The New Orleans Inspector General released a new audit Thursday that found city building inspectors failed to show up for safety inspections at construction sites 20% of the time between April 2019 and March 2020. The report echoes the findings of a joint WWL-TV/Times-Picayune investigation conducted in January and February 2020, which found the same 20% no-show rate by reviewing the GPS tracking data from city inspectors’ city vehicles and comparing those with the inspection reports they filed. It's unclear why the Inspector General’s report looks back at how city building inspectors conducted their work more three years ago. The report says its analysis was prompted by the deadly collapse of the partially completed Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 12, 2019. MORE: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/investigations/inspector-generals-report-shows-building-safety-inspections-lacking-prior-hard-rock-collapse/289-be217670-14e7-4631-9da9-b5d7d7e72846