Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.

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• Use survey instruments, metering devices, tape measures, and test equipment, such as concrete strength measurers, to perform inspections.
• Inspect bridges, dams, highways, buildings, wiring, plumbing, electrical circuits, sewers, heating systems, and foundations during and after construction for structural quality, general safety and conformance to specifications and codes.
• Maintain daily logs and supplement inspection records with photographs.
• Review and interpret plans, blueprints, site layouts, specifications, and construction methods to ensure compliance to legal requirements and safety regulations.
• Inspect and monitor construction sites to ensure adherence to safety standards, building codes, and specifications.
• Measure dimensions and verify level, alignment, and elevation of structures and fixtures to ensure compliance to building plans and codes.
• Issue violation notices and stop-work orders, conferring with owners, violators, and authorities to explain regulations and recommend rectifications.
• Issue permits for construction, relocation, demolition and occupancy.
• Approve and sign plans that meet required specifications.
• Compute estimates of work completed or of needed renovations or upgrades, and approve payment for contractors.
• Monitor installation of plumbing, wiring, equipment, and appliances to ensure that installation is performed properly and is in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Examine lifting and conveying devices, such as elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, lifts and hoists, inclined railways, ski lifts, and amusement rides to ensure safety and proper functioning.
• Train, direct and supervise other construction inspectors.
• Evaluate premises for cleanliness, including proper garbage disposal and lack of vermin infestation.

• Calculators or accessories
• Air samplers or collectors
• Air sampling pumps
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• Air velocity and temperature monitors
• GFI circuit testers
• Scales
• Surface thermometers
• Levels
• Axes
• Borescope inspection equipment
• Still cameras
• Single gas monitors
• Single gas monitors
• Circuit tester
• Clamp On Multimeter
• Gas detectors
• Portable data input terminals
• Concrete or cement testing instruments
• Concrete or cement testing instruments
• Conductivity meters
• Circuit tester
• Power drills
• Desktop computers
• Digital cameras
• Multimeters
• Dissolved oxygen meters
• Measuring wheels for distance
• Drafting kits or sets
• Circuit tester
• Distance meters
• Levels
• Scales
• Force or torque sensors
• Gas detectors
• GFI circuit testers
• Calibrated resistance measuring equipment
• Hydrometers
• Hygrometers
• Thermographs
• Magnifiers
• Insulation testers
• Notebook computers
• Microfiche or microfilm viewer components or accessories
• Laser measuring systems
• Laser printers
• Levels
• Lightmeters
• Levels
• Metal detectors
• Manometers
• Measuring wheels for distance
• Megohmmeters
• Microwave leakage meters
• Moisture meters
• Multimeters
• Thermographs
• Notebook computers
• Levels
• Optical character recognition systems
• pH meters
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Plumb bobs
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Pressure or vacuum recorders
• Power meters
• Pressure or vacuum recorders
• Electronic measuring probes
• Calculators or accessories
• Radon detectors
• Liquid leak detectors
• Remote reading thermometers
• Scanners
• Screwdrivers
• Shovels
• Psychrometers
• Stud finders
• Surface thermometers
• Tablet computers
• Tape measures
• Temperature humidity testers
• Theodolites
• Handheld thermometer
• Force or torque sensors
• Level sensors or transmitters
• Two way radios
• Liquid leak detectors
• Thickness measuring devices
• Vibration testers
• Digital camcorders or video cameras
• Ammeters
• Voltage or current meters
• Pressure indicators
• Water samplers
• Portable data input terminals
• Adjustable wrenches

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