Took the first step towards building my shop

[Frank S]

I probably wont be able to get this trailer much closer to where I want it than it is right now

[Toolmaker51]

I probably wont be able to get this trailer much closer to where I want it than it is right now

Sure you can.
With a couple layers of paint...

[Frank S]

As TM 51 sated in post 298 there is nothing wrong with true codes originally developed by professional trades persons in their respective fields. They shared their knowledge of their life long experiences for what worked and what might work and what wouldn't work. this is also true throughout the vastly spread out disciplines in the fields of engineering.
Back when I used to install electro hydraulic equipment all over the USA and in many other countries as well Do you think that my being a registered and accepted contractor in my home state was sufeincent for many other places like LA county in CA or King county in WA or in the 5 dens of iniquity of NYC? plus many others? not on your life. In La county for instance not only did I have to have a contractor's permit with the state of California. no problem since I did work all over the state anyway. but I had to obtain at a minimum of a "B" electrician's license. OK you say that is nothing but a few tests and if you can pass a test in one state you can pass the test in another. This is not necessarily true even for a licensed practicing in your home state "EE" in some cases. and if you are not an "EE" there are several more hoops to jump through. But any out of state contractor can obtain their permit with enough time effort and money spent. The way I found to be the easiest was to hire a licensed electrical contractor from LA county each time I had an install to do there eventually he was instrumental in helping me obtain my "B" then we only needed to bother him to be present for the final inspections.
the NYC BSA and MEA folks were more interested in the machines themselves and GOD forbid you had wrapped a colored wire with green tape if it wasn't green underneath even if the wire was wrapped in green for its entire length.
Here in my shop if the books states that a 14AWG wire meets national standards I have 12AWG if say a 1/2" conduit can be 70% filled with conductors I have 3/4" and a 30% fill or less. This leaves me with plenty of space to add additional circuits later on should the need arise.
The building may look like a hodge-podge of assorted recycled scrap materials "Which it Is" but it will still be standing long after many other buildings have been torn down.

[Toolmaker51]

<snipped> install electro hydraulic equipment all over the USA and in many other countries as well Do you think that my being a registered and accepted contractor in my home state was sufeincent for many other places like LA county in CA or King county in WA or in the 5 dens of iniquity of NYC? plus many others? not on your life. In La county for instance not only did I have to have a contractor's permit with the state of California. no problem since I did work all over the state anyway. but I had to obtain at a minimum of a "B" electrician's license. OK you say that is nothing but a few tests and if you can pass a test in one state you can pass the test in another. This is not necessarily true even for a licensed practicing in your home state "EE" in some cases. and if you are not an "EE" there are several more hoops to jump through...

Perfect example where oversight turns into overreach. I don't have trade licenses, but know many who do in several fields. Their reaction is the same. Regions that don't accept persons from elsewhere do a disservice regarding local taxpayers. How much better can their scrutiny be, compared to say, CA and NY? I suspect lesser entities feel inferior, especially with utilities. Does hiring out-of-area indicates inadequate local talent? We can guess who is pulling those strings......let's just say it ain't the puppets.
News flash; water, electricity, sewage, natural gas follow physics, natural law and related phenomena the same everywhere. Even loos in Australia.

P.S. Such a thing as the "Steel Genie"??
What goes under the pillow to get him/ her to show up dispensing gifts? Don't know lyricism well enough to mention order of C-channel, purlin, square tubing and bar grating, and mezzanine just sounds Arabic, but no, a Latin derivative.
And don't tell me rub a brass lamp.....respectable Steel Genie can't really live in a nonferrous vessel.