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  1. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    there are no damages yet, so it would be a hard case to proceed with. The exposed risk I have been put in, which doesn't have a monetary value until I get sued by the home owner, is the item at hand.
  2. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    The issue is that by accepting payment, I inherit the job an all risk, which is quite the risk because I didn't inspect anythinng.
  3. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    he signed a contract acknowledging ownership of the drawings is mine. He said he 'didn't read it'.
  4. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    I think in retrospect the reason this happened was because the architect (drafter in this case) builder , developer and real estate agent are one person.....him. There were no checks and balances, no team. If there was, it would have been harder for him to do this. I still can't identify why; it...
  5. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    he is a contractor.
  6. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    he was built a home I engineered, then turned and built several more without telling me, using the same plan, but modifying the title block so the building dept wouldn't know.
  7. bigmig

    Contractor Stealing My Plans

    Found out today that my "friend" who had mysteriously stopped asking us to design his houses for a 2 year period had been deleting the title block, adding the home address, and developing without us. What things can we do to prevent this from happening in the future? Some note on the plans...
  8. bigmig

    Non composite floor decking shear capacity

    I cannot find a clear explanation in the book.... I'm assuming that this is the shear value on a per foot basis for this particular metal decking. I'm sure someone here knows the answer. Thanks in advance.
  9. bigmig

    Drilled Caissons (Concrete) Factor of Saftey

    Looking for a point in the right direction for a factor of saftey required for drilled concrete piers (bearing etc). Thank you.
  10. bigmig

    Unsupported Residential Foundation Design Methodology

    I found a niche in forensic engineering because of a boss years ago. When the chrome wears off and the new home market plunges, houses still need fixin'. What I learned along side many insurance inspectors and lawyers, is that "they aren't falling down everyday" is a myth that exists in the...
  11. bigmig

    Unsupported Residential Foundation Design Methodology

    So how do so many engineers design a basement retaining wall with a footing at the base that is barely wider than the wall, and claim "the loads balance out"? The footing below a 9 foot retaining wall is 20 inches wide, 12 inches thick. It has no overturning resistance and is clearly designed...
  12. bigmig

    Sonotube Tie Reinforcement

    I have designed sonotube piers for many years for light use residential decks basically, where the reaction is around 2500 lbs, the sono tube is 10 inch diameter and extends 3 to 4 foot into the ground where it is supported by a pad footing. We never used ties. The guy who taught me never used...
  13. bigmig

    Finding the Right Client

    They want to win the job (by being the lowest bid) and get through the building department with as little contact with an inspector as possible. They also want to "use my own experience" to build, and then see what you will do after they do that. "What, you're gonna make me take it all down?"...
  14. bigmig

    contractor not following plans... at all

    Communication is key; get the owners and design team together, state your concerns, explain that no further construction is happening until you check the design and issue clarifications and addendums, which will happen at an outrageous price and long time frame. This will probably be met with...
  15. bigmig

    Finding the Right Client

    I live in an area that has several markets. The markets exist because of geographic diffences. The 'mountain people' with very stringent building departments (engineering stamp required for literally everything) and the valley people, with little to no building department requirements. Mountain...
  16. bigmig

    Project Team Jumps Ship. I'm left with New Owner

    I have never experienced this until now, but this just happened. I was contracted on fairly complex duplex residential project; went through design and Building Dept Approval and then was told that they had 'sold' the project to a new developer. My scope of work, as usual, was for design, and...
  17. bigmig

    Heavy Timber Post Base

    Looking for some ideas on Heavy Timber Post Bases..... I'm just not happy with the prefabricated options, or the options we have come up with. We produced a similar post base as this with 4 bolts into the column.... It was large, clunky, took forever to install and basically not very builder...
  18. bigmig

    Pole Barns. What a Mess

    In my 17 year career I have avoided pole barns. Until now. Recently landed a pair of jobs because we need the work. One mid size, one fairly large. Both jobs ended abruptly with the following converation: Us: We as engineers cannot do that or your building will collapse. Have you thought about...
  19. bigmig

    Concrete crack Question in Strip Footing

    On of my jobs has these cracks in the concrete. Bars are No. 4 at 18 inches on center with proper dowels. Concrete is a 20 inch wide x 11 inch thick strip footing. Concrete is extremely creamy (lots of cement) based on observation of the forms. Concrete guy mentioned that they 'routinely add...
  20. bigmig

    Weld Penetration

    I have a connection that the contractor was unable to bolt because of a field alignment issue. It is a moment connection. Their solution was to add on this external horizontal weld line. I'm not understanding how the weld can penetrate if there is no bevel on one of the plates (or bottom...

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