Certified by the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors - Click here to verify.
*** As of September 1st, 2011 ***

All home inspection businesses and inspectors must now be licensed by the Government of Alberta. This has left some inspectors scrambling to get a license because they did not meet the minimum qualifications! Our business license# is 332550 and inspector license# 332551.  STRAND is proud to advise clients that we voluntarily inspect to C.A.H.P.I.®, A.S.H.I.® standards and belong to the following professional associations;

C.A.H.P.I.®- Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors
Inter N.A.C.H.I.® - InterNational Association of Certified Home Inspectors

Education
- CPI® (Certified Professional Inspector®)
- Carson-Dunlop Engineering home inspection program 540 hours - 96%
(4,736 pages, 176 quizzes, 31 one hour tests, 37 field exercises)
Roofing - 95%
Structure - 95%
Electrical - 97%
Heating 1 - 97%
Heating 2 - 97%
Air conditioning and heat pumps - 98%
Plumbing - 97%
Exterior - 97%
Insulation & interiors - 92%
Communications and professional practice - 98%
- CAHPI® Exam A - 86%
- CAHPI® Exam B - 77%
- Alberta Building Codes Part 9 Term 1 (487 pages) - 96%
- Alberta Building Codes Part 9 Term 2 (832 pages) - In progress
- InterNACHI® CPI® certification exam - 94%
- InterNACHI® Standards of Practice exam - 92%
- InterNACHI® Ethics Obstacle course - Passed
- InterNACHI® "Safe Practices for the Home Inspector" course - 97%
- InterNACHI® "25 Standards" course - 94%
- InterNACHI® "Standards of Practice" course - 95%

Additional
- C.M.H.C. (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Canadian Wood Frame House Construction
Residential Ventilation Requirements
Residential Wood I-Joist Floor Systems
Building Solutions
- RCMP 'recognizing marijuana grow-ops' seminar
- Mycology (mould) remediation seminar
- 3D inspection system premiere software with pocket PC implementation
- "Illustrated Home" library of over 1,500 drawings and illustrations from Carson-Dunlop Engineering
- Building and construction supply business owner for past 14 years
- 222 hour computer networking certificate from S.A.I.T. (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology)
- Computer programming courses from S.A.I.T.
- Certificates for Microsoft Access level 2 and Excel level 3 from Nexient Learning
- Dangerous goods awareness and handling training at Tomark Compliance Centre
- Born & raised in Calgary
Credentials
STRAND Home Inspections Inc.
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Updated January 30th, 2012
Inspecting to CAHPI®/ASHI® Standards
 
 

Inspection Equipment (all non-invasive)

- Education, experience and common sense!
- Dell Axim 624Mhz pocket PC and 3D Inspection mobile software
For on-site data collection and extensive reference materials
Ensures a thorough, consistent & complete inspection every time
- Digital carbon monoxide detector (deadly combustion by-product)
- Digital moisture detector
- Combustible gas detector (natural gas, propane etc.)
- Digital anemometer (air flow, volume, speed & temperature)
- Fluke laser digital distance meter
- Digital stem thermometers
- Standard and GFCI electrical receptacle tester
- Non-contact voltage detector
- Inductive pick up digital clamp meter (amperage/voltage etc.)
- Infrared non-contact digital thermometer w/thermocouple
- High power, military grade LED flash and head light(s)
- Canon SX210 IS digital camera with 14X optical zoom
- High power binoculars
- Levels, square (and a marble!)
- Little Giant™ 17' folding/telescoping ladder, 32' extension ladder
- Inspection mirrors