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Starting a building safety inspection with an exterior walkaround is the best approach because it gives you a real-time map of how the structure and site are laid out before you go inside. Seeing entrances, exits, stairwells, elevators, and exterior hazards from the outside helps you plan your interior route, identify critical egress points, and understand how people will move through the building. This outside view also helps you spot safety issues that aren’t visible from the inside yet—such as exterior climb hazards, loading docks, fencing, lighting, or proximity to nearby structures—that will shape how you conduct the inside walkthrough and what PPE or safety controls you’ll need.

Inspecting only interior spaces misses these layout cues and can leave you unprepared for how spaces connect, where exits and egress paths actually run, or where exterior hazards might impact interior safety. Ignoring access routes prevents you from understanding how you’ll enter and reach different areas safely, and skipping exits means you’d miss evaluating critical life-safety systems and a building’s capacity to evacuate people quickly.

So, starting outside to understand the layout sets you up for a safer, more efficient, and more comprehensive interior inspection.