Pace Of Inspections During Building Boom May Pose Threats For Recent New-Home Buyers

In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Business Press reports:

• Southern Nevada's building boom is bust and the foreclosure chickens are home to roost. Some industry experts now wonder if other consequences arising from the valley's long golden age of construction are also coming back to haunt valley consumers. The number of local construction-defect lawsuits has risen alongside the valley's population. And one reason for this may be the heavy regulatory burden assumed by the area's building and safety officials who oversaw all the area development.

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• Construction consultant Neil Opfer is concerned that the torrid pace of inspections in recent years may pose construction quality and safety threats today.

For more, see Ghosts from the boom (Quality and safety concerns arise as officials recount days of high-volume building inspections).