re: Who here is an Architect?

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So, for the architect (including landscape), what's y'all's take on working with structural engineers? Asking for a friend.

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As a custom residential builder, I can tell you they both suck.

I kid, but on jobs where I did not do the design work, I am constantly having to explain to the client why they need to look at the engineered stamped drawing of their plan and not the one they paid the architect to submit when they say "but my architect said this was ok".

And I am not Gods gift to architecture and design, but for coastal construction, I do know what an engineer needs to see and why for instance, you cant put 3ea 4060 bay windows on each wall within 18 inches of the corner of said walls and not expect your costs to rise like a phoenix in order to make it structurally sound enough to get an engineer to stamp it.

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To be clear, this primarily relates to an owner hiring an architect to design a piling home when they have little experience in doing so.