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Is it ok to post about work offers here?

Well here goes. I have some simple work that needs to be completed. I have a house designs in autocad format. The drawings are pretty good I need wood truss and framing details. Thats it.

I have about 6 to do with maybe more. I will send you a sample drawing as an example. If interested please contact me I am looking for someone with a large amount of experience in this area and can turn over one set of drawings a week.

CW · Accepted Answer

When somebody is looking for somebody to do some "simple work", that usuallymeans they won't pay much.

fujka · Answer

Are you interested?  Are you qualified in this area? I think the pay will be competitive you dont have to do anything until a price is agreed uponCW wrote:

Jerry G · Answer

Suggest you get a contact in the local truss industry (like me) and work out a deal to do the truss layouts. That contact can avoid redraws since if he/she does their job right, they will check that the trusses really are buildable, and the truss company that ends up getting the contract won't be calling you telling you that the trusses don't work as drawn,fujka wrote:

Michael Bulatovich · Answer

So now you've got to invoice him for half the contract, right?

Jerry G · Answer

Not at all. Simply warning him that trusses are a specialty. I have seen too many drawings by architects that simply could not be built as drawn.... and that was after their structural engineer had signed off their component. When I draw a building, I look at every truss to verify that it is buildable based on the specifications, local code, and good engineering practice. Many times I can simply tell at a glance that a particular truss will work, or will not work based on my years in the industry.Different regions of the country are subject to different considerations as far as load criteria, and the availability of different species of lumber. Illinois has to design for snow, but Florida has to design for hurricanes. My expertise is in Florida and I would be at a loss designing for snow unless I had some time to adjust to designing for that condition. That is why I specifically recommended that he find a local truss designer who wants to moonlight. Some of the local truss companies,...

Paul Turvill · Answer

Around these parts, truss suppliers do the design as part of the package. The building designer/architect needs only to specify the bearing walls.___

Michael Bulatovich · Answer

See Paul's post- the same applies to these parts.

That was the gist of my not-so-funny joke. Telling him that trusses will be done for him gratis has got to be worth something since he was about to pay someone to do it for him.

Jerry G · Answer

Here the truss company includes the drawings as part of the contract, but the building department wants the drawings before the truss company has been selected. The architect has to include a set of drawings in the package with details that the truss company does not do. If the architect knows which truss company will do the work, and has a good relationship with the truss company, he/she will send it to be drawn as a 50% completion set and will complete based on the truss company drawings.Michael Bulatovich wrote:

Steve · Answer

And he has to sign off those shop drawings that it follows the archiecturaldesign. We see a lot of shop drwgs with omissions and errors. Mostly becausethey lack the time to infer missing details, and/or don't understand thedesign.

Michael Bulatovich · Answer

He'd have to do that regardless of who drew it, no?

Michael Bulatovich · Answer

Same here.Tough crowd here tonight

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