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  1. classicT

    Mixing the IRC and IBC

    When the local draftsman cannot figure out a conventional brace wall layout and kicks the design off to an engineer for a lateral design, what are you willing to accept? Do you accept just the lateral design (i.e. no foundation plan)? I've got a plan where the engineer only performed the lateral...
  2. jar546

    Reasons to ask for a copy of calculations from engineers and architects

    This has been my personal experience and yours may differ but here it goes. Many times we received designs that were outside the prescriptive code, which is normal of course. Some of those designs that were stamped and sealed used prescriptive methods that would not meet the prescriptive code...
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