resqman Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I have seen various reports where home inspectors have described the report as a Building Inspection Report vs. a Home Inspection Report. Maybe we need to change the name of our job from Home Inspectors to Forensic Building Technicians or Forensic Construction Specialists. Elevate the profession by using a more elaborate name. What say you? Any other names you can think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've never liked "home inspection" as a name. A house isn't a home until someone thinks of it that way. I don't think about it that way; it's a structure to me, not a home. I like Property Condition Report. PCR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 How 'bout: Construction Investigative Analyst Domestic Edifice Advisor Forensic Building Investigator New Construction Inspection Specialist That way we get to wear those cool navy blue jackets with the big yellow letters on the back.[] I left out ATF because I happen to like alcohol, tobacco, and firearms just the way they are, sometimes I enjoy them simultaneously.[:-monkeyd Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 How about Construction Technologist? OT - OF!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Sounds like fluffing........ Construction Technician isn't bad...... "Forensic" means: 1. pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate. 2. adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical. It's use should be limited to investigations of that sort. Not everything we do is forensic-ally oriented. Building Inspector is fine, but whenever I say that, folks think I'm a muni guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've never liked "home inspection" as a name. A house isn't a home until someone thinks of it that way. I don't think about it that way; it's a structure to me, not a home. I like Property Condition Report. PCR. I like that too Kurt. [:-thumbu] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've never liked "home inspection" as a name. A house isn't a home until someone thinks of it that way. I don't think about it that way; it's a structure to me, not a home. I like Property Condition Report. PCR. I like that too Kurt. [:-thumbu] Except that term is used to name the product of a Project Capital Needs Assessments (PCNA) or a Property Condition Assessment (PCA), as defined by the ASTM standard for a lame walk-through survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 That's OK. We can let them use it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 How 'bout: Construction Investigative Analyst Domestic Edifice Advisor Forensic Building Investigator New Construction Inspection Specialist That way we get to wear those cool navy blue jackets with the big yellow letters on the back.[] I left out ATF because I happen to like alcohol, tobacco, and firearms just the way they are, sometimes I enjoy them simultaneously.[:-monkeyd Tom Not to hijack the thread, but I thought this was funny. I recently saw a guy wearing one of those "cool navy blue jackets with the big yellow letters on the back." OK...OK, it was a t shirt. But there were smaller letters underneath DEA that said "Drinking Every Afternoon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'm guessing most folks would react to that sort of a name change the same way I chuckle at the pump monkeys who refer to themselves as 'petroleum transfer engineers'. Like it or lump it: We're home inspectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randynavarro Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Yea. And there are no more secretaries. Everyone's an administrative assistant. No P.C. in the home inspection profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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