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Silver ton is awesome. Mountains that never melt. Unfortunately I am beginning to suspect Colorado is trying to become like California. New laws ect. It's a tragedy. 

20 minutes ago, HillsideDB said:

Another thing I like about COSprings is its smaller than Denver. I'm not crazy about big city. Denver gets pretty crazy on the interstate. I hate the traffic in Omaha and I think its probably twice as bad in Denver. I like the idea of the public transit but from what I read its pretty expensive (light rail) and not very reliable. 

If your a framer and know trick or to ... u should be good. 

Tony, I will  be relocating from silicon valley .... the armpit of the world lol. I spent 10 yrs in the Durango area as builder. I done a'lot of travailing in my career thus far. Cali, Arizona, Utah , and co . Out of all the places , I  will always call Colorado home. Guess its the dam farm boy in me. Peace , quiet, good fishing and a killer sunset. I,m also an avid snowboarder and miss real snow. Ill probably set up shop in the Denver area though. More people , opportunity. Then ill settle down and buy some property and build off grid.

On 3/6/2017 at 8:50 PM, HillsideDB said:

Hey guys and gal I am trying to plan a possible move to Colorado Springs this Summer and would love to start a drafting/design business when I get there. 

In a meeting with my current bosses today, they mentioned that only licensed architects are allowed to design and draw houses and plans in Colorado. Is this true?? I found it hard to believe because I just finished some changes to one of our plans for a guy building in Lakewood. I made changes to the plans, then he took them to an engineer and I coordinated with the engineer on structural changes and he would add his sheets into the set at the end. Plans were submitted to city and everything was ok. 

 

So I'm curious. If I move to Co Springs could I still plan on doing design and drafting work for myself? I didn't really want to have to work for anyone beside this and maybe some general contracting. Can anyone give me some info?  

 

thanks!

 

-Tony

Interesting tony. We are considering moving to the Denver area. We looked in the springs and there wasn't much going on there from what we could tell. However i know the Denver area is starting to boom. It was ranked 19th on scale when i last looked. There doesn't seem to be a'lot of chief users in the area from what i can gather. Mainly Revit and auto cad users.  

Rule is whatever is out, 2/3rds in. Referance ca 2013 codes. Ibc code and residential code. Check seismic zone . Check bearing points. Check load on platform. 

Depends. Is garage attached? Ect.

What is the 'Floor Area Ratio - FAR'

The floor area ratio (FAR) is the relationship between the total amount of usable floor area that a building has, or has been permitted for the building, and the total area of the lot on which the building stands. This ratio is determined by dividing the total, or gross, floor area of the building by the gross area of the lot.

A higher ratio is more likely to indicate a dense or urban construction. Local governments use FAR for zoning codes.

BREAKING DOWN 'Floor Area Ratio - FAR'

The FAR accounts for the entire floor area of a building, not simply the building's footprint. Buildings with varying numbers of stories may have the same FAR value. For example, the FAR of a 1,000-square-foot building with one story situated on a 4,000-square-foot lot would be 0.25. A two-story building on the same lot, where each floor was 500 square feet, would have the same FAR value.

17 minutes ago, GerryT said:

FYI: Chief does do this. They supply a 'canned' macro that you can place in your label to indicate room volume %RoomVolume%. If you want the total of all conditioned rooms, for all floors, you can just sum them up or use another macro, If you have no interest in macros I'm sure Joe or someone here can also help with that?

 

We need a vid from one of the grand masters on this.

Cheif should be able to do air volume calcs for distributions and circulatory ect. 

Other programs can. WHY WHY WHY Arghh Frustrated again.

Why is there not a comments section in the room finish schedule? Also, why is there no option for volume envelope? Third, is when a ceiling plane (cathedral example) is created the schedule data says NA. Note ceiling over room has been unchecked in the dbx in that room.

Add room separator at prow . Ballon frame prow walls. Prow area (room) vaulted(cathedral) .lower area cieling above or just roof ,cieling ect. Use roof planes to draw roof.

easy . ... 

I think it's great for interrior designers and the like. However for asbuilts I'm kinda old school and tend not to trust technology to much.

sketching is still best for me . 

Good lord ..... haven't we been over and over and over and over again on this software trip.  

It would be interesting. I'm questioning if you can do a whole house or a commercial building with this . 

Change schedule to text if need be. Or open window in dbx select egress. For general additional notes change schedule to text. 

