A large portion
Of my working life
Has been spent
Waiting
For inspections
Foundation
Slab
Tiebeam
Plumbing
Electric
HVAC
Framing
Insulation
Rough-ins
Finals
Etc
Etc
Etc
It’s past 4:00pm on a Friday
No inspection result posted yet
Where are you mister building inspector?
The concrete is scheduled
For a 7:00am Monday pour
Everyone is waiting
The concrete has to be batched
Much earlier than 7:00am
The pump has to be setup on site
The finishers need to know
Did the inspection pass
Was it a yes or was it a no
Is the pour a go
Dear Mr Inspector
If you don’t arrive pretty soon
It will be up to me to call it
The clock is ticking
Everyone is anxiously waiting
Okay, now it’s too late
We can’t take the risk
I have to assume you got tied up
And are a no-show
Which means
I alert the team
That the pour is a
NO-GO!
E.A. Fussell
03022018
E. A. Fussell 