Depending on the nature of the project, inspectors may visit a building site several times to conduct inspections.

 

Under the Ontario Building Code, the person who is issued a permit is required to provide notification to the Building Standards department when various stages of construction are ready to be inspected. To ensure work is carried out in accordance with reviewed drawings and to the Ontario Building Code, several inspections are required.

 

Preliminary meetings: These may be requested by the permit holder or, in some cases, may be required by the building inspector. Preliminary meetings provide an opportunity to discuss the project before the start of construction. These meetings can be scheduled with the Building Standards department.

 

Not all stages of inspection will apply to every project. Please call the City to clarify which stages of construction require inspections.

In the Ontario Building Code, retaining walls are considered a designated structure when the retaining wall exceeds one metre (about 3.2 feet) in exposed height adjacent to:

Excavation/footing: An inspection is required before pouring concrete. At this point, excavation is complete, footing forms are installed and the ground within the forms is not frozen, and free from standing water, mud and loose materials.

 

Backfill/foundation: An inspection is required before backfilling.  

 

Structural framing: For signs, all structural framing of the sign is complete before installation of facing materials.

 

Final inspection: All construction is complete, including grading.

Structural framing: All structural framing and anchorage of the sign is complete before installation of facing materials.

 

Final inspection: All construction is complete, including installation of facing materials.

This inspection category applies to small, large and complex buildings.