A professional who inspects and oversees construction of bridges, buildings, dams, highways, and other types of construction work to ensure that procedures and materials comply with plans and specifications. Responsibilities include:

• Measures distances to verify accuracy of dimensions of structural installations and layouts.
• Verifies levels, alignment, and elevation of installations, using surveyor's level and transit.
• Observes work in progress to ensure that procedures followed and materials used conform to specifications.
• Prepares samples of unapproved materials for laboratory testing.
• Examines quality of finished installations for conformity to standard and approves installation.
• Interprets blueprints and specifications for contractor and discusses deviations from specified construction procedures to ensure compliance with regulations governing construction.
• Records quantities of materials received or used during specified periods.
• Maintains daily log of construction and inspection activities and compares progress reports.
• Computes monthly estimates of work completed and approves payment for contractors.
• Prepares sketches of construction installations that deviate from blueprints and reports such changes for incorporation on master blueprints.
• May be designated according to structure or material inspected as Building-Construction Inspector; Ditch Inspector; Highway Inspector; Masonry Inspector; Reinforced-Concrete Inspector; Rod Inspector.
• May be designated.
• Responsibilities include:
• Pipeline Inspector; Structural-Steel Inspector; Tunnel-Heading Inspector.