<div>Thanks to all for responding. Please let me clarify a few items: The commercial project has a permit, but the contractor sold his license to the building owner who incompetently supervised the concrete crew. The crew placed the footer in the wrong place and obviously the owner didn't have a clue until after the footer and slab were poured. When the block masons pointed out the mistake, the owner had them cut off the rebar penetrating the slab & had them build the wall in the proper location (minus the footer and footer rebar) </div>
<div>The owner now is resorting to lies to cover his incompetence, but I consider this a safety hazard and believe the building now has serious flaws and does not meet the uplift requirements for wind loads nor safely supports the roof trusses. As an open question to all out there who have felt the impact of local politics, would you just ignore the structural safety to avoid confrontation with the boss & let this go, or require them to comply with the code ?</div>
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