Jim:

TRCC requires that any inspections performed on new construction be by ICC R-5-certified inspectors. Since TRCC is the (lame ass) agency in charge of residential construction in Texas I would guess that their word is final.

You may be able to skirt this issue with a TREC license, unless of course you end up in court. There the plaintiff's attorney will hand you your ass once you explain that you've no proper certification.

Additionally, many builders in the D/FW area require proof of ICC R-5 certification as well as general liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 for new construction inspectors - as they should. When I was building homes I would have cut a handle in a 2X4 and whipped the snot out of any sorry, no count Realtor-courting TREC inspector wannabe who had the gall to pretend to know something about building MY houses . . .

Aaron