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ICE said:
Commercial needs a stamp.
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Or not

20' x 40' is 800 square feet. In this state, except for certain occupancies any building under 5,000 square feet is exempt from needing an architect's seal and signature. I believe other states have similar exemptions for small buildings, but the size may be different.
 
Your constituents have it easy.

"a. All construction and alterations to a structure require plans stamped by an NYS-licensed Engineer.

Except:

1) Stamped plans are not required for agricultural structures when the project costs less than $ 10,000 UNLESS the work affects the structural safety of the structure;

2) Stamped plans are not required for residential structures with a gross habitable floor area of 1,500 square feet or less if the project costs less than $ 10,000 UNLESS the work affects the structural safety of the structure.

See Chapter 16 of the Consolidated Laws; Title VIII: The Professions; Article 145 Engineering and Land Surveying, Section 7209.

b) All construction and alterations to a structure require plans stamped by an NYS-licensed Architect.

Except:

1) Agricultural structures;

2) Residential buildings with a gross habitable floor area of 1,500 square feet or less;

2) Alterations costing $20,000 or less, UNLESS the work affects the structural safety of the structure."

I'd say the architects and engineers have a better lobby in Albany than they do in your state or provincial capital.
 
What project costs less than $10,000 these days? $10,000 / 1500 SF = $6.67 per SF. I don't think residential costs have been that low since the depression
 
Paul Sweet said:
What project costs less than $10,000 these days? $10,000 / 1500 SF = $6.67 per SF. I don't think residential costs have been that low since the depression
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I think post #29 was describing agricultural structures under $10k, not residential structures.

I suppose it's theoretically possible to buy some used shade structure and relocate it for $10k.
 
Inspector Gadget said:
In case you think this was scrubbed from the interwebs, no, it's not. It's real.
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The more I look at this photo the more questions I have.

It's like someone told them all the things they need to do, but they didn't quite understand.

"you need big-foot footings" - puts them in upside down.
"you should cut your v-groove ceiling boards on a 45" - gives them a 45 butt joint instead of a straight 45 joint.
 
The photo brought to mind that on Sunday an "historic" storm swept across Connecticut and caused severe flooding in a couple of towns. A friend sent me a link to a story about a house that was undermined and collapsed into the river. Screen shot in the video shows the before condition. That entire deck looks rather "iffy" to me, although given that the flood took out the entire house a better/stronger deck wouldn't have made any difference.

I'd like to know how this deck passed any inspection for lateral stability/bracing:

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Link to video: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/oxford-connecticut-house-collapse/
 
It was built in 1970 there was no code....lol.......The good news is all of our insurance and taxes will go up for these people to rebuild in the same place....
 
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