thank you for the clarification. I can't fault you for being picky - I think it's in our engineering genes. I just wanted everyone to know that on here, I am being way less picky with my words than in my career. I treat this more like a chit-chat conversation than a boardroom conversation. I do...
don't know how i missed this reply before, but YES. I agree with this. I'm happy to hear from another engineer that has a similar perspective. I am the odd engineer that very much enjoys the "sales" end of it or business development conversations and the interaction with all the players of the...
oh wow this is interesting to hear! I too am curious if it would hold up in court, but i agree it does validate the value of the service and also gives the owner something to think about when they read it! Thanks for presenting this!
thank you for the input. I agree with a lot of what you said here, hence why the idea came to my mind in the first place haha. Also, as far as the contractor competency statement, (puts hands up) you said it, not me hahahaha.
I also agree that i would not be requiring this service. I would be...
understood, in a formal setting i would definitely be more specific and careful with my wording. I do appreciate the heads up, and hope everyone on here is able to understand what i'm talking about. I'm not curious if the terminology is worthwhile, i'm curious if the service itself is...
TLDR: Is there value in being contracted by the homeowner (or architect?) to perform one or multiple structural inspections throughout construction to make sure the builders are installing things as specified on the drawings/intended by our design.
I work in a residential structural engineering...
ok, so in short - you are good with the way this is installed? assuming they met the fastening criteria, hanger spec, and member sizes? i'm curious if the odd pointy bearing condition that the rafter is in has anyone concerned? as opposed to the detail i mentioned just above this.
We have a consensus. I will detail this. Now, more so to my curiosity, i would think that i would hold the beam back slightly (left in the photo) so that i can create a "bearing condition" for the rafter on the hanger. I think someone else commented on how this would require a notch in the CJ...
i appreciate you being the bigger man here...i too need to take your advice. I see you post on here all the time (makes me question how you get any work done), so i should know your intentions by now. part of my anger is residual from the builder essentially telling me he isn't going to build...
Wait, maybe I’m in the wrong. Does everyone on here detail every single condition in a house, no matter how common or simple? This is an extremely common and simple condition. I call out “lap rr with cj and fasten with xx”. I would never think I would need to show someone how to lap a rr with a...
Ok cool. This is about all I was looking for haha. I appreciate the lack of condescending remarks. I may not have 40+ years of experience but I’m not going to lose my lively hood to save any builder’s ego
maybe you’re not in residential design. Or maybe you don’t deal with inspections ever. No problem, my short stint in commercial engineering had the same outlook.
The residential building code leaves a lot to the imagination. There are a plethora of things that don’t work but the code deems is...
Yes, we specialize is high end custom homes (the real kind $20MM+, not the high end custom homes that everyone and their brother claim to build), so dealing with this low budget builder was not ideal but trying to meet their needs within their budget.
We do check weak axis for these scenarios...
Oh my goodness. Duh! I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of that. It was a late night with lots of errors to review clearly.
Thank you for your reply. As far as method for hanging these members, does this funky angled scab seem ok? I really thought in a case like this they would shift the lvl back...
I have been in residential structural engineering for about 8 years. I know there are some things that are a “big deal” and other things that can SOMETIMES be approved simply because of redundancy and oversimplification of the system.
Tied roof concepts tend to be a good topic with varying...
JAE - that's exactly my view of the situation. I am viewing what I did as a "technical staff" job. I took the time to drive out to site, took pictures and documented the conditions that i was instructed to document and brought back to my boss for him to look at and guide me through the document...
AZPete - i have called multiple times trying to get any information and they just simply say that they have received my required response letter and no further information will be provided to me until a decision has been made. So i have no idea how far along they are in the process or if they...
I will update everyone once I receive an outcome. It has been a month so far. No decision has been made by the board yet. Thanks for all your responses. Please use this as a reminder to explain this dilemma to the new engineers you come across.
