Inspection Services

What is Inspection Services?

Inspection Services Division provides professional building inspection, grading inspection, subdivision, and encroachment inspection services for the unincorporated areas of Orange County. Inspections are performed for all building construction permit activities to ensure that all habitable structures are constructed in accordance with current building codes and construction practices. Grading and Subdivision inspections provides quality assurance that all privately constructed public infrastructure facilities such as roads; drainage systems; and regional flood control facilities located within subdivision projects to be turned over to the County for maintenance are constructed according to approved county plans and standards. The five major disciplines that Inspection Services are responsible for include:

Building Inspections

• Procedure Manual
  • 2020 Building Inspection Procedure Manual
• Land Management System
  • MyOCeServices.com
  • LMS Inspection Steps

Grading, Subdivision and Encroachment Inspections

• Procedure         
  • 2020 Inspection Procedure
• Grading
  • • Grading and Excavation Code
    • Grading Manual 2017
• Subdivision
  • • 2015 Subdivision Code
    • Subdivision Manual
• Standard Plans
  • • 2018 Standard Plans
• Land Management System
  • • MyOCeServices.com
    • LMS Inspection Steps

SMARA (Surface Mining and Reclamation Act) Inspections

• Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
• Sand and Gravel Code Mineral Extraction Code

NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Inspections

• San Diego Region Fifth Term NPDES 
• Santa Ana Region Fourth Term NPDES

Oil Well Inspections

• Oil Well Inspection Graphic
• Oil Well Inspection Procedure
• Well Field Inspection Form

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Development Services Manager, Planning - Richard Vuong
Division Manager, Inspection Services - Satinder Verma 

General Building Inspection   (714) 667-8820
Grading/Subdivision/Encroachment    (714) 245-4550

Inspection Service Team        

Building Inspection (North & South)

• Supervising Building Inspector - Larry Jeffery (North County)
• Supervising Building Inspector - Jeff McIver (South County)
• Building Inspector - Andrew Valle
• Building Inspector - Tam Trac
• Building Inspector - Eric Clark
• Building Inspector - Jayme Ahlo
• Building Inspector - Cesar (Luis) Romero
• Building Inspector - Harold Brooks
• Building Inspector - Jeff Gannaway
• Building Inspector - Gracia Prado

Grading/Subdivision/Encroachment Inspection (North & South)

• Supervising Construction Inspector - Jonathan Tucker (North County)
• Supervising Construction Inspector - Richard Sanchez - (South County)
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Justin Le
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Jason Sotto
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Kevin Nguyen
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Raymond Sanchez
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Dean Capalety
• Sr. Construction Inspector - David Koch
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Charles Michinock
• Sr. Construction Inspector - Kenneth Junio