In some districts, an annual permit can be issued for a building or complex
which allows all work to be done for the year. Inspections may or may not be
required or may not happen.


"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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Are businesses held to a different standard than homes when it comes to
getting permits for work?

My company (name withheld to protect my job) does work all the time in
their server rooms. While escorting an electrican in a particularly
sensitive area I asked him why I never see inspectors or permits. The
electrician, a reputable person who's work I trust and who's large company
does all kinds of work, said that basically all the work is done off the
books. He mentioned that inspectors would poke their noses in where the
company wouldn't want it and its doubtful that places like where he was an
inspector could actually do his job.

But even in normal offices it seems like a lot of mod work is done without
permits and inspections. Is that normal? I'm speaking specifically of
electrical work, but plumbing, construction, and what-have-you is done all
the time in major corporate office parks. I find it hard to believe that
a large contracting company would risk their license doing illegal work.