Salute to my BPers🫡! Hope you all are having great experinces. Got a couple questions:1. When building a new construction, can the right civil engineer prepare all the necessary site plans w/o needing an architect?2. ...

I'm in the middle of a 203K renovation and had drawings done before close in October. Unfortunately, the contractor the architect recommended did not follow the plans and I am in need of new drawings. Can I get anothe...

Hello,I had the unlucky misfortune of getting a very tough building inspector on a project I'm working on. The building inspector is asking for specs on what type of bolts should be used to attach the lally column pla...

is it conflict of interest to use contractors architect?  let the General contractor select and manage architect? 

Hi everyone,I am looking for advice and will try to keep this as brief as possible.We recently purchased a home in San Diego with submitted plans to add to the existing home as usual as build an two car garage and ADU...

I'm a new STR investor and could use some advice about working with architects and contractors. I bought my first STR property and it's a cabin that needs a lot of work. I hired an architect to create the plans, and h...

I recently bought a property in Chicago that had a permit on it. The former owner transferred the permit to me but when the inspector came he said I needed to permission to transfer the architect’s plans to me in orde...

Hi all, New to BP community and have noticed not many posts mention architects (say in contrast to CPA, legal, contractors, lenders, etc). I am a licensed architect and an aspiring investor (Chicago) and am using my b...

HI BP, Does anyone have a recommendation for a draftsman in Orange County CA? Ive also heard there may be websites where people can bid for work? Does anyone know anything like this?Thanks, Jennifer

Hi BP, any one on here an architect, or know of any one that’s an architect?