No — work required to be inspected before covering may not be covered until the inspection is passed. Under IRC R109.1, covering work before inspection is a violation that can result in the building official requiring the work to be uncovered at the contractor’s expense. Covering uninspected work is a common shortcut on poorly managed projects — the next trade is ready, the inspection hasn’t been called, and the contractor proceeds anyway to keep the schedule moving. In Utah’s SDC D environment, this shortcut on framing or hold-down inspections is particularly consequential: the structural elements that resist earthquake forces may be unverified behind finished walls. RainFire Builders treats inspection hold points as non-negotiable — they are built into the production schedule before mobilization, and no work that would cover inspected scope proceeds until the inspection card is signed.