It’s still not clear to me exactly how many inspections we are required to have. This residential inspection manual outlines what is required for each inspection, not everything applies to us and I didn’t get a list specific to our project.

We are supposed to have a project coordinator at the city, and I was hoping we could become good friends and that she would be any go to for questions…unfortunately she seems to have ghosted me.  

The contractor seems to have some idea about what needs to happen so he scheduled the special inspection.  As far as I can tell from this part of the residential inspection guide, the special inspection can be anyone who meets so the criteria. It turns out our structural engineer can be our special inspector. He has to come by and check that some bolts are properly installed into the foundation. He did his inspection, then sent us another bill for $400.

Next up is the Green Building inspection and then the Foundation Inspection. We have to get this done by a city building inspectors before he can pour the concrete foundation.