And the Boom Town Hail Storm award goes to . . . Building Services!
Not sure what this press conference is all about, but I can make some educated guesses;
News conference to announce another record breaker for Sioux Falls
I’m assuming it is due to Sioux Falls breaking the building permits record issued this year, not sure though.
As we all know, city officials have already said it would not have happened if we didn’t have the hail storms.
So I ask the question? Is this something we should be celebrating? Why not just a nice press release that says this;
Sioux Falls has once again broke the building permits issued record this year. Unfortunately it has cost insurance companies and individual homeowners millions due to hail storm repairs. While we applaud this achievement, we are sorry to say it is at the detriment of our citizens due to a natural disaster.
I guess it goes back to what I said the other day, there is positive and negative, and there is fact or fiction.
As I suspected, they kind of blew off the reshingling permits;
‘The issuance of thousands of reshingling permits resulting from the June hail storm is a factor in this year’s record construction valuation. However, the more than $73 million of construction valuation for those permits is only 12 percent of the $593 million total.’
Ah, ONLY $73 million! Well let’s do the math, without them we would have came in at $520 million, $68 million under last year’s record. But hey, who cares about $73 million 🙁
http://www.siouxfalls.org/news/2014/12/18/building-permit-record.aspx
At least now you can occupy new construction with a temporary permit. The 28 events at Sanford Center have been without a final inspection permit. Apparently, all you have to do is buy a temporary certificate from a code enforcer.