re: Learnings for the next time you build a house

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I just purchased some land and hope to begin the process of choosing house plans and a contractor soon.

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Make certain that your architect/designer, builder, and engineer are all familiar with each other and if possible worked with each other on multiple projects. While not always a viable option, the project will go much smoother if you can eliminate one of the three and have the builder or the engineer also be the architect/designer on the project.

At an absolute minimum, I would choose a builder that you can deal with directly on any changes. This will require that the builder be able to work with the CAD/DWG file of the build plan in order to take your requested changes directly to the engineer for approval.