Construction Consulting Inc. (1996 to Present) Ted Collins, Owner/Inspector
BS Construction Engineering Tech. Virginia Licensed #33817
California State University Maryland Licensed #30295

Certified Combination International
Building Code Inspector
(Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical & Building)

I would like to introduce myself and my company:

I provide independent construction, pre-purchase, warranty, 3rd party and litigation inspections for residential and commercial properties.
I am licensed in Virginia and Maryland
I have 30 years of construction/inspection experience and have performed thousands of construction inspections.
I’m a certified combination ICC building code inspector for the required code in the country.
I hold a BS in Construction Engineering Technology and have memorized the installation procedures for the parts used during construction.
I also know the National Association of Home Builders performance guidelines publication and the builder’s one-year warranty documents. These are a written set of rules and specifications required by the builders that you don’t know about.
I find and get repaired the following items every day; drafty doors and windows, heating or cooling problems, high energy bills, cold basements, basement/wall/window/roof leaks, plumbing leaks, squeaky floors, cracked tile and grout, settled foundation soils, yard ponding water, poor painting, drywall cracks, missing insulation, leaking ductwork, broken attic trusses, missing columns, settled footers, cracked concrete and etc.
Started company:1996 operating to present

I’ve installed with my hands (and inspected), windows, doors, vinyl siding, brick , cabinets, carpet, wood flooring, tile, appliances, countertops, furnaces, ductwork, roofs, poured concrete, concrete re-bar, driveways, wood framing, trim framing, sinks, tubs, toilets, dishwashers, disposals, water tanks, water pipes, drain pipes, soil backfill, wiring, electrical fixtures, services and etc. I’ve read and memorized the installation procedures for each of these products. I look for installation defects and drawing defects when I inspect a project and document these defects.

Worked for DC government (June 2008 to Present) performing building code construction inspections as a combination code inspector. I inspect residential and commercial projects, generating reports, and code pass and/or fail stickers and other duties required by code compliance inspections. I use ACCELA software.

I’ve published two how-to perform pre-drywall construction inspections, 100 page color photo books, which have also been made into building inspection continuing education classes. I’ve been on FOX 5 twice and ABC Good Morning America performing building Inspections. You can see the videos and books in the navigation bar on the left side of the page.

I spent 13 years in Pittsburgh as a commercial construction project foreman and superintendent making sure all the structural, plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems were installed correctly, per plans, building code, on time and within budget. I can read, correctly and quickly, all types of construction drawings, code books, scheduling software, institute and/or association procedures (ACI) and product installation procedures.

Projects I worked on, and/or managed construction of in Pittsburgh from 1978 to 1989:

PPG building,
Mellon building,
Dravo building,
Three Rivers Stadium,
J&L Electric Furnace Southside Project,
Monessen Rail Mill Project,
Rt. 70 Bridge Project Charleroi,
Birmingham Bridge (demolition and erection)
Greensburg Hospital addition
waste water treatment plant
power plant turbine and cooling tower and
numerous residential housing projects building houses.

I worked five years in Virginia and Maryland as a Geotechnical project manager providing 3^rd party inspections and making sure sub-division utilities, roads, engineered soils, engineered lots, test boring, concrete placement/testing and curb/gutter were built according to site plans, building code and general good construction practices with Schnabel Engineering and several other geo-technical companies.

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