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I make it a point to thank the point man, either the inspector or in the case of the utilities co, the project coordinator, by phone and email. It helps later when you have a surly inspector. In one case, I thanked the boss, and he was very appreciative. In another, I'm working with the boss's son. I was able to have the problem inspector replaced, and another time, I was able to have a word with the boss, who reined in the problem inspector.
To be sure, I am grateful for a good inspector who catches crappy work by the subs. I'm not the GC. I hire the GC. And I've had to go slap my own GCs around for doing a crappy job plenty of times.
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