I'm feeling similar. Although to their credit they mentioned they'd be willing to work with alternative designs just are strongly against pouring a continuous spread footing mostly because difficult access makes it very cost prohibitive.
New here and new to structural engineering (when relating to residential construction) and have started with what I thought was going to be a straightforward project so forgive me if the question is too broad...
The structure is an existing conventional light-frame building 18' x 32' almost as...
