Title
2024 MAC ASHI Spring Technical Seminar

Summary
Questions From the Field

Description

Date And Time
05/11/2024

Venue Name
Rockville Senior Center

Venue Physical Address
1150 Carnation Drive Rockville Maryland Map

Details

Panelists

Our Moderator, Alan Beal, ACI, brings more than 20 years' residential and commercial contracting experience to his 20+ year building inspection career. With over 8,000 inspections, Alan is a Maryland Home Improvement Commission Licensed Contractor, a Maryland and Virginia licensed home inspector, and an International Code Council Certified Residential Building Inspector.

Alan Carson, former ASHI president, is president of a multi-inspector firm and publisher of some of the best home inspector support products on the market, including, but not limited to: Horizon Report-writing system, Technical Reference Guide, the Home Reference Book and the Illustrated Home. 

Well-known blogger, YouTuber, podcaster and syndicated columnist, Reuben Saltzman, ACI, is a second-generation home inspector with a knack for researching, understanding and describing. 

Mark Goodman, ACI, is the current president of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). He is well known for his research of, and training about, emerging technologies. Mark is a recent recipient of the ASHI Chapter Member of the Year (Cox) Award.

"Mike Casey" is one of the best-known names in North American home inspection training. A former ASHI CoR Speaker and ASHI president and principal of Inspector Training Associates. Mike holds awards. licenses and certifications too numerous to list here. He has trained thousands of inspectors and has authored numerous books including the Code Check series.

Mark Cramer, ACI, is a former ASHI president with over 30 year of home inspection experience. He is a recipient of the ASHI Ironman Award. In addition to his inspection business, Mark serves as expert witness in litigation matters related to home inspection, stucco and water intrusion.

Larry Cerro, former ASHI CoR Speaker, Director and Officer and president of the Florida chapter of ASHI, brings over 40 years of home inspection experience to the table.  Larry was awarded the ASHI Ironman award. He is an informed and engaging speaker who brings a unique perspective to every discussion.

Hollis Brown, ACI, is a former president of the Mid-Atlantic chapter and recent recipient of the ASHI Chapter Member or the Year (Cox) award. With over 6,000 inspections under his belt and as owner of the Home Inspector Training Academy, he has been training home inspectors since 2004. Hollis counts many current Washington DC area inspectors as previous students. 

David Goldstein, ACI, is another of the best-known names in the home inspector training business. He is a second-generation inspector with over 50 years of experience. He has served in local ASHI chapters and on the national level of ASHI on various committees, on the Board of Directors and as a national officer. Goldstein is a court-qualified expert witness in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware regarding home inspection issues, construction defects, and personal injury cases.

Mark Mostrom, ACI, brings over 20 years of home construction and maintenance experience to his 15+ year career as a home inspector. He is a previous president of MAC ASHI.

Scott Biller, ACI, has over 25 years of experience in the construction trades prior to opening his inspection business. He is the current president elect of NoVA ASHI.

Mike Bryan, ACI, had extensive experience in masonry and concrete prior to beginning his 30+ year home inspection career. Mike, previous president of CV ASHI, is a popular speaker and author on the construction related topics, specifically concrete and masonry.

Jim Vaughn, ACI, is a former ASHI board member and former NoVA ASHI president. He has over 35 years of home inspection experience and is a well-known speaker at Washington, DC area educational events.

Welmoed Sisson, ACI, author of the book “101 Things you don’t Want in Your Home,” has been an Adjunct Professor at Frederick Community College since 2016 teaching the Home Inspection Pre-Licensure class. She has also taught seminars at the ASHI National Conference, InspectionWorld.

Kevin Bradley, ACI, has performed over 13,000 inspections in his 30-year career. He was the lead educator at the ASHI School - Baltimore Community College. Kevin also served as lead educator at Burlington County, NJ Institute of technology.

John Cranor, ACI, spent decades as a roofer prior to transitioning to home inspections over 25 years ago. John is a recent recipient of the ASHI Ironman Award. He has served as president of the Central Virginia chapter and is currently the chair of the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) board for Lead, Asbestos and Home Inspectors.

Anatol Polillo, ACI, is an experienced home inspector with deep roots in the Baltimore / Washington area. He recently served as chair of the Maryland licensing board complaints committee. 

Joe Himali, is a well known and extrodinarily informative social media influencer who, years ago, fell in love with architecture, history and design. Joe is not only the star of the walking tours of DC, but is also a dedicated REALTOR with 25 year’s experience. His participation in our report-writing segment is certain to be thought provoking.

Outline

Structural

The second phase of our program will begin by defining the scope and limitations of an inspection of a building structure. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Exterior and Interior

Most of phase 3 will address finish-elements both indoors and out. We’ll consider the importance of helping a client recognize that what is apparent is not always what’s important. This discussion will tackle the importance of, and protection against, both wind and water intrusion. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Roofing

Much of this will be about the simple identification of different roofing types and the timeframes during which each product was popular. We’ll talk about design-life as well as realistic useful lives. Finally, we’ll look at defective installations and failure modes. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Plumbing

This is the segment where we consider the fundamentals of flow and pressure before applying these concepts to practical applications. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Report Writing

This promises to be the most provocative session of the day. A former chair of  Maryland licensing commission complaints committee and the current chair of the Virginia licensing board bring interesting and eye-opening perspectives of what matters when writing a report and how a poorly-written report might affect a home inspector's future. This session begins with a discussion of the pros and cons of different report-writing formats. We'll then talk about the requirements of the standard. From there we'll use a series of common construction defects to illustrate how a report might be compiled and information shared with the reader. 

Electrical

During this segment we’ll address not only the fundamentals of modern electrical systems, but also the history of systems and the evolution of the electrical safety dynamic. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Heating and Cooling

A significant amount of time will be spent discussing the science of energy and the history of both combustion heating appliances and refrigeration. We’ll talk about different testing protocols and the pros and cons thereof. We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

Insulation and ventilation

We will discuss a little bit of the history of our understanding of the purposes of attic and crawlspace insulation and ventilation. We’ll then look at how our understanding of building science informs our newer methods.  We’ll then address the requirements before moving to discussions of specific common defects and the questions inspectors ask.

   

Stockton Barney :: InspectorPro Insurance

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John Kwasnik  ::  Horizon Report-writing software

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Bill Fabian :: Monroe Infrared

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Hollis Brown :: Home Inspector Training Academy

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Alek Vujik :: The Crack Man - Foundation Crack Repairs