OUR SERVICES

What Are Special Inspections?

Special Inspections are required in accordance with the California Building Code (CBC), Chapter 17 for most construction projects. These third-party special inspections are often needed, in addition to inspections conducted by the jurisdiction.

Forsythe Engineering Consultants’ Special Inspections services consist of overseeing materials testing & workmanship critical to the structural integrity of the building/project.

REINFORCED CONCRETE

Concrete Placement & Sampling
Batch Plant Inspection
Reinforcing Steel Placement Inspection

SHOTCRETE | GUNITE

Pre-Production Panel
Reinforcing Steel Placement Inspection
Shotcrete Placement Inspection
Gunite Placement Inspection

ANCHOR & DOWEL INSTALLATION

Installation Inspection
Torque/Proofload Testing

PRECAST CONCRETE FABRICATION

Concrete Placement & Sampling
Reinforcing Steel Placement Inspection

STRUCTURAL STEEL & WELDING

Material Identification
Shop Fabrication or Field Welding Inspection
Non-Destructive Testing
High Strength Bolting Inspection

STRUCTURAL MASONRY

CMU Placement & Sampling
Reinforcing Steel Placement Inspection
Grout Placement Inspection

POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE

Concrete Placement and Sampling
Reinforcing Steel & Tendon Placement Inspection
Tendon Stressing Observations

WOOD FRAMING

Material Verification
Shear Wall Nailing Inspection
Floor Diaphragm Nailing Inspection

FIREPROOFING

Spray Applied Fireproofing
Intumescent Fireproofing

OUR FAMILY

For more than thirty years, Napa Valley-based Forsythe Engineering Consultants have provided a wide-range of Special Inspection Services in order to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications & applicable building codes & ordinances.

Locally owned & operated by Barry & Stacie Forsythe, our second-generation family business provides special inspection & materials testing services for various types of new construction, alteration/additions & seismic retrofits; spanning commercial, industrial, & residential applications.

We work hand-in-hand with architects, structural engineers, contractors, developers, manufacturers & numerous private clients; supplying special inspections for wineries, commercial/office buildings, new & remodel residential projects, throughout the San Francisco Bay Area & including Napa, Sonoma and Marin counties.

Our highly-skilled & service-oriented field inspections team applies decades of experience & guidance when collecting samples from your job-site, ensuring the delivery of viable materials to our laboratory for testing.

Our Materials Testing Laboratory holds accreditation through the AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP) for Concrete and is overseen by a professional, registered engineer with testing conducted by certified laboratory technicians ensuring every aspect of testing is thoroughly & accurately performed & meticulously recorded so that you may provide complete, concise reporting to local & state regulatory agencies for approval.

To review our current AASHTO AAP certification, please click the button below:

CONTACT US

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3600
Napa, CA 94558

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