Can municipalities still hire contract staff or firms to assist with plans examination and inspections?
Yes. Municipalities can continue to retain consultants or contract staff to assume responsibility for plans review and/or construction inspections, although these persons would need to be appointed as inspectors and be qualified in the applicable area of practice. Similarly, municipalities can hire consultants to provide advice on Building Code issues. Such consultants would not need to be qualified, provided that a municipality has staff with the required code knowledge. In neither case, however, would the external consultant be an RCA, so the municipality could not rely on the liability provisions of the Building Code that apply to RCAs.
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