April 19, 2023
City of Cathedral City
Gil Estrada, BO
Chief Building Official
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Subject: Building and Safety Inspection Services
Dear Gil Estrada:
Willdan Engineering is pleased to present this Proposal to the City of Cathedral City to provide building and safety inspection services.
BUILDING INSPECTION
Willdan inspectors are ICC certified and fully experienced performing residential, commercial and industrial inspections for compliance to the approved plans and related documents. The inspections will be performed in accordance with the City’s adopted version of the California Building Code, California Residential Code, Green Building Standards Code, California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, California Electrical Code, and the State and Federal regulations for Accessibility, Noise and Energy Conservation, California Fire Code and provisions of Title 19 and NFPA.
Inspection staff will be available to meet with City staff, builders, developers, and citizens to provide assistance and resolve any inspection issues that may arise. Inspectors shall attend and participate in required meetings with other City inspection and plan review staff, property owners, contractors and/or design professionals.
Inspectors will review the permit package to verify that the on-site condition is consistent with the appropriate records for square footage, setbacks, heights, and other requirements that may be applicable. Inspectors will comply with the City’s procedures for reporting inspection results, use City inspection correction forms, make appropriate entries onto the permit documents, and follow City procedures prior to finalizing a building permit.
Willdan will verify that all inspection records, including daily records of what was inspected which will be recorded on the job card, and permit copy entered into the City’s Building and Safety computer system. We will employ such techniques as necessary to minimize delays to builders and provide helpful advice and counsel to builders, owners, engineers, and architects as to enhance the orderly flow of the construction process yet maintaining an effective level of enforcement.
Inspectors shall ensure that any construction changes are documented and approved by appropriate City staff.
Our inspection staff are supplied with cell phones and laptops and/or iPads for email communication and document creation and record keeping. Inspections will be provided the next working day following a request made by 4:00pm the previous day.
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CASP SERVICES
Willdan can provide CASp certified inspectors to the City as required by California Civil Code, Division 1, Part 2.52, Section 55.53(d)1&2 which reads as follows:
(d) (1) Commencing July 1, 2010, a local agency shall employ or retain at least one building inspector who is a certified access specialist. The certified access specialist shall provide consultation to the local agency, permit applicants, and members of the public on compliance with state construction-related accessibility standards with respect to inspections of a place of public accommodation that relate to permitting, plan checks, or new construction, including, but not limited to, inspections relating to tenant improvements that may impact access. If a local agency employs or retains two or more certified access specialists to comply with this subdivision, at least one-half of the certified access specialists shall be building inspectors who are certified access specialists.
(2) Commencing January 1, 2014, a local agency shall employ or retain a sufficient number of building inspectors who are certified access specialists to conduct permitting and plan check services to review for compliance with state construction- related accessibility standards by a place of public accommodation with respect to new construction, including, but not limited to, projects relating to tenant improvements that may impact access. If a local agency employs or retains two or more certified access specialists to comply with this subdivision, at least one-half of the certified access specialists shall be building inspectors who are certified access specialists.
Our CASp certified inspectors will provide building and site evaluations for ADA and State Disabled Access requirements; provide evaluations and reporting for Applicable Construction Related Accessibility Standards; provide CASp Disability Access Certificates; provide expert witness and legal services support; and provide other services as required by the City. Our CASp certified inspector will be available within 24 hours of notification or sooner.
Should the need arise, Willdan can also provide additional services to the City.
FEES
SERVICE PROVIDED HOURLY RATE
Senior Building Inspector $105
Building Inspector $ 95
CASp Plan Reviewer/Inspector $125
Plans Examiner $125
Plan Check Engineer $135
Permit Technician $ 70
Building Official $145
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Willdan welcomes the opportunity to discuss our qualifications further. We look forward to providing services to the City of Cathedral City and its community. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or should you need any further information.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLDAN ENGINEERING
Patrick Johnson, PE, CBO
Director of Building and Safety
909.963.0565
[email protected]