Can the ECC-Rater sign a missing CF2R?

No. The rater verifies installations but does not certify them. The installer or an authorized representative signs.

Does a missing CF2R fail the work?

Not by itself. It leaves the paperwork incomplete, and for tested measures the rater cannot submit a CF3R until the CF2R is registered.

Why Are CF2R Forms Missing at Final Inspection?

CF2R forms go missing at final inspection because each installing trade must complete, sign and post its own certificate of installation, and a trade that finished and left often did not. Another cause is a CF2R begun in the registry but never registered because the installer's own test had not passed.

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What the inspector is counting

Each regulated installation tends to have its own CF2R: windows use CF2R-ENV-01-E, insulation CF2R-ENV-03-E, and mechanical, plumbing, lighting and solar work each have a series. For a house, final inspection is not complete until the required certificates are posted or viewable in the registry (Section 10-103(d)2). The compliance manual says the inspector confirms each form describes the installation accurately and that every section is signed by the responsible licensed person.

Five reasons one is missing

The trade left without signing. Whoever did the work owes the form and a posted copy, and a crew that has moved on is the commonest gap.
The installer's test has not passed. The CF2R is registered only once testing confirms compliance, so a failing duct or charge result leaves no registered form.
The record was started and never signed. The registry's status report lists it as not complete.
The posted copy is stale. A copy counts only if it matches the current registered revision.
The department does not want one. For alterations with no field verification, such as window or water heater replacement, it may require no certificate or a simplified one, though the work must still comply.

Recovering a missing form, in order

Open the project status report to see which CF2Rs the registry expects and which are marked not complete.
Ask the trade to complete and sign it in the registry, where signatures are electronic.
If the trade cannot be reached, the builder and delegation routes are set out in who completes CF2R forms.
Expect tests to be repeated. The form carries the installer's own results, so it cannot be certified for tests that were never run.

The form itself is on the CF2R page and the whole document set under documents at final inspection. If the certificate from the rater is the gap, read why CF3R forms are missing. Our residential service covers the design-stage certificate.

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