Design vs. engineering question

[gawdzira]

Hello Michael,

I take my plans through the design development and anything beyond the diagrammatic wall sections gets drawn by my engineer. I show details as they relate to dimensions but the connection details are stamped by the engineer.

When you live in California you like to spread the liability around.

I have worked in both fashions where the engineer does all of his drawings or that I will make the structural plans and have him mark them up and review my drawings after placing his red marks on the drawings. If the project is really small I will do the mark up version. If it is any larger than about 300 s.f. of space to be engineered I will let him do all the drawings. This is to simplify the exchange of drawings and to avoid errors.

The cost for engineering is always separate from my fee.

Alan