Here's is the matter, specifically.
A homeowner built an addition without permits. The addition rest, partially, on an existing home.
My report stated that, "...there was no evidence to indicate that the addition is impairing the structural integrity of the existing home."
Well, the...
Hello,
I just did a structural report on a residential home stating whether or not a specific framing element was structurally sound or not. The lender/underwriter came back to me and said that they must have specific language stating this and that and the other.
How far can these...
archeng59,
You are exactly correct. In fact, one thing that you must think about is, if there is a lawsuit for one of the home designs, then there is a possibility for you to be liable for every home in the subdivision.
If you are successful with the design, you are successful multiple times...
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Most of my residential engineering design work has been for custom homes. I have a developer that would like to start using me for engineering on their tract (semi-custom) home designs. In other words, the house will be designed once, and built multiple (repeated) times.
My question...
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I have been placed in charge of coming up with standard symbology for plan sets within our company. Does anyone have a source of information that has a set format or rules/standards that symbols should like on plans.
Examples:
- what kind of hatching to use
- what should a shear...
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We have a small engineering firm. We do civil and structural engineering. Believe it or not, we have done all of our projects in the past by hand or small custom spreadsheets. Most of our structural engineering are calcs for residential homes (wood) and small commercial bldgs (wood...
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