I know each jurisdiction has their own policy and procedure for how inspections are made, however, I am interested in how some of you would handle a couple of different situations.

What is your policy on alterations made after an inspection. For example, you make a rough inspection on a single family home. You are quite familiar with the builder and contractor that normally performs the work. A month or so later, you come out to make a final inspection and notice several alterations or additions have been made to the electrical system. Additional lighting outlets, some low voltage work, and other misc. alterations you distintcly remember not being there on the rough inspection. What do you do?

Also, you are performing a rough inspection. You find a issue that merits failure and tag the job. You get called back the next day. The contractor makes the repair to the tagged failure, however, on the way back out of the house, you see another issue that needs correcting and would normally merit a failure. Some how you missed it on the original inspection.

A: Do you re-fail the job, even though it was missed the first time around?

B: Do you make an advisory requesting the contractor fix the problem and make a note to check on it on another day.

C: Is there a third option.

Bryan,

The first question is a Florida Building Code issue. If new work was added, then it would not be reflected in the approved plan submittal. At the very least it could be failed for "not to approved plans." They may have to remove sheetrock or sections of sheetrock in order to obtain the inspector's approval. In the instance that you describe, the building official or his authorized representative can issue a VIOLATION or a STOP WORK ORDER.

The FBC is clear that wiring and such must be inspected at a rough-in stage before any wallboard goes up. When the inspections must occur is described in

Section 105

of the Florida Building Code.

The second question:
I would fail the job again if I missed something, and I would apologize to the builder, and I would personally call him from the jobsite when I realize my oversight. If it is a small jurisdiction where one has the ability to "keep an eye on the job" then I may pass it and tell him to fix it and I will stop back by.

I don't think I would require them to go back through permitting to do a minor change but I would want a chance to see it before they close the wall. In some cases a picture might be OK if I agreed before time.
Is there a problem out there if they call in additional 304's on a permit?

Another question, how do you deal with violations that the electricians did but are not in NFPA70?

(IE: cut a truss or left a hole in the building envelope)