I get that structural engineers are the ones running the calcs to determine the dimensions and required rebar, but architects are required to have some knowledge of a building’s foundations… even if they like to make our lives hell sometimes
The technologist in the office is doing all the heavy lifting for construction drawings most likely anyway hehe! If we can size everything with the Building Code then no Engineer required… I do like having one on the project though
?? I draft and design at my job. I know other firms have separate drafters and designers, but there are structural engineers who have the capacity to do both in a work day. And yeah, anyone can do any job if they learn the skills in the job description, but your average salary worker isn’t doing arch, structural, civil, and mep all at the same time
Uhhh that wasn't the question. So back to your original comment... does it take an engineer to know if you could sue these people, or maybe just the person that designed the home? Because you seem to have pivoted out of embarrassment when an actual engineer showed up.
Brah,
I feel like you are being VERY specific with your wording. To the point of being dishonest at worst, but misleading at best.
Most single family homes are designed by architects without engineers involvement.
This is a true statement. But architects and designers still need a structural engineer's stamp to move forward with their designs. No? A typical process would be
1) Designer, sketches the house
2) Architect builds the blueprints, whatever, puts it in CAD
3) Structural engineer looks it over, and says, WTF, no, you cant do this, it's impossible. The math doesnt work out.
I live in california though, so maybe we have better/more processes/checks
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u/greenrivercrap 5d ago
Architect? Ask an engineer.