Qualifications for Mark Cramer,
President, Mark Cramer Inspection Services, Inc.
Construction and Home Inspection Experience
1989 to present: Full time home inspector. Primary business is home inspection, commercial building inspection and new construction inspection.
Performs new construction inspections for individual building homes. Interact with builders and municipal building departments re: building code compliance.
1985 to 1995: Renovated and sold single-family homes. Construction and carpentry contractor.
Serves as expert witness in legal cases involving construction defects and home inspection.
Performs quality control inspections for high-end home builder.
Licenses & Certifications
FL State Certified Residential Contractor (CRC042482) since 1987
Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) Certified Building Inspector (#4873)
Certified by the SBCCI as a Coastal Construction Inspector (Hurricane Resistant Construction SSTD 10-93.)
Certified Member American Society of Home Inspectors (#012085 )
Registered Professional Inspector #RPI-0456, Florida Association of Building Inspectors.
Professional Organizations
American Society of Home Inspectors
Florida Association of Building Inspectors, Professional Member
Southern Building Code Congress International.
International Association of Electrical Inspectors.
Suncoast Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors.
International Code Council Professional Member #5143576
2001 Monohan Award winner, American Society of Home Inspectors.
2001 ASHIs Presidents Award winner, American Society of Home Inspectors.
Offices
1995 President of the Suncoast Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors. Served as Chapter Vice President, Secretary and Director in past years.
Former Director, Florida Association of Building Inspectors.
1996 Council of Representative and Director, American Society of Home Inspectors.
1997 National Secretary of the American Society of Home Inspectors.
1998 National Vice President of the American Society of Home Inspectors.
1999 President Elect of the American Society of Home Inspectors.
2000 National President, American Society of Home Inspectors.
2001 Past President, American Society of Home Inspectors.
Committees
1995: Chairman National Technical Committee, American Society of Home Inspectors.
1995-1997: ASHI Reporter review committee.
1994-97 System operator for American Society of Home Inspectors On-Line, the nationwide computer bulletin board system for American Society of Home Inspectors membership.
1998 to present. Administrator, American Society of Home Inspectors web site forum.
1997 American Society of Home Inspectors Homeowner's Insurance Task Force
1997 to present: Chairman of American Society of Home Inspectors Web Site Task Force
1996-99 American Society of Home Inspectors Standards Committee.
1999-2003 American Society of Home Inspectors Standards Committee
1997 Served on American Society of Home Inspectors Strategic Planning Task Force
1997 American Society of Home Inspectors National Conference Planning Committee
1998 Chairman of American Society of Home Inspectors National Conference Planning Committee
1998-2001 Member Finance Committee, American Society of Home Inspectors
1998-99 Member American Society of Home Inspectors National Home Inspectors Exam Development Committee
2000 Served on American Society of Home Inspectors Strategic Planning Task Force
1998-2001 Served on American Society of Home Inspectors Finance Committee
2001 Member American Society of Home Inspectors Executive Director Evaluation Task Force
2002 Chairman American Society of Home Inspectors Executive Director Evaluation Task Force
1997-2001 Member American Society of Home Inspectors Leadership task force
Education
1971 Graduated Long Beach High School, Long Beach, NY
Continuing Education
1987 - 14 hours
1988 - 14 hours
1989 - 14 hours
1990 -14 hours
1991 - 14 hours
1992 - 80 hours
1993 - 119 hours
1994 - 115 hours
1995 - 79 hours
1996 - 67 hours
1997 - 76 hours
1998 - 45 hours
1999 - 35 hours
2000 - 38 hours
2001 - 54 hours
2002 - 30+ hours
2003 - 30+ hours
2004 - 30+ hours
2005 - 30+ hours
Teaching Experience
1999 to present: Administrator and lead instructor at Inspection Training Associates, Tampa, a licensed post-secondary school specializing in training home inspectors. Classroom teaching exceeds 500 hours per year.
1999 to present: Create and edit training materials for classroom instruction.
