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11-01-2012, 08:28 AM #8
I have helped numerous persons develop their custom home designs, reviewing them, polishing into a bid set of plans.
The plans I help develop then go to general contractors, sub-contractors for bidding and cost estimation, Structural Engineers and financial institutions for gaining loans as necessary. I usually send the State Licensed Structural Engineer .dwg's of the floor plans and elevations which they then use to do their work of structural calculations and call-outs.
Some Engineers draw, some do not; by that I mean some do their own drawings using mine as a starting basis to design the foundation and other structural details of the home.
It is not unusual for the engineer to then send me marked-up (called "red-lining") copies of my drawings to effect changes, corrections and additional annotations that he or she requires.
Once those edits are then made he or she will stamp (approve) the results and those plans then become the "Permit Set" or construction set of plans.
Over thirty years of doing this, such changes have not affected the design in any aesthetic or major way as to appearance.
It is a dynamic process that involves several State Licensed trades and professions to get a project done successfully.
DJPLast edited by David J. Potter; 11-01-2012 at 08:33 AM.
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