Has anyone dealt with the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors?

[ScottK]

Are all they all pompous and officious or is it just the executive assistants?

I just got ripped a new one for only providing directions to one of the two hotels listed on our application.

[ScottK]

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I was told that they flat out would not schedule the inspection until they had MAPS to the hotels from the closest airport and from the hotels to the plant.

not directions... MAPS.

Is this standard practice for registrars and inspection bodies these days?
In my past experience the addresses for the hotels and written directions from hotel to the plant were enough.
Wouldn't it be just as easy for them to google a map (which is all I did, copied a google map and made it a pdf).

My contact actually asked if I intenended to amend our application based on hotel selection. How is that for inflexibility?

Gads, I hope the inspectors are little more reasonable.

I mean, we're the customer here, right? We're paying for their services, right?

[Cordon]

Originally Posted by Discordian

We're paying for their services, right?

Maybe they don't need the buisiness.

[Randy]

A-wipes that exist at the same level of leaches (at least the ones I met a few years back). I've met some of the brethern a time or two. The ones I dealt with looked upon themselves as Manna from Heaven to industry.

My personal opinion of course......

[SteelMaiden]

probably related to some of the people who do nqa-1 audits.

Just remember, not every one of these types are bad eggs.

[Coury Ferguson]

Originally Posted by Discordian

To expand...

I was told that they flat out would not schedule the inspection until they had MAPS to the hotels from the closest airport and from the hotels to the plant.

not directions... MAPS.

Is this standard practice for registrars and inspection bodies these days?
In my past experience the addresses for the hotels and written directions from hotel to the plant were enough.
Wouldn't it be just as easy for them to google a map (which is all I did, copied a google map and made it a pdf).

My contact actually asked if I intenended to amend our application based on hotel selection. How is that for inflexibility?

Gads, I hope the inspectors are little more reasonable.

I mean, we're the customer here, right? We're paying for their services, right?

I would have sent them the link to MapQuest or Rand McNally.