About Us Tom Maides draws on a combination of formal education, and years of construction, Home inspection & testing experience. Qualifications include: B.S. North Carolina State University Tennessee State Building Inspector (#418) ASHI Member (#103114) ICC (International Code Congress) Tennessee Home Inspector License (License #57) A licensed Building Contractor in the State of Tennessee (#41012) SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress which is now the International Code Congress (ICC) Chief Building Code Analyst (#532) Building Plans Examiner One and Two Family Dwelling Inspector (#2198) Housing and Rehabilitation Inspector (#1723) In addition, Tom served as a municipal building inspector for the City of Sevierville, TN for over 7 years. Tom has been performing Home Inspections in East Tennessee since 1993. Expert, experienced, unbiased, professional, we follow the technical and ethical standards of the American Society of Home Inspectors (or ASHI) as well as Tennessee State requirements. As a consultant to attorneys, mortgage & insurance companies, Tom specializes in analyzing building failures, log home construction, modular construction, commercial buildings, latent new home defects, and new home building technologies and techniques.