construction frustrations

I could be wrong, but I thought the contractors main frustration with the Building Dept is their overall lack of construction code knowledge and response times for inspections. Those issues should be investigated and steps put into place to remedy those situations (more qualified staff, more training). At the same time I would NOT encourage those staff to hurry thru the inspection process and possibly miss something important. Occasional reasonable construction delays in inspections seems to be a part of the time-honored construction process, but repeated long delays could be indicative of a bigger problem and needs to be addressed. Is Skip Reed a part of the problem, or the solution? He is the qualified and licensed person there, and the logical construction resource. That WAS the reason for which he was hired, no? BEING a contractor, we would hope he knows how to talk with other contractors, in a language they will both understand.