◆ Class A Inspector of Record · HCAI (formerly OSHPD) · California

Independent oversight for California's most demanding builds.

SME Consulting provides independent inspection, project management, and construction consulting that protects the owner's interest through every phase — from planning and design to commissioning and closeout. Led by Shane G. Curran, one of California's senior Inspectors of Record.

Email about a project → See the project record License A20701 · 26 years in the field

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An Inspector of Record is not a formality. It is a life-safety signature.

California licenses roughly 324 Inspectors of Record to oversee its most regulated construction — the hospitals, laboratories, and public facilities where the inspection record is a legal document, not a checkbox. Shane Curran has held that license for 22 years.

The job is not to slow a project down. It is to keep it compliant, on schedule, and moving — a trusted advisor between owners, design teams, contractors, and regulators. Part of the solution, not part of the problem.

Depth in healthcare. Range across the built environment.

HCAI hospital compliance is the flagship credential — the same rigor carries across every highly-regulated sector SME works in.

◆ Flagship discipline

Healthcare & HCAI

Class A Inspector of Record for acute-care hospitals and HCAI (formerly OSHPD) facilities — where the inspection record is a legal, life-safety document.

5,000+CA facilities under HCAI

22 yrslicensed Class A

Range across the built environment

Life Sciences

Cleanroom, laboratory & pharmaceutical-grade construction.

Public Infrastructure

Bridges, civic works & essential-services facilities.

Education

DSA & campus facilities held to public standards.

Commercial

High-rise, tech campus & complex core-and-shell.

The project record.

Recognizable Bay Area builds Shane has personally inspected or led. The credibility is in the roster — not the brochure copy.

Currently serving as Lead IOR
on an occupied acute-care campus.

Marin Health Medical Center

Occupied acute-care campus

Lead IOR · Current

Active 2026

UCSF Medical Center

Academic acute-care campus

Healthcare

HCAI

Stanford / Lucile Packard Children's

Children's hospital expansion

Healthcare

HCAI

Genentech

Life-science / laboratory construction

Life Sciences

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Facebook · 181 Fremont & Park Tower

High-rise tech campus, San Francisco

Commercial

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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

Public infrastructure

Infrastructure

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Providence Health

Healthcare facilities

Healthcare

HCAI

Private Estate · Atherton

$20M ground-up residence

Consulting · New

2026

→ Final roster curated with Shane. Each entry backed by real, elevated project photography in the full build.

What SME provides.

Independent oversight and practical guidance — scoped to keep regulated projects compliant and on schedule.

HCAI Project Inspection

Class A Inspector of Record

Continuous inspection for HCAI (formerly OSHPD) healthcare construction — TIO / ACD / NMA documentation and the compliance record every phase of a hospital build requires.

Project & Construction Management

Owner-side representation

From schematic design through certificate of occupancy — constructability review, RFI management, and contractor coordination on mission-critical builds.

Factory Acceptance Testing

Witnessed verification

Testing and sign-off of critical equipment and assemblies before they reach the site — catching problems where they are cheapest to fix.

Consulting & Expert Witness

Legal & advisory

Retained as a technical expert in construction disputes, code-compliance matters, and depositions requiring senior IOR authority in California.

HCAI reference desk.

A working library for owners and teams navigating California healthcare-construction compliance. Useful, not promotional.

Field references, kept current

For owners · design teams · GCs

REF · 01

CODE References

Current California building and healthcare-facility code, indexed for quick field reference.

Open library →

REF · 02

PINs & CANs

Program Instruction Notices and Code Application Notices — how access and interpretation actually get applied on HCAI projects.

Browse notices →

REF · 03

NFPA Access

Fire and life-safety standards relevant to occupied healthcare construction and phased renovation.

View standards →

Have a project that needs a serious IOR?

SME works by relationship and reputation. The fastest way in is a direct note about the project — Shane reads them himself.

Email about a project →

Email oshpdshane1@outlook.com

Direct 415·706·9655

Based San Anselmo, CA

Serving The San Francisco Bay Area