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
Floor Framing Plans
- 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