Denver / Colorado / United States
C-West is an employee owned company, providing services to the Code Enforcement profession. The owners have been providing Code Review and Consulting services to various State, Municipal, and County agencies in the Colorado area for the past 25 years.Gary J. Nickerson is a Registered Architect and ICC Certified Plans Examiner with 16 years of experience related directly to Code Consulting and a previous 10 years in the practice of Architecture. Garys experience has included providing plan reviews on numerous projects for the State of Colorado, including multiple higher education campus facilities and youth and adult correctional facilities. Gary was the contract Program Manager for the State of Colorado ADA Program for removal of barriers at State facilities. In addition Gary has provided reviews of many commercial projects including offices, health care, casinos, hotels, and elderly housing facilities.Ron M. Drey, CBO, has been actively involved in code administration, plan review, building inspection, and code development for over 25 years. Maintaining ICC certification as a plans examiner, building inspector and as an accessibility specialist, Ron also is certified by the International Code Council as a Certified Building Official. Additionally, the Masonry Industry has certified Ron as a structural masonry special inspector. He has taught the Uniform Building Code at Front Range Community College in Westminster, CO and in September 1999 completed three years of service on ICBOs "International Building Code Occupancies Technical Review Committee." Ron currently serves on the International Existing Buildings Code committee. Rons expertise includes health care facilities, hazardous materials production facilities, multi-family housing, single family housing, and other commercial and industrial type projects.These individuals combine their expertise with a network of licensed Engineers to form an experienced team to review for compliance with the Uniform family of Codes as well as the new International family of codes.C-West provides review of projects submitted for permit to Building Departments. Each project is reviewed with strict adherence to our company policy of independent objectivity as a third party. Projects have ranged from the simple to the complex across all occupancy classifications and Types of Construction. Our wide exposure and expertise allows us to provide impartial and comprehensive plan reviews clearly indicating the building classification and documenting noted deficiencies. Our reviews are individually prepared for each project and are not generated from standard checklists or pre-formatted comments. Our Plan Review Reports are written to provide the Building Official, and design team, with a clear and concise understanding of the issues. Comments from each discipline are grouped together for easy reference and each comment references a specific item in the plans or specifications as well as the Code reference.To provide complete coverage of all adopted codes each plan is typically reviewed by an ICC Certified Plans Examiner in addition to a Mechanical Engineer, an Electrical Engineer, and a Structural Engineer. No additional fees are charged for the multi-discipline review.On larger and complex projects C-West is available to join the Building Official in preliminary meetings with the project developers as well as provide preliminary reviews of progress drawings, again at no additional cost. We have found that this is an excellent way of bringing potential issues to the front and avoiding difficulties at permit submittal.Our Plan Reviewers utilize the Codes as adopted by your jurisdiction including the Uniform and International series of Codes as well as the National Electrical Code and CABO/ANSI A117.1 Accessibility Standard. Reviews will incorporate amendments as provided by your jurisdiction.Plan reviews are typically accomplished within 10 working days. Utilization of courier services, and Fed-
