Pricing for Repeat Use of Tract Home Design
Pricing for Repeat Use of Tract Home Design
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Hello:
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 is, since the home will be constructed multiple times, and since the building department needs structural calcs on each home as their being built (for each street address), how do you price the repeat designs and calculations.
Since the design has already been done, what is the typical pricing structure for repeat design and analysis on the same basic house?
Thanks,
H.E.
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 is, since the home will be constructed multiple times, and since the building department needs structural calcs on each home as their being built (for each street address), how do you price the repeat designs and calculations.
Since the design has already been done, what is the typical pricing structure for repeat design and analysis on the same basic house?
Thanks,
H.E.






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Dik
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H.E.
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It's good in one respect - it's like royalties on a design - but it was a pain to keep track of. They don't have any system to get me my reuse fees so I have to be the one to go figure out when each one is being built. Also, they came back after the fact and wanted to reduce all the footings, rebar and shear walls (high wind and seismic zone). And finally, because of the market, the last set I designed are not going to get built near the volume that they promised - was supposed to be 80 and now they're trying to sell the lots.
I would never do this again... in fact, I don't do residential any more at all.
RE: Pricing for Repeat Use of Tract Home Design
RE: Pricing for Repeat Use of Tract Home Design
RE: Pricing for Repeat Use of Tract Home Design
Dik
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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. But, God forbid, if you make an error, then the error is also repeated multiple times.
I have thought to hire an outside firm to do a peer review on the designs to get another set of eyes on the plans to help eliminate errors being duplicated throughout the subdivision.
Just something else to think about.
H.E.
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