Design vs. engineering question

[tmunson]

There is another thing to consider. I charge up to $50/hr. All of the engineers I have worked with charge over $100/hr. Why would I want my client to pay over $100/hr for work that I can do? The less the engineer has to do the more money I save my client. Am I taking money away from an engineer? So far they appreciate the work that I do, it saves them time and makes their job easier.

If you need an engineer, they will make sure that you have located and calculated the loads correctly and that the supporting members are adequet. They will do the braced wall schedules and any other aspect of the project that have to be customed engineered. So I leave the details for those parts of the plan for later, then add them per the instructions of the engineer. I do almost all of the drafting work.