About the Author
Tony Falcone, CBO, is the chief building official with California Code Check Inc., which provides prompt, courteous, professional services to governmental agencies in order to facilitate development with comprehensive code compliance. A building official with more than 35 years of building safety experience — serving in both city and county jurisdictions as building official, manager, supervisor, plans examiner, project inspector and building inspector — his career has been dedicated to protecting health, life and safety through the education, application and enforcement of building codes.