That purchase price seems very steep. Hopefully he has shared all of the financials with you so that you know what kind of living he was making and how profitable the company really is. High valuations are great when you are selling to an outside party, but not so great (or even applicable)...
I renewed both my PE and the more recently created SE license. It showed up as two separate licenses requiring renewal. That's two renewal fees. Oh well.....
ASCE puts out a salary survey every year. Not exactly sure how a non-member gets to search through the results, however. I am sure other societies offer similar services.
Is this a student project or real-world project? If the latter, then what kind of comments are you getting back from the engineer who will be reviewing/sealing the drawings? It will be his/her project after all.
I can't get over the fact that the mysterious "king stud nailing" is on Sheet 34 of 37. That is a lot of hand calculation sheets for a residential project. Or any project for that matter.
Just ask the geotech for the number. Should take them all of about 5 minutes to answer since they did the analysis to come up with vertical loads already.
That's not a truss. That's two trusses leaning against each other. I would have the truss guys redo until they come up with something that makes sense.
So, was the roof overloaded and you were able to identify the failure mechanism? Before we get too harsh about the detail (which is OK if detailed and installed correctly) what kind of loading did we end up with? With enough snow eventually every roof can collapse.
Not sure why everyone wants to run away. Just charge an appropriately high fee, with a sizable retainer, and have it in your scope to charge appropriately during construction for more design work solving problems as they come up. Of course the internet plans will be deficient. Just charge...
The funny thing is that you never talk to an actual engineer at the truss companies. Just their "Designers" and other job titles that get thrown around. To have some fun call the truss company and ask to speak to whomever's seal is on the job. Good luck with that.
Too late to do anything other than continue to harass the client with phone calls. Going to the building department in my opinion is an empty threat anyway. After 5 months the work has probably already been done and what little choices you might have had are long gone. Liens also have very...
Grade 40 is pretty common in residential construction. Check the grade for what you get at Lowes/Home Depot. Not everything out there is 4000 psi concrete and Grade 60 rebar....
I'll take the bait on this one since both Breyer's text and ASCE are front and center on my desk. Zone 4 is interior wall and is referred to in ASCE 7 Fig 6-3. Obviously you need to look a little closer and you will find it. The 14.6 and 15.8 pressures are straight from Figure 6-3 for...
