Building official signed off on permit to stock and train at new courthouse

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Permission to stock and train. It's a document that allows a contractor, tenant or owner to essentially move into and start employee training at a new building.

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The permit for the new courthouse shows Margaret Simone from Turner Construction requested it. It appears COJ inspector Robert Woods signed it, and the head of the building department Jim Shock gave approval.

But the fire marshal's signature is absent from the permit. The fire marshal's signature is on other Stock and Train documents obtained by First Coast News.

The director of the city's Planning and Developement Department Calvin Burney said the stock and train permit was approved a couple of days afterthere was a coordination meetingat the courthouse. "All the players were around the table, there were no objections issued," said Burney.

David Decamp with the mayor's office said Wednesday night that Schock signed off on the Stock and Train form after getting a verbal ok from each of the inspectors. Schock checked the box for the fire marshal due to the discussions at the coordination meeting on May 15.

We obtained a stock and train permit application form for the Primrose School being built on Southside on Hodges near Butler Blvd. A number of inspectors checked off and signed the form before the permit was issued.

"The city of Jacksonville is pretty thorough," said Susan Muller who is building her third Jacksonville area Primrose pre-school. Several inspectors came to check and sign off before permission was granted for stock and train.

"It was extremely thorough," said Jarod Kemp of VJA Construction. "We took about a week to go through the inspecdtion process, (They don't let you cut any corners?) We don't cut any corners. (No inspectors here were missing?) No sir."

City of Jacksonville Councilman Matt Schellenberg said even though Shock signed this form, he believes someone else is responsible.

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Building official signed off on permit to stock and train at new courthouse