am the Chief Building Official for a Native American Tribal Lands, (Sovereign Nation) I have been in the building enforcement game (building inspector/plans examiner/CBO) for over 20 yrs. and prior to that have close to 20 years in construction, I am hoping I can be able to bounce questions and ideas around on this forum, there are a lot of interesting things going on in the tribal lands throughout the US of A.
 
TimScott said:
Hello, my name is Tim, I am the Chief Building Official for a Native American Tribal Lands, (Sovereign Nation) I have been in the building enforcement game (building inspector/plans examiner/CBO) for over 20 yrs. and prior to that have close to 20 years in construction, I am hoping I can be able to bounce questions and ideas around on this forum, there are a lot of interesting things going on in the tribal lands throughout the US of A.
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Welcome Tim. I hope you participate and share your knowledge and opinions. Thanks for being here.
 
TimScott said:
Hello, my name is Tim, I am the Chief Building Official for a Native American Tribal Lands, (Sovereign Nation) I have been in the building enforcement game (building inspector/plans examiner/CBO) for over 20 yrs. and prior to that have close to 20 years in construction, I am hoping I can be able to bounce questions and ideas around on this forum, there are a lot of interesting things going on in the tribal lands throughout the US of A.
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Welcome, Tim! I think as a CBO for a sovereign nation, you can provide us a valuable perspective.

About 10 years ago I had heard of an affordable housing consortium that was negotiating with a So Cal tribe to have a housing design competition on their sovereign land, with the bill for the competition footed by a large private foundation. The idea was that the sovereignty would allow designers to "throw out the rule book" of zoning and building codes and innovate with a performance based approach, with the foundation bringing experts to evaluate which designs worked best. Kind of similar to the "solar decathlon" only it was to be for an entire development, not just an individual house.

Anyway, I'm interested in hearing about what kind of opportunities and challenges you face in a jurisdiction which (I assume?) has more independence from state legislatures regarding use of model codes.
 
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