DOPSuppliers Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I have been asked by a friend of mine to design his house in Texas and I am in Florida. I designed a remodel on his house here a couple years ago. I have a couple engineers here that work with me, but need someone to sign and seal my plans in Texas. I am more than willing to share share my files as I am doing the design and drawing out the working drawings. Please respond if you or anyone you know that might be willing to help me out in this way, for a fee of course. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 The Engineers here in Austin, Texas commonly use AutoCAD so I recommend going to your local library and finding a telephone book for where the project is and then start calling local Structural Engineers until you find one that isn't busy. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 hours ago, DavidJPotter said: telephone book What's that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I am a "Baby Boomer" so forgive me for being archaic. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOPSuppliers Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 This really doesn't seem like it should be so tough. I have been designing homes for 30 years using an engineer to sign off on them for me. Surely there must be someone in Texas in our Chief community that would could help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 If it's in the Hill Country, chances are it's gonna get a reinforced slab foundation done sometimes as post-tensioned, and those things need engineering. It's easy to find someone in San Antonio to do that, but some of the firms will charge your client for doing a complete re-draw which IMHO is stealing. Those heavily reinforced slabs are a feature of building in the Houston area, also. My nephew is a TX P.E., civil, in Houston. Are you doing a Houston area job? I can ask him who he knows that would review and seal your plans, but all that structure stuff is gonna have to be done by you. Much of the big roof residential in TX gets stickframed with rafters supported mid-span off wall lines below in attic with leaning struts, so you may have to get into that, which in Chief, will be troublesome to do in 3D. See the image below. Maybe you ought to just give your friend a "lite" version of a plan, don't bother with structural, focus on shape, flow, windows, doors, exterior finish and trim, roofscapes, cabinetry, really everything BUT structure, and charge him accordingly, then he can job it locally for whatever is needed for permitting and contracting. In other words, a complete "design," but no con docs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOPSuppliers Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thank you Gene for your feedback. My client is in the Auston area up on a hill overlooking a lake. There is a home there now, but it is coming down and the slab will be expanded a little bit. I believe we are going to stick-frame 2x6 walls and trusses. It will not be anything crazy, just a nice comfortable place to keep his wife happy and she doesn't like it here in Florida, but he is not leaving. So they will play between the two homes. If I can't find someone to sign off, he might go for your suggested option. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Austin, why didn't you say so Dude: jordan@artec.solutions Engineer Kamal Amer Alaska Engineering (408) 761-7478 Mirza Tahir Baig P.E. psce@psceinc.com (512) 238-6422 George A. Gonzalez Jr PE (512) 899-2246 engineer1@genesis1engineering.com DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOPSuppliers Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thank you David! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 If you are going to upgrade to X14, here are views from a plan I did when we bought a lot in Fair Oaks Ranch near Boerne and wanted to build. Never went through with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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