Special Inspections
Code-required inspection with cross-certified inspectors
Concrete, masonry, structural steel, soils, asphalt, shotcrete and fireproofing inspection — with staff who often hold several certifications, so one trip can cover more than one required scope.
Special inspection is a documentation exercise as much as a technical one. The inspection has to happen at the right moment, by someone certified for that scope, and the record has to satisfy the building official months later.
We cover reinforcing steel and post-tension placement, concrete placement, masonry, structural steel welding and high-strength bolting, nuclear density compaction testing and grading observation, asphalt placement, shotcrete, and spray-applied fireproofing. Non-destructive examination — ultrasonic, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, radiographic and ground-penetrating radar — is available where the detail or the reviewer calls for it.
Because many of our inspectors are certified in multiple disciplines, projects that would otherwise need separate inspectors on separate trips can frequently be covered in one visit. That is fewer mobilizations on your invoice and fewer people to schedule around.
Multi-certified staff
ICC, ACI, AWS, DSA and Caltrans certifications across the team — several scopes covered per mobilization where the code allows.
Documentation that holds up
Reports prepared for municipal and DSA review, so final sign-off isn't held hostage by a paperwork gap.
Scheduling you can reach
Pour moved up? Call (949) 678-7913 and talk to someone who can actually dispatch an inspector.
NDE in the same scope
UT, MT, PT, RT and GPR available without bringing in and coordinating a separate specialty firm.
Capabilities
Inspection and examination scopes
Grouped by trade and by examination method — check the required scopes on your statement of special inspections against the list below.
Concrete
- Placement inspection
- Rebar and tendon placement
- Pre- and post-tension stressing
- Concrete sampling
- Sampling of reinforcing steel
- Batch plant inspection
- Precast plant inspection
- Source inspection
Masonry
- Inspection of layup
- Block and brick sampling
- Mortar sampling
- Grout sampling
- Precast plant inspection
Structural Steel
- Welding inspection
- Welding procedure and welder qualifications
- High-strength bolting
- Shop fabrication inspection
- Equipment specifications review
Soil & Base
- Nuclear density compaction testing
- Moisture testing
- Sampling
- Grading observation
- Backfill observation
Asphalt
- Placement inspection
- Nuclear density compaction testing
- Temperature testing and monitoring
- Sampling and coring
- Levelness and thickness verification
Non-Destructive Examination
- Ultrasonic (UT)
- Magnetic particle (MT)
- Dye penetrant (PT)
- Radiographic (RT)
- Visual (VT)
- Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
- In-place concrete soundness
- Floor flatness and levelness
Shotcrete & Fireproofing
- Shotcrete placement inspection and test panels
- Nozzleman qualification observation
- Spray-applied fireproofing thickness and density
- Fireproofing bond and adhesion verification
Need a specific standard or test method that isn't listed? Call (949) 678-7913 — we'll confirm whether it's in house or coordinate an accredited partner lab.