conarb
Registered User
We are looking at three different issues here:
1) code compliance.
2) structural engineering requirements.
and:
3) community workmanship standards.
His engineer is apparently saying it meets minimum code and structural requirements but doesn't meet minimum workmanship standards.
If he doesn't have a license board that provides an expert on minimum workmanship requirements perhaps retain your engineer to design a better foundation and negotiate the additional costs to remove and replace that foundation? I've seen similar construction in Mexico but not that bad. What gets me about this is coastal communities there are subject to hurricanes, I thought they had all increased their structural requirements to protect against hurricanes, Dade County Florida has very strict hurricane requirements.
1) code compliance.
2) structural engineering requirements.
and:
3) community workmanship standards.
His engineer is apparently saying it meets minimum code and structural requirements but doesn't meet minimum workmanship standards.
If he doesn't have a license board that provides an expert on minimum workmanship requirements perhaps retain your engineer to design a better foundation and negotiate the additional costs to remove and replace that foundation? I've seen similar construction in Mexico but not that bad. What gets me about this is coastal communities there are subject to hurricanes, I thought they had all increased their structural requirements to protect against hurricanes, Dade County Florida has very strict hurricane requirements.