Navigating the City of Vancouver Web Site

One of the more frustration aspects of being a novice Owner/Builder in Vancouver is dealing with the City of Vancouver web site.

There does not appear to be a logical and easy way to navigate the site to find detailed information about the building process in terms of finding out details about the inspection process and what one needs to prepare for.

For instance tomorrow we have the NEC (non encroachment certificate) inspection. Try searching for this on the city web site and you will find a reference to this certificate but no explanation about what it is, what the inspection covers, and most importantly what you need to prepare for in advance of the permit. All that I have been able to figure out is that it is required once the foundation wall forms have been stripped, and before framing is to begin.

In a future post I plan on creating a set of links to help others (and me in the future) navigate to relevant information on the site.