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Special inspection — IBC Chapter 17
The Ohio Building Code requires the owner or the owner's representative — not the contractor — to retain approved special inspectors for designated work. The statement of special inspections is a condition of plan approval, and a final report of special inspection is required before occupancy.
OBC 1704 · IBC 1705
Inspection services
- Reinforcing steel placement and pre-placement verification against the structural drawings
- Structural steel erection and member verification
- High-strength bolting — snug-tight, turn-of-nut, and pretensioned connections to RCSC
- Welding procedure and welder qualification review; visual weld inspection to AWS D1.1 and D1.4
- Coordination of nondestructive examination (UT, MT, PT) through qualified partners
- Structural masonry
- Soils and controlled fill
- Deep foundations, helical piles, and micropiles
- Post-installed anchor installation and proof-load testing to ACI 355.4
- Spray-applied fireproofing — thickness, density, bond strength, and substrate condition per IBC 1705.14
- Penetration firestop and joint systems per ASTM E2174 and E2393
- Post-tension observation — tendon placement, anchorage, stressing with elongation verification
- Floor flatness and levelness measurement to ASTM E1155
Program administration
What the building official expects
A special inspection program is a documentation obligation as much as a field one. We administer the record from the pre-construction meeting through the final report.
- Statement of special inspections administration
- Pre-construction meeting participation
- Discrepancy notices issued at the time of observation
- Corrective-action tracking to closure
- Final report of special inspection for the building official
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