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City Departments

Building Department

Staff
Wayne R Jewell, CBO Building Official (248) 796-4110
Kerry Comerford, CBO Assistant Building Official (248) 796-4111
Mark Pilot Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4124
Don Jones Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4123
Joseph Tomczak Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4126
Albert Boscaglia, CBO Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4122
David Blakeman Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4121
Terry Morrone Building Inspector/Plan Examiner (248) 796-4127
Tom Black Electrical Inspector (248) 796-4112
Alan Sawinski Electrical Inspector (248) 796-4119
Paul Frost Plumbing Inspector (248) 796-4116
Steve Deckard Plumbing Inspector (248) 796-4114
Keith Rosen Mechanical Inspector (248) 796-4118
Ed Gardella Sign Inspector (248) 796-4117
Greg Sherman Housing Inspector (248) 796-4173
Lorna Boulware Housing Analyst (248) 796-4177
Susan Armstrong Building Department Specialist (248) 796-4107
Connie Mays  Department Secretary  (248) 796-4106
Ida White Zoning Board of Appeals  (248) 796-4104
Pat Watson  Counter Clerk  (248) 796-4102
Madaline Fagan  Counter Clerk (248) 796-4103
Main Department Number  (248) 796-4100
Department Fax (248) 796-4105
 
 

Did You Know?

  • Temperature of water and time until skin damage
  • 120°                        4 minutes and 50 seconds
  • 125°                        50 seconds
  • 130°                        15 seconds
  • 135°                        5.5 seconds
  • 140°                        2.6 seconds
  • Greater than 140°     Less than 1 second

  • Residential plans are required to be kept by the Building Department for 10 years. As a courtesy, the plans are returned to the property owner after that time period.

  • The required width of an exit door in a residential home is 3 feet. This dimension was based on the ability to get a coffin through the door.

  • It's OK to be square.....sometimes.
    When the top and bottom are the same length and the sides are identical the job should be square (90 degree angles).

  • The weight of one cubic foot of concrete weighs 150 pounds.

  • The weight of the average house is 40 pounds per square foot.

  • The Building Code of Hammurabi, King of the Babylonian Empire, is the earliest known written Building Code of Law, written in 2200 B.C. It is noted that exact requirements for construction are not given; rather, the code assesses penalties if the building is not properly constructed. An example: In Hammurabi’s kingdom the ultimate penalty for unsafe construction was death.