New Code for Post & Pier ?

[Tom.Yost]

I've heard from a concrete guy (a few months ago) that if you don't include engineering calculations specific to this area, footings are required to be much bigger than necessary. It sounded like building code for non-volcanic areas was adopted as part of an effort to be uniform.

I've asked my architect for the calculations for the post and pier home we are about to start, so I should have firsthand knowledge in the coming weeks.