We provide Engineering and Code compliance review of residential plans, including those purchased from out-of-state designers. Here’s an outline of what’s included in our plans, along with the typical information shown on each sheet, and links to sample drawings.

Typical Drawings Include:

• Engineering Seal by a North Carolina Registered Professional Engineer
• Detailed floor framing, roof framing, and foundation layouts
• Location, sizes and support requirements for all beams
• Options for engineered lumber or steel
• Complete material specifications

Foundation Plan

• Basement or Crawl space, at clients option
• Point load locations
• Pier and girder size, location and layout
• Interior load-bearing walls or steel beams and columns
• Joist or truss framing layout and specifications
• Beam sizes and support requirements
• Footing sizes and reinforcement
• Grade beam locations and specifications
• Specifications for concrete basement walls
• Specifications for walkout wall assemblies
• Ventilation and fenestration calculations

First/Second Floor Framing Plan

• All required steel and/or wood beams with support requirements
• Joist/truss sizes, spacing, span direction and layout
• Material specifications
• Location of all bearing walls
• Window and door openings with header sizes
• Wall bracing requirements
• Non-typical details as required
• General structural notes

Roof Framing Plan

• Roof layout with roof pitches
• Hips, valleys, ridges and support points
• Framing sizes, spacing, material specs
• Framing anchorage
• Intermediate bearing points, kneewalls, etc.
• Either site-built stick framing or roof trusses
• Attic ventilation requirements