ICC GENERAL REQUIREMENTS PRACTICE
EXAM CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND CODE
INTERPRETATION
◉ Structural observations employment
Answer: The building owner shall employ an engineer to perform
structural observations.
◉ Non destructive testing (NDT)
Answer: Personnel must be qualified in accordance with criteria of
AWS D1.1 and ASNT SNT-TC-1A or ANSI/ASNT CP-189.
◉ Special inspection during fabrication
Answer: Not required when work is done at an approved fabricator's
facility.
◉ Special inspector experience
Answer: Relevant when the documented experience or training is
related in complexity to work to be performed.
◉ Construction accessibility
,Answer: Construction requiring special inspection must remain
accessible and exposed until completion of required special
inspections or tests.
◉ Special Inspectors
Answer: Individuals responsible for overseeing specific aspects of
construction to ensure compliance with regulations.
◉ Objective, Competent, and Independent from the contractor
Answer: Requirements that a Special Inspection Agency must show
to be approved by the building department.
◉ Approved Special Inspection Agencies
Answer: Entities that shall keep records of special inspections and
tests.
◉ Building Official
Answer: The authority to whom a special inspector must
demonstrate competence.
◉ Plans, specifications
Answer: Documents that the special inspector observes for
compliance with the building official's approval.
,◉ Contractor
Answer: The individual who must be immediately informed of all
nonconforming items.
◉ Approved plans
Answer: Plans that have been approved by the governing
jurisdiction.
◉ Owner or Owner's agent
Answer: The entity that can employ an approved inspection agency.
◉ Jurisdictional/Municipal Inspections, Structural observation
Answer: Types of inspections that special inspections are in addition
to.
◉ Fine details, Broad details
Answer: What special inspections review compared to jurisdictional
inspections.
◉ Register Design Professional, Building Official
Answer: Entities that must be notified when nonconforming items
are not corrected.
, ◉ Registered design professional
Answer: The individual who prepares the statement of special
inspections submitted by the permit applicant.
◉ Building official, Registered design professional, and other
designated people
Answer: Recipients of inspection reports (progress reports) from
the special inspector.
◉ Registered Design professional
Answer: The individual who performs a structural observation.
◉ Continuous special inspection
Answer: A full-time observation of work requiring special
inspection.
◉ No. (isolated spread footings) IBC 1705.3
Answer: The answer to whether special inspection is required for
concrete placement of 3000 psi concrete in isolated spread footings
for a single story warehouse.
◉ Periodic special inspection
EXAM CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND CODE
INTERPRETATION
◉ Structural observations employment
Answer: The building owner shall employ an engineer to perform
structural observations.
◉ Non destructive testing (NDT)
Answer: Personnel must be qualified in accordance with criteria of
AWS D1.1 and ASNT SNT-TC-1A or ANSI/ASNT CP-189.
◉ Special inspection during fabrication
Answer: Not required when work is done at an approved fabricator's
facility.
◉ Special inspector experience
Answer: Relevant when the documented experience or training is
related in complexity to work to be performed.
◉ Construction accessibility
,Answer: Construction requiring special inspection must remain
accessible and exposed until completion of required special
inspections or tests.
◉ Special Inspectors
Answer: Individuals responsible for overseeing specific aspects of
construction to ensure compliance with regulations.
◉ Objective, Competent, and Independent from the contractor
Answer: Requirements that a Special Inspection Agency must show
to be approved by the building department.
◉ Approved Special Inspection Agencies
Answer: Entities that shall keep records of special inspections and
tests.
◉ Building Official
Answer: The authority to whom a special inspector must
demonstrate competence.
◉ Plans, specifications
Answer: Documents that the special inspector observes for
compliance with the building official's approval.
,◉ Contractor
Answer: The individual who must be immediately informed of all
nonconforming items.
◉ Approved plans
Answer: Plans that have been approved by the governing
jurisdiction.
◉ Owner or Owner's agent
Answer: The entity that can employ an approved inspection agency.
◉ Jurisdictional/Municipal Inspections, Structural observation
Answer: Types of inspections that special inspections are in addition
to.
◉ Fine details, Broad details
Answer: What special inspections review compared to jurisdictional
inspections.
◉ Register Design Professional, Building Official
Answer: Entities that must be notified when nonconforming items
are not corrected.
, ◉ Registered design professional
Answer: The individual who prepares the statement of special
inspections submitted by the permit applicant.
◉ Building official, Registered design professional, and other
designated people
Answer: Recipients of inspection reports (progress reports) from
the special inspector.
◉ Registered Design professional
Answer: The individual who performs a structural observation.
◉ Continuous special inspection
Answer: A full-time observation of work requiring special
inspection.
◉ No. (isolated spread footings) IBC 1705.3
Answer: The answer to whether special inspection is required for
concrete placement of 3000 psi concrete in isolated spread footings
for a single story warehouse.
◉ Periodic special inspection
