Bob Fennema & Jerry McCarthy examine the exterior, grade & drainage, structure, and foundation of a residence. 

CAMP CREIA is a series of instructional videos created to help the new and experienced inspector learn and refresh information on the aspects of home inspection.  

Robert Fennema, P.E., MCI was President of Criterium-Fennema Engineers and a graduate of both Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Bachelors Degree) and Georgia Tech (Masters Degree), both with a major in Civil Engineering. He formed Criterium-Fennema Engineers in 1990 to provide engineering support to the buyers and owners of homes and commercial buildings. He has personally performed over 4500 real estate inspections for buyers and owners. He has experience as a construction manager on both the construction of new homes and rehabilitation of homes for a total of 2600 units. He also has extensive experience providing public works facility maintenance and construction. He is frequently called upon to serve as an expert in litigation involving home inspection and engineering matters. Mr. Fennema was a leader in the real estate inspection industry having served as the San Diego Chapter President of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) and as President of the California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA) in 1995-96. He held memberships in: Association of Expert Building Consultants, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, California Society of Professional Engineers, American Concrete Institute, International Association of Electrical Inspectors, and the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO).

Jerry McCarthy, CNCS held memberships in ICBO, IAPMO and IAEI and was certified as a combination residential dwelling inspector. He spent over 50 years in the construction industry as a builder, inspector, teacher and consultant and after retiring from the trenches as an inspector Jerry concentrated on his construction consultant business where he was often called upon to serve as an expert in litigation involving home inspectors and construction defect cases. Jerry completed more than fifteen years as both a CREIA member and Associate Professor in the Building Inspection Technology Department at the College of San Mateo where he was an instructor in residential building codes and inspection technology. He has served as CREIA's PR chair and sat on CREIA's Bulletin Board and Education Committees. Jerry wrote numerous articles for The INSPECTOR Magazine since 1994 and authored Jerry's Code Corner beginning in 1998. He was an approved Inspection Report Reviewer for the CREIA Advanced Mentoring Program.