The key to any successful construction project is quality workmanship and maintaining a good relationship with inspectors. It's essential to avoid cutting corners, always be respectful, and provide inspectors with what they need. But what do you do when two inspectors visit your job site at different times and disagree on what needs to be done?

This situation leads to frustrating delays. On the Cereza project, we encountered just such a scenario. The conflicting opinions of the inspectors forced us to escalate the issue to the head building official for resolution. This meant we needed revisions from the engineer, which we had already obtained but now had to resubmit to the city.

The approval process took an additional five weeks, partly because our submission coincided with someone's vacation. Such unexpected hurdles are part and parcel of the construction world.

Ahhhh, construction...

Making the decision of building a new house or remodeling your existing house is incredibly difficult especially if you don’t like your existing house and there’s nothing really wrong with it. So how do you make this decision? We talk with David W., the owner of Jake’s house, about his decision to build a new house in a different area, even though he was perfectly happy or almost perfectly happy, and his existing house. Join us for a conversation with one of our clients.