Rip off by PARR Inspections/Dewberry

[Peter Baker]

It is well known, that “PARR Inspections” acts recklessly and preys on people who hope to earn an honest buck. Parr Inspections mobilizes too many inspectors and leave most of them with too little work to even cover their lodging and travel expenses. I got curious about who is behind “PARR Inspections”.

This is what I found:

- Two companies own “PARR Inspections”: Dewberry & Davis LLC http://www.dewberry.com/ ( tel.# 703-849-0247 srose@dewberry.com) and the URS Corporation http://www.urscorp.com/

- The Associate Vice President of Dewberry, Mr. Jason McNamara, is now Chief of Staff at FEMA. http://www.fema.gov/about/bios/mcnamara.shtm

- PARR Inspections is listed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as being a small company http://dsbs.sba.gov/dsbs/search/dsp_...duns=123120060 despite the fact that PARR Inspections received a $750 million contract from FEMA in 2007!!!

From 2001 to April 2007, PARR Inspections did 2.5 million inspections. I don’t know how much PARR received from FEMA for that, but the current contract is for $750 million for a 4.5 year period spanning from April 2007.

PARR Inspections pays only $57.50 per inspection. But how much does it receive from FEMA (= taxpayers)?

Here is my assessment: if PARR did 2.5 million inspections from 2001 to April 2007, roughly six years (this period includes hurricane Katrina), Parr Inspections certainly will make fewer inspections over a 4.5 year period spanning from April 2007. By assuming the same average rate of inspections, over a period of 4.5 year, PARR will do 1.9 million inspections. (4.5 years/6 years * 2.5 million inspections=1.9 million inspections)

For 1.9 million inspections, PARR receives $750 million from FEMA. This is equal to $395 per inspection!! And the inspector gets $57.50 or less than 15%!

To me, it is appalling, that this crony “PARR Inspections” with its executive, now chief of staff at FEMA, keeps 85% of what the taxpayers pay them and leaves peanuts to the people that do the inspections.

All of you should raise hell about this on-going throat squeezing of people who try to earn an honest buck. Contact media, politicians and Dewberry & Davis LLC about this injustice.

[James H. Bushart]

Interesting post. Thanks for the information.

[Jeffrey R. Wicklander]

Can it be true?? In this day and age?? There can't be any side motive... that's like saying a former vice president had a vested interest in a petroleum exploration/service corporation that was brought into a country they just invaded.

I think it's just sheer coincidence....


Jeff

[Doug Edwards]

The liberals favorite mantra....anytime someone points out corruption within the ranks of Democrats, liberals and progressives..the libs start chanting "Halliburton! Haliburton!" like magpies. The whole Haliburton story the left wants everyone to believe is bogus. It has been investigated and proven to be false. It has a been a "red herring" argument since the beginning. The facts have always been there..you just have to take about 20 seconds to find it all over the internet. Kerry started all this crap when he was campaigning with an ad and the left has picked it up and to this day chose to believe it because serves their purpose.

http://www.factcheck.org/kerry_ad_fa...lliburton.html

And really, what the hell does this have to do with PARR?

[Gary Farnsworth]

This is just a new way of life. This is the new typical.

I worked in the corporate world for over 15 years. I know how it works.

Corruption is the new normal. It is now so common-place, that no one can stop it.

America will be like Italy, Greece, and many other third world corrupt countries, and very soon.

All of us need to prepare.

[William C. Chandler]

PARR mobilzed 900 inspectors to the NY/NJ/PA area for the recent flooding for about 3500 FEMA applications. Most inspectors lost about $1500 in a week to 10 day span. PARR promised all inspectors a minimum of 25 apps/week or $1437.50 but so far has yet to pay it. Most inspectors only got 3 inspections assigned the first week and they left.

It is a SCAM of epic proportion. I spent ten days there and got 37 inspections. PARR paid for 31 of them citing 6 were No Contact even though I went to the home and made several attempts to contact them per their SOP. Fully half of the inspections I performed were fraudalent attempts to extort money. PARR didn't care.

The whole thing was a TOTAL CLUSTERF**CK ran by idiots who could not manage a simple paint job. FEMA is corrupt, inept and a total waste of our money.

This business model is all too prevalent these days. Political insiders get the contracts and pay the people peanuts who are doing the work. Only way to stop it is by refusing to do their work. I will never do anything for PARR or any other similiar operation again.

[Patrick Carter]

Originally Posted by wchandler

PARR mobilzed 900 inspectors to the NY/NJ/PA area for the recent flooding for about 3500 FEMA applications. Most inspectors lost about $1500 in a week to 10 day span. PARR promised all inspectors a minimum of 25 apps/week or $1437.50 but so far has yet to pay it. Most inspectors only got 3 inspections assigned the first week and they left.

It is a SCAM of epic proportion. I spent ten days there and got 37 inspections. PARR paid for 31 of them citing 6 were No Contact even though I went to the home and made several attempts to contact them per their SOP. Fully half of the inspections I performed were fraudalent attempts to extort money. PARR didn't care.

The whole thing was a TOTAL CLUSTERF**CK ran by idiots who could not manage a simple paint job. FEMA is corrupt, inept and a total waste of our money.

This business model is all too prevalent these days. Political insiders get the contracts and pay the people peanuts who are doing the work. Only way to stop it is by refusing to do their work. I will never do anything for PARR or any other similiar operation again.

This is sad deal, I went to a PARR training session back in 2005 and during the advance training session on the second day realized maybe this wasn't such a good idea, absolute lack of committal from PARR but the inspector had to committ everything in the "partnership". PARR has called several times to ask if I would rejoin, and I then ask if they have changed their committment to the professional inspector.
Have you seen some of the inspectors they do use?

[Joseph W. Keresztury]

Peter, you say the inspectors get only 15% and that Parr keeps 85%. Have you heard of overhead expenses? I would assume they have an enormous level of overhead expenses.

[Peter Baker]

joseph, you call 570% an overhead expense? That "overhead" does not pass the smell test. And this Parr Inspections does not even have an physical screws. They are hiding in Dewberry&Davis office. This is crony capitalism at it's best. I am sorry for you that you can't see the obvious.

[Frank Magdefrau]

What is the inspector required to do and have?

[William C. Chandler]

The Inspector is required to have cash, car and credit card and be willing to cover all their daily per diem expenses of about $200+ and offset those expenses by receiving $57.50 per day from Parr. Sound good?

[Peter Baker]

Originally Posted by Peter Baker

joseph, you call 570% an overhead expense? That "overhead" does not pass the smell test. And this Parr Inspections does not even have an physical screws. They are hiding in Dewberry&Davis office. This is crony capitalism at it's best. I am sorry for you that you can't see the obvious.

Should be: Parr Inspections does not even have an physical address.

[David H. Crowe]

Good post Peter. Thanks for the information.

[Peter Baker]

Help spread the word about this crony Dewberry&Davis/Parr Inspactions. It's so appalling how this can go on while the politicians talk about fighting for the middle class. It's your tax dollars that feeds this crony.

[Thomas R. Hession]

http://www.nachi.org/forum/f73/another-wow-67030/

We have the same problem here in Fl. Things won't change. Even a big expose in the newspaper barely ruffled a feather.