07-25-2016, 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by Rob Tucker
The wood mafia seems to be in charge. I am having to get engineering on single story plans. The issue with steel is the engineer the county hired doesn't know steel at all. He admits it. That's a rather uneducated engineer.
Steel is not a rarity in modern construction... it is a mainstay. As much as they pretend to like wood frame the fact is that wood frame has become so distrusted in seismic engineering that wood has become an infill between steel Simpson connectors.
The engineer the county hired is from L.A. Wanna guess what no longer exists in L.A.? Affordable housing.
That is our future. Housing for the wealthy only.
Frankly the way the building department is dealing with this looks like restraint of trade to me. That is illegal. Requiring something from one business (steel framing) that they don't require from a competitor. If they aren't educated about steel they shouldn't be asking the public to pay for their education. They should bone up on the subject on their own dime.
Agreed Rob.
I was really shocked by the ignorance being applied. Not much we can do about, eventually someone will step up with a wad of cash and take the department to court over the matter.