What can be done?

[Don Ng]

Jurisdiction

Nevada

I submitted construction plans to the City for approval clearly indicating that the business will have sufficient fire sprinklers. The plans also indiciated that no fire alarm exist and will not install one. The City approved the plans. Now, construction nearly completed and the City's inspector forced me to install a fire alarm and apologize that they missed it on the plans. However, to install one would cost me $9,000. Should this be the fault of the City? Do I have a case?

 

[Disabled Vet]

Yes, the case you have is to install the fire alarm. Even if it was missed on the plans it was caught during the inspection. It's a building code that is in the building codes.

 

[adjusterjack]

However, to install one would cost me $9,000. Should this be the fault of the City? Do I have a case?

Agree with Vet. It's all on you.

I know that because I have built several buildings, did my own plans, dealt with building departments, and made damned sure everything was to code.

 

[zddoodah]

the City's inspector forced me to install a fire alarm and apologize that they missed it on the plans. However, to install one would cost me $9,000. Should this be the fault of the City?

The inspector's apology is at least some evidence that missing it was the city's fault. Did you really have doubts about that?

Do I have a case?

A case of what?

Whether you had been told at the outset or now, at the eleventh hour, you'd have to install it either way. Are you suggesting that, if you had known at the outset that you'd have to install a fire alarm, you wouldn't have proceeded with the construction?