# Footing Inspection — What must pass before the next step: mandated step order in regulated processes

For Footing Inspection, process is Residential building inspection sequence; jurisdiction is Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; order is 1; what must already be done is after the trenches are excavated, all grade stakes are installed, all reinforcing steel and supports are in place and appropriately tied, all necessary forms are in place and braced; what may not proceed until it passes is before any concrete is placed, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Step:** Footing Inspection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Process:** Residential building inspection sequence _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Jurisdiction:** Mecklenburg County, North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Order:** 1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What must already be done:** after the trenches are excavated, all grade stakes are installed, all reinforcing steel and supports are in place and appropriately tied, all necessary forms are in place and braced _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What may not proceed until it passes:** before any concrete is placed _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1. Footing Inspection To be made after the trenches are excavated, all grade stakes are installed, all reinforcing steel and supports are in place and appropriately tied, all necessary forms are in place and braced and before any concrete is placed

## Source

- https://code.mecknc.gov/inspections/schedule

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
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