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Workgroup to require third-party plan review and on-site construction inspections for large projects
Summary
Committee recommended third-party consultants for both plan review and on-site inspection during construction, negotiated as an application cost, with change-order oversight tied to consultant and director discretion.
Committee members agreed the county lacks in-house capacity to perform detailed reviews and daily inspections for a large data center build. Staff member proposed hiring an independent professional engineering consultant (a defined "independent consultant") to review plans, perform periodic checks and provide an on-site project inspector during construction.
The group discussed administrative fees and scopes: consultant fees and inspection costs would be negotiated during application and could be billed as recoverable administrative expenses tied to the project's scale. "There's such a thing as a self inspection where they sign off on themselves... but for a project of this magnitude, you need an independent consultant on the job site," a committee member said. The draft calls for construction coordination meetings and a project-inspector role to trigger resubmittal if deviations materially affect county interests.
