07-04-2008, 03:50 AM
Sounds about as much fun as drawing parking lots but it also sounds like it might pay the bills. If you can bring it along it will help tide you over until you find more interesting things to.
If you run standard framing the building department doesn't usually ask for calculations. They change their requirements periodically, I think at the moment there is a size, value and foundation specifications which will determine if it needs a stamp. A single story on concrete slab standard construction of under a certain amount with eaves less than 36" and with specific roof framing doesn't require a stamp to get the permit but the inspectors can later require one. A stamp isn't that expensive that it should limit the design to the extent that it can so generally just figuring it will require a stamp will save the homeowner being surprised when the inspector requires it after the permit has been pulled and the house can be designed the way it should be to be a nice comfortable and liveable house.
The building departments are different for each island. Each one has different amendments to the code and slightly different requirements.
Actually, the codes and requirements I'd like to see would be more about how the house interacts with the community and neighborhood. If you drive past all these new houses anymore all you see are huge garage doors. Sometimes it is impossible to even find the front door. What kind of friendly neighborly house can that be? Be nice to see sidewalks, too. But I suppose that would be more than something just a draftsperson can fix.
If you run standard framing the building department doesn't usually ask for calculations. They change their requirements periodically, I think at the moment there is a size, value and foundation specifications which will determine if it needs a stamp. A single story on concrete slab standard construction of under a certain amount with eaves less than 36" and with specific roof framing doesn't require a stamp to get the permit but the inspectors can later require one. A stamp isn't that expensive that it should limit the design to the extent that it can so generally just figuring it will require a stamp will save the homeowner being surprised when the inspector requires it after the permit has been pulled and the house can be designed the way it should be to be a nice comfortable and liveable house.
The building departments are different for each island. Each one has different amendments to the code and slightly different requirements.
Actually, the codes and requirements I'd like to see would be more about how the house interacts with the community and neighborhood. If you drive past all these new houses anymore all you see are huge garage doors. Sometimes it is impossible to even find the front door. What kind of friendly neighborly house can that be? Be nice to see sidewalks, too. But I suppose that would be more than something just a draftsperson can fix.
Kurt Wilson