Can we talk about the time I saw a drawing get rejected at a city permit office in Tacoma?

I was there last month to get a sign-off on a simple commercial remodel, and the inspector pointed out a missing detail on the foundation plan that my software's default template didn't include. He said, 'If this stamp goes on, it's my license on the line,' and sent me back to redo it. What's one small detail you've learned to double-check that isn't always in the standard notes?

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victor_lane606d ago

Yeah, the north arrow thing @christopher67 mentioned is brutal but I get it. I read a story about a whole apartment project getting held up because the plans listed the wrong city for the soil report. The engineer had used a report from a similar job in another town and forgot to change the header. The permit tech caught it and everything stopped for two weeks over a one-word typo. Now I obsessively check every report title block and project address on the cover sheet.

christopher676d ago

Wait, they really sent you back for a missing detail on the template? That's wild. I saw a set get bounced because the north arrow on the landscape page was like, two points too small. The checker said the font size wasn't "legible for public record" and made them re-stamp every single sheet. All that over a tiny triangle on page C-3.

colemiller6d ago

Man, "my license on the line" really shows the pressure they're under. I always double-check the scale bar on site plans now, it's such a simple thing to miss.