There are sidelights in the library.  I was looking for theese door units a while back. More often than not the assembly is a whole unit or kit. I believe they were under doors or windows.its been a while. I think in the end I faked it and made p solids. 

2 hours ago, WAGSDSN35 said:

Hi Chief users.  I have had the program(Designer Pro) about a yr. now.  I used AutoCAD for 16+ yrs. but thought it was time for a change.  I have some of the basics down & can get by w/some very simple & rudimentary construction docs.  I have viewed videos, help manuals etc. but I learn best in a classroom situation, I live in the Portland area & no classes are offered.  Do any of you out there do any tutoring, preferably in the area but would listen to all offers.  Thanx.

 

I'm moving to portland next month. Beaverton . Let me know if you need help. 

17 minutes ago, dshall said:

 

Yes,  we are doing it for residential.

 

 

Crazy. Not here in Sanjose yet. Can u show one so when it comes here I have an idea of what they want?

nevermind got it.

On 1/2/2017 at 7:06 AM, dshall said:

a comment.....  Joey does a great looking set of plans.... I have always admired his set of plans,  they are so clean looking and not cluttered compared to mine....   however based on my experience,  he would never be able to pull a permit in California with them.  

 

Just a few examples....  footing widths are not specified and there are no shear transfer details,  window headers are not spec'd and hip sizes are not called out and there are not king posts under ridge beams spec'd out.  Location of vertical steel in retaining walls is not spec'd......   plate heights in sections are not called out and there are only 2 sections ,  for a house this size and complex,  it seems more than 2 sections will be needed.

 

I suppose the point of the  post is,  you need to understand what the permitting jurisdiction will require.  Simply copying someone's method will not always guarantee a permit.  I began drawing plans in Houston back in the '70's and Joey's plans would be considered very nice and adequate........  40 years later in California..... much more info is required .

 

Energy calcs,  structural calcs,  truss calcs,  BMP plans,  Brush Management plans,  coverage calcs,  FAR calcs,  impervious area calcs and  keeping the wife happy calcs not to mention  plans to assure your kids success in life calcs.  

 

Anybody in California with little to no experience who thinks they can provide a set of plans ,  will be in for a big surprise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So when the heck is the brush management plan been in effect?  I've only ever seen it drawn in commercial only? Is SD making you do this for residential?

21 minutes ago, Richard_Morrison said:

Using plans simply as a tool to "get a permit" is not the same as what they will be held to be in a court of law (if it ever comes to that), i.e. a set of contract documents between the builder and the customer, and probably more important than any actual paper named a "contract" that they sign. Just like a contract prepared by an attorney, if the documents are sloppily drafted with major omissions, it is the drafter who may ultimately suffer.

 

And Richard is so right on this one. Heed the warning. 

2 hours ago, DRAWZILLA said:

Around here if you change anything from the permit set, you have to go back and change the plan re-engineer it, and re-submit to the building dept. No changes allowed.

You can't even change a window size without approval here.

Just now, Richard_Morrison said:

No evidence he graduated is not the same as "didn't graduate." Especially, considering that he was then allowed to enroll in college.

Agreed . My point was even though someone has a certification or stamp does not make them good at what they do. Sure learning the backgrounds, systems, theory's and the like is all relevant one must know how to accomplish the task. This, in my opinion, can only be achieved through experience. Just having a stamp means nothing. There are lots of bad builders with a license, and lots of bad architects and designers. I can remember one time when I was building, the plans were so bad I actually set them on fire in the street in front of supervisors and the architect and said you guys build it. Really it's the endeavor to constantly learn and grow. I'm humble enough to know no one person can know everything. Don't get me wrong I have the up most respect for anyone architect, designer, builder or laborer that can prove himself in the field.  But to say anyone is any better than anyone else just because of a stamp, a Ferrari or something else is wrong in my opinion. look at Michael's son with the legos ...now where is that boys stamp? 

2 hours ago, Richard_Morrison said:

You are mistaken. In addition to two years of college (engineering), he also apprenticed to other architects for an additional six years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright ... under education?

Yup make sure you have a stamp ... like mr frank loyd wright did. By the way if I'm not mistakin he didn't even graduate high school. Do good work there's your stamp. 

I'm finding customers don't want pex because of the particulates per million of plastic ingested.

interesting enough its the same as water bottles which were deemed healthy. The long-term effects are not known at this time as far as I know of.

Also, plumbers talk of critters eating holes through the stuff.

Watch it he's gonna take dad's business and his customer base. ..........