I have 28 years of practical experience in the Building Construction and Inspection industry. I am a licensed contractor in the 3 major trades: Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC. I am also an ICC certified Building Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, and Mechanical Inspector. I worked for the City of Lakewood Dept of Planning for 13 years where I performed over 7,000 various inspections. I began my Home Inspection business in 1994 and have since performed over 5,000 Home Inspections. In all, I've logged over 11,000 inspections. I plan to grow my Home Inspection business as we climb out of this economy.I began teaching in 2002 and have found it to be quite rewarding. The discourse between myself and the professional students is usually of a high level, and often highly charged. I hope to expand the breadth of subject matter and create a growing number of self-driven life-long learners.Specialties: Teaching Building Method, Construction, and Failures as science. I believe I have a knack for getting my students to think beyond the obvious, disassembling preconceptions and exposing the "why it is", rather than simply "it is".