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Task Force hands over final report to Mecklenburg County Building Development Commission
CHARLOTTE – The task force assigned by the county’s Building Development Commission has reported its final recommendations on 19 “action items” that were identified by BDC members and the Code […]
Commission experiences communication problems while seeking solutions to communication gaps
CHARLOTTE – Communication, and the lack thereof, was again on Tuesday the subject of a meeting between construction and development industry representatives and the Mecklenburg County agency that polices them. […]
Building code cycle: Three of one, half a dozen of the other
The architects, the building inspectors and many of the construction industry’s biggest clients are dead-set against it. The structural engineers and the chairman of the N.C. Building Code Council are […]
Meck County manager evaluates Code Enforcement’s review and inspection processes
Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, the government agency that reviews construction plans and inspects projects, has itself come under the review and inspection of Dena Diorio, county manager. The Real Estate […]
Killer fees?
CHARLOTTE – Steve Gentry is a broker for Charlotte-based Piedmont Properties, but occasionally he steps away from the company to strike a deal as a solo developer. Recently he did […]
Mecklenburg County names new manager
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 17 to give Dena Diorio a raise: from $172,000 a year to $248,000 – or $263,000, if you count deferred income. […]
iPlan reviews and e-inspections: Meck Code Enforcement to go high-tech
CHARLOTTE – After dabbing its digits in the virtual, three-dimensional future of big institutional construction projects, Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement now wants to jump in, FTP files first, by forming […]
Code Commotion: Complaints delay new regulations for builders
2012 has come, but homebuilders in Mecklenburg County and elsewhere in the state are still living in 2011 – at least as far as building codes are concerned.
Meck code enforcers brace for DNC rush
By next summer, with the 2012 Democratic National Convention around the corner, Jim Bartl and his staff at the Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement Office are likely going to have their […]
Developers brace for end of permit extension
The heat could soon be on some Charlotte-area developers to speed up construction on projects before the end of this year. If they don’t, it could cost them their precious […]
Code office changes but industry not impressed
The stereotypical relationship between contractors and code inspectors is an adversarial one, but it’s one that the Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement Department says it is trying to improve. It’s a […]
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