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Homeinspectors®
P.O.Box 4127
Elmira, NY 14904
607-734-7900
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PROFESSIONAL
HOME INSPECTOR QUALIFICATIONS
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Home Inspector:
Richard A. Bates
President/CEO - Bates Consulting, Inc. & Home Inspectors®
Member of NACHI
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Phone:
Toll free:
Fax:
Address: |
607-734-7900
800-924-7902
866-391-0869
Fairway Ave. Elmira, NY 14904 |
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Inspectors® is a registered trademark, registered
by Richard Bates. |
EXPERIENCE:
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1987-present
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structural, mechanical, and environmental inspection and consulting
service. Complete written evaluations furnished on residential,
commercial, and industrial projects. Maintain database library
to assist banks, lawyers, insurance companies, and contractors.
Instruct, supervise, and coordinate engineers, architects, and
other specialized professionals in the field of structural,
mechanical, and environmental evaluations. Has personally performed
over seven thousand inspections from indoor air quality to construction
performance reports. Has developed programs to integrate environmental
health & safety inspections into the health care industry.
Featured presenter and speaker for professional inspection organizations
across North America. Regularly conducts training workshops
and seminars throughout the U.S. Has produced numerous audio
and video training tape programs concerning inspections. |
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TECHNICAL CONSULTANT:
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- Litigation
witness in structural, mechanical, environmental cases
- Consultant & trouble shooter for contractors and material suppliers
- Consultant
to engineers & managers of manufacturing facilities
- Consultant
to Realtors, Appraisers, Bankers, and Lawyers
- Furnished
statistics to trade organizations for training
- Furnished
field data & support for NYS Energy Office Training
Courses
- Inspected
luxury hotels in Cancun, Mexico for Mexican Government
- Regional
inspector for Real Estate Support Services (RESS)
- Regional
inspector for Residential Inspection Technologies (RES-I-TEC)
- Regional
inspector for U.S. Toxic Substance Testing Bureau
- NYS
hot Line representative for Environmental Assessment Assoc.
- Interviewed
by regional newspaper - structural & environmental issues
- Featured
presenter at Environmental North American Expo
- Featured
presenter for Environmental Education Foundation & EPA
- Featured
presenter for Real Estate Expos & Conferences
- Chairman
of Real Estate Expo & Conference - Las Vegas, NV
- Chairman
of Environmental Conference - Puerto Rico
- Internet
consultant for structural, mechanical, environmental issues
- Regularly
has published articles in "Environmental Times" international newspaper
- Author
of (4) structural, mechanical, & environmental inspection
training manuals
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1991-present
1990-present
1987-1991
1987-present
1988-1992
1988-1992
1992
1988-1998
1991-1994
1993-1998
1993-present
1991-present
1994
1995-1999
1995-1996
1995 & 1999
1997
1995-present
1995-1999
1996-present |
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INSTRUCTOR:
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- Numerous
home buyer workshops for various agencies & organizations
- Design & classroom instruction of "Suspected Asbestos
Materials in Buildings"
- Design & classroom instruction of "Residential Electrical
Course"
- Design & classroom instruction of "How to Tell the Age
of Residential Dwellings"
- Design & classroom instruction of "Heating Codes for Inspectors"
- Design & classroom instruction of "Environmental Impact
on Banking"
- Design & classroom instruction of "Performing Phase I
Environmental Assessments"
- Classroom
instruction of Environmental Phase I Certification course
- Design & classroom instruction of "Performing Effective
Home Inspections"
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1988-present
1989
1991
1991
1991
1992-present
1994-present
1994-present
1996-present
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SPECIALIZED
TRAINING:
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- State
University of New York - Degree in Land Development
Includes classroom & field work in surveying, soils,
geology, drainage, well & septic systems, site analysis,
construction, entomology, plant pathology, botany, environmental
contaminants including insecticides, herbicides, & fungicides.
- NYS
Academy of Fire Science Certificates in Code Enforcement
Practices:
- NYS
Energy Office courses: Energy Conservation Code, Oil Heating,
Installation of
Steam Boilers, Multi-Family Energy Efficiency, Reducing
Indoor Radon
- NYSTAR
certified - program for indoor air quality and super insulated
homes
- Certified
Construction Inspector (CCI) designation #3508
- Certified
Environmental Inspector (CEI) designation #8786
- Specialty
Hydronic Heating workshops - European Techniques
- Employee
Relocation Council National Home Inspection Format 1992
- Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) - "New & Historic Building
Accessibility"
- International
Ground Source Heat Pump Assoc. certification #11932-694.
Certified in
design, construction, & trouble shooting of geothermal
heating systems.
- Work
with environmental physicians on national preventive medicine
programs
- Registered
Home Inspector (RHI) #2718
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1978
1988
1988-1991
1991
1992
1992
1992-1993
1992
1994
1994-present
1995
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AWARDS:
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- International
Environmental Assessment Association "Special Service
Recognition and
in Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions Over the Years
to the Environmental
Inspection Industry"
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1995
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COMMUNITY &
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
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- Member
Association of Construction Inspectors
- Member
Environmental Assessment Association, president 1996-97
- Near
Westside Historic Neighborhood Association
- Member
Housing Inspection Foundation, president 1999
- Member
Conference of Construction & Environmental Consultants
International
- Habitat
for Humanity - family selection committee
- Environmental
Educational Foundation, director
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1992-present
1992-present
1994-present
1995-present
1996
1996-1997
1997-2000 |
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SAMPLE
LIST OF HOME INSPECTION CLIENTS
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RELOCATION COMPANIES: |
GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCIES: |
- Associates
Relocation
- Century 21 Relocation
- Coldwell Banker Relocation
- Commonwealth Relocation
- Executive Relocation Management
- Genesis Relocation
- Maenner Relocation
- PHH Home Equity
- Prudential Relocation Management
- Real Estate Support Services
- U.S. Toxic Substance Testing Bureau
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- Environmental
Protection Agency
- Housing & Urban Development
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Postal Service
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- U.S. Social Security Administration
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U. S. CORPORATIONS:
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ABB
Traction
Agway
ATT Communications
Black & Decker
Conrail
Contel Cellular
Corning Inc
Corning Natural Gas
Dames & Moore Eng.
Digital Equipment
Dresser Rand
DuPont Chemical
Frito Lay
Gannett Publishing
GTE
Hills Dept. Stores
IBM |
Intel
Corporation
Ingersoll Rand
J.C. Penney
John G. Ullman & Associates
Leprino Foods
Mac Millan Bloedel
Merck Pharmaceuticals
NYS Electric & Gas
Oscar Meyer
Osram Sylvania
Phillip Morris
Smith Corona
Sun Petroleum
Toshiba
Toys R Us
UPS
Westinghouse |
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Numerous
local, regional, national & international banks
Numerous credit unions & mortgage companies
Numerous attorneys & financial investment firms
Approved expert witness in Chemung & Steuben County area
courts
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