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■ ■ Construction sites can be busy, muddy, and sometimes dangerous.

• Educate builders about the review process and building codes • Use surveying instruments and other equipment to perform inspections • Issue violation notices and stop-work orders to correct issues • Maintain daily logs, including photographs and video taken during inspections • Write reports that detail their findings • When the project is complete, perform a final inspection to identify any issues that need to be addressed Some construction inspectors specialize in examining electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, refrigeration, and other systems. Here are a few other types of specialists: Plan examiners study blueprints and other plans for a structure to ensure that they comply with building codes, environmental regulations, and engineering principles. Structural inspectors examine steel framework, reinforcing steel mesh and rods, concrete forms, concrete, and pre-stressed concrete to make sure they meet specifi- cations and building codes.

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