About the American Society of Home Inspectors, ® Inc.

In 1976, a group of visionary home inspectors with the common goal of building consumer awareness and enhancing the professionalism of their field established the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). This not-for-profit professional association for home inspectors made its first order of business to establish and advocate high standards of practice and a strict code of ethics for the member community.

The Mission of ASHI is to meet the needs of its membership and promote excellence and exemplary practice within the profession.

Today, with 6,000+ members and 80+ chapters, ASHI is the largest and most respected professional association for home inspectors in North America. Through ASHI's continued efforts, ASHI's Standards of Practice - covering all of a home's major systems - are now part of many pieces of state legislation and are recognized by consumers as the authoritative standard for professional home inspection.

ASHI's Web site, www.ashi.org, is the definitive resource for inspectors, consumers, real estate professionals and the media for information, advice and resources dedicated to home inspection. Here you'll find a wealth of shared ASHI home inspection knowledge at your disposal. Your feedback and comments on ASHI home inspection are welcome.

About Carson Dunlop

Carson Dunlop is a consulting engineering firm that has been devoted exclusively to building inspections since 1978. The technical staff consists of consulting engineers, professional engineers and graduate engineers from Civil and Mechanical disciplines. The engineers have all been through an intensive four month in-house training program, and participate in various continuing education programs.

The firm specializes in the inspection of buildings and the preparation of reports detailing the physical condition of the building structure and major components. Where improvements are recommended, time frames are outlined for these areas.

Carson Dunlop has been a leader in this young profession, performing home inspections, doing commercial inspections, developing training programs and building paper-based and web-based reporting systems. developing training programs and building paper-based and web-based reporting systems.

ASHI@HOME Training System

If you are looking for quality home inspection education, ASHI and Carson Dunlop have designed a comprehensive distance learning training program to provide you with all the tools you need to succeed in this young and exciting profession.

For additional information please contact Andrew Dowd, Director of Career Services at 1-800-268-7070 or by email at andrewdowd@carsondunlop.com..