“Everyone Loves to Blame the Inspector”  was presented on the Main Stage of the Atlanta Garden & Patio Show on Thursday, February 7, 2008, 4:00 P.M., at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The panel topic for this presentation was Code Secrets: Who’s Right? Which Code is Followed? The Effect on Real Estate.  The following were part of our panel.

Gary W. Englebert

Gary Englebert is one of 31 Master Code Professionals in the State of Georgia and is the Chief Building Inspector for DeKalb County. Gary has 8 years as a government inspector and 25 years experience in residential and commercial construction. He is a Former licensee for a commercial and residential contractor and home inspector in North Carolina.

Gary has performed over 1500 private home inspections in Metro Atlanta. He is the President of Metro Atlanta Inspectors Association (MAIA). He is a Board Member of Building Officials Association of Georgia and a Board Member of ICC Region 8.

Gary holds the following ICC Certifications: Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner, Building Inspector, Building Plans Examiner, Certified Building Code Official, Certified Building Official, Certified Electrical Code Official, Certified Housing Code Official, Certified Mechanical Code Official, Certified Plumbing Code Official, Coastal & Floodplain Construction Inspector, Combination Inspector,  Combination Plans Examiner, Commercial Combination Inspector, Commercial Electrical Inspector, Commercial Energy Inspector, Electrical Inspector, Electrical Plans Examiner, Master Code Professional, Mechanical Inspector, Mechanical Plans Examiner, Permit Technician, Plumbing Inspector, Plumbing Plans Examiner, Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector, Residential Building Inspector, Residential Combination Inspector, Residential Electrical Inspector, Residential Energy Inspector/Plans Examiner, Residential Mechanical Inspector, Residential Plumbing Inspector, Zoning Inspector.

Frank is Code Certified – ICC, a Professional Member of the Georgia Association of Home Inspectors (GAHI), ASHI GA and the International Code Congress. He is a member of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and a member of the Southern Building Code Congress. He is also a New Construction Specialist.

Will Colley, CEO, started his real estate career in Atlanta in 1991. He has a diverse real estate background ranging from broker to appraiser to commercial real estate lender to developer. He has worked with companies such as Buckhead Brokers, Wachovia, and In-Town Development. He started Buckhead Real Estate Group (now ERA Buckhead Realty) in 1995. Since then, ERA Buckhead Realty has grown to a full-service real estate brokerage and one of the top 25 brokerages in Georgia. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of ERA Buckhead Realty. Will graduated from the University of Georgia in 1990 with a Bachelors of Business Administration. He received a Masters of Science in Real Estate from Georgia State in 1996. Will married Rae Carlton in 1992 and they have four children: Jackson, Grace, Carlton, and Isabelle.

David Ellis joined the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association as Executive Vice President in May 2005. He has served over 17 years as an executive with local building industry organizations. David was recognized by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as the best new Executive Officer in the nation and in 2003 was honored as NAHB’s Executive Officer of the Year. He is a board member for the NAHB Executive Officers Council, Home Aid Atlanta, the Housing Institute, the livable Communities Coalition, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership and the Southface Energy Institute. David graduated cum laude from Furman University with a B.A. degree in History. He has been married 19 years and has two beautiful girls, Lila (4) and Ansley (2).

Daniel J. Weidmann, CR, CAPS, is the President/COO of Weidmann & Associates, Inc. and the current President of the Atlanta Chapter of  the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Daniel has a BS, in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, from Purdue University, 1982 and graduated from JD, University of Florida College of Law, 1991.

Daniel is a Certified Remodeler, National Association of the remodeling Industry, 2003, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist, National Association of Home Builders, 2007. He is a member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), National Association of Home Builders and the Better Business Bureau.