1999 to present: Conduct field training for Inspection Training Associates students.
1995 to present: Instructor at ASHI chapter seminars, FABI seminars, international seminars, and at American Society of Home Inspectors annual conference.
2003 Presented seminar session New Construction Inspection at Florida Association of Building Inspectors seminar.
2003 Presented seminar sessions at World Inspection Network annual conference.
2003 Presented seminar sessions “Analyzing Cracks – Major Foundation Failures and Inspecting Air Conditioning Systems” at Inspection Training Associates National conference.
2003 Presented seminar session “Inspecting Pools” at Octoberspect, Florida ASHI conference.
2004 Presented seminar session at “Analyzing Cracks” American Society of Home Inspectors Annual conference.
2004 Presented seminar session “Effective Report Writing” at American Society of Home Inspectors Annual conference.
2004 Presented seminar session “Analyzing Cracks” at South Carolina Association of Home Inspectors
2004 Presented seminar session “Advanced Air-Conditioning – Beyond the Basics” at South Carolina Association of Home inspectors.
2004 Presented seminar session “Inspecting Shingle Roofs” at SunTech seminar, Suncoast Chapter American Society of Home Inspectors.
2004 Presented seminar session “Effective Report Writing” at SunTech seminar, Suncoast Chapter American Society of Home Inspectors.
2004 Presented seminar sessions “Effective Report Writing, Advanced Air-conditioning – Beyond the Basics, and Analyzing Cracks” at Arkansas Association of Real Estate Inspectors.
2004 Presented seminar session “Effective Report Writing” at Mid Atlantic Chapter of ASHI spring seminar
2004 Presented seminar session “Effective Report Writing” at Inspection Training Associates National Conference.
2005 Presented seminar session "Inspecting Hard Coat Stucco" at SunTech seminar, Suncoast Chapter of American Society of Home Inspectors
2005 Presented seminar session "Inspecting Hard Coat Stucco" at Florida Association of Building Inspector seminar.
2006 Presented seminar session “Effective Report Writing” at American Society of Home Inspectors Annual conference.
Miscellaneous
Author of the Intelligent Reporter software system for producing inspection reports.
Authored numerous articles on various inspection topics published in The ASHI Reporter.
2001 Appeared on Dateline NBC, MSNBC and Today Show stories on Builders Warranties
Recent Expert Witness Experience
1997 -2001 Rivero vs. Bertea, et al, 10th Circuit Case # Gc-G-98-881
1998 Pavers by Design vs. Dr. Brain Pierpont 6th Circuit Testified at trial 6/8/98, Judge Radford Smith
1999 Farley vs. Scott Van Scoyks Roofing, Inc. Roofing 6th Circuit Case # 98-1379CC
1999 Golobish Construction vs. Michael and Daphne Sher 6th Circuit Case # 97-002088-CI-20
1999 Cashavelly & Marciante vs. City of Gulfport 6th Circuit Case # 98-03958-CI-8
2001 Chris McDermott vs. John and Paula Kartsares
2000-2001 Costanza Building Co. vs. Gen Dev Corporation. 6th Circuit Case # 00-04643-CI-15
1999-2001 Fireline Construction vs. Senda Warren. Testified at trial 6/01/01, Judge Rieves
2002 Ellis vs. Ericson Circuit Court Case # 98-3761-CI-8
Pines Carter of FL, Inc. vs. Martin-Young Co. Inc. 6th Circuit Case #02-5006-CI-07
2003 Toma & Lula Kalaj vs. Flooring & More, Inc., d/b/a First Flooring and Design, Inc. Small Claims Division, Pinellas County Court #03-001208SC-SC-045
2002-3 Vanater vs. Jamboree Builders
2005 Served as Arbitrator in case involving home inspector - client dispute
2005 Suncoast Ventures of Sea Pines LLC vs. Lewis Thibeault, Linda Thibeault and Jimmy Pate vs. Bill Nelson, William Sexton and Jeff Anderson 6th Circuit case # 04-8429-CI-19
