Sentence examples for construction inspection from inspiring English sources
The consulting engineers from New York City who designed the garage were not involved in the construction inspection.
Occupations with large numbers of older workers like construction inspection and teaching in secondary schools are expected to suffer.
"They have had a laissez-faire attitude toward construction inspection for years," Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, said of the Buildings Department.
His father is an executive vice president who oversees construction inspection for LiRo-Kassner, a civil engineering, architectural and construction management firm in Syosset, N.Y.
Mr. Smith, a 41-year-old architect who runs his own construction inspection company in Houston, had worked, like Mr. Lewis, as a Brown fund-raiser and with both Mr. Lewis and Mr. Castaneda on the new mayor's transition team.
In 2000, it compared 48 pairs of similar design projects and 54 pairs of similar construction inspection projects and repeatedly found the state in-house work to be less expensive.
In contrast, the number of construction inspections performed by the Building Department increased steadily over the past five years.
The design objective is to minimize total expected life-cycle costs, which include costs of construction, inspections and repair, and expected costs of failure.
Many property inspectors take classes and stay current in their field so they can grow their businesses or diversify into other areas, such as construction or building inspections.
The city agreed to make changes to its construction-inspection procedures.
