Design vs. engineering question

[eblcody]

For some architects this may be true, but as a builder I can assure you it is not usually true. I don't mean to offend, but there are some brilliant ideas that architects/engineers with no field experience come up with that just don't work.

uh oh... you just got yourself another 6+ pages of "conundrum" on this here post...

[Alaskan Son]

Eldon,

You're funny.

Sometime waaaaaayyy!!!back in this thread I received the answers I was looking for so I think I may be done now...


maybe...

[sutcac]

One detail I really like is the multiple A35s attached to I joist blocks. Ever try to put 6-12 nails into the bottom cord of an I joist?

I haven't seen that done since the very early years of I-joists. Now you generally don't block on the perimeter (where the A35's generally are for shear transfer) you have a solid engineered rim joist for this and the nailing works just fine. Maybe it's just taking a while for this to migrate up the Alaska.

[perryh]

My Niece is a newly licensed Architect in Calif. and Alaska and really hasn't done any projects yet because she is traveling with her husband in the army. They are in Sri Lanka.
When they get back, she will have a lot of catching up To do. Everyone has a different story, so there is no correct or not correct answer here. But I'm sure she will be a good one. She passed all the tests first time.

[redwood]

I have to echo Alaskan Son, to a certain extent. Most of the architects that I have worked with have minimal field experience.

I mostly build decks and pergola's, so in the past, there wasn't a lot of engineering required. That is certainly changing.

The architects that I worked with trusted me with the "how to build it" concerns. In other words, I did the structural parts, they did the cosmetic parts. The permit offices did not seem to have a problem with that either.

It's not as far fetched as it seems. I actually have a degree in structural engineering, but I am not, nor have ever been a engineer. I kick myself about that now.

Back to the OP's original question. I draw all that I can. I submit it to the permitting organization, and if they want it, I pass it on to a engineer, for review. This is a extra cost, as stated in my contract. These day's, that is the norm. The permitting organizations want zero part of the liability, even for a simple straight forward project. Unfortunately, the customer has to bare that cost, to do almost any project now.