Originally Posted by
Scott Patterson
While that is true, I think it all boils down to interpretation and the fact that the AHJ is the voice of authority even if they are wrong.
True, they are the "voice of authority", and, when wrong, they need to be prompted, prodded, cajoled, poked at, reminded, etc., as necessary to make them realize that they are wrong.
Only then will things change.
Sometimes, many times, it is up to us (HIs) to do that prompting, prodding, cajoling, poking, reminding, etc., and do it in a way which gets the HI and the AHJ to know each other and so the AHJ does not resent, despise, or other pooh-pooh what the HI says, only then will an exchange of information be possible.