RontheRedneck
Specifier/Regulator
- Jan 1, 2014
- 223
Today I spoke with the EOR on a job we're providing wood roof trusses for. We had done sealed drawings on the job and sent them in. The EOR specified drift loads. He was asking if I had put them on the trusses or not.
Can't say that I blame them. The typical one page truss drawing doesn't show a graphic representation of the loads. Here's a screen cap:
I emailed the engineer who seals the drawings. Got a fairly obnoxious response, saying that any competent engineer ought to be able to interpret those numbers easily.
I think that's wrong. Not every engineer deals with trusses every day. Figuring out all those numbers and where they fall on the truss isn't that easy.
What do you guys think?
Can't say that I blame them. The typical one page truss drawing doesn't show a graphic representation of the loads. Here's a screen cap:
I emailed the engineer who seals the drawings. Got a fairly obnoxious response, saying that any competent engineer ought to be able to interpret those numbers easily.
I think that's wrong. Not every engineer deals with trusses every day. Figuring out all those numbers and where they fall on the truss isn't that easy.
What do you guys think?