Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Engineering report/council approval for retaining wall? 2Oct 20, 2009 4:21 pm http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Engineering report/council approval for retaining wall? 3Oct 21, 2009 11:47 am Roar Any advice would be very much appreciated as we hope to do it asap. Engineering plans will cost you about $1200 -- that's what mine for our 1.4m x 36m wall cost. The council building permit application fees and other things will probably run you about $1000 all up. We then had to pay $1200 to raise the sewer inspection bit and $2000 to raise the stormwater pit to meet the new ground level. So that's $5.4k before we even started building the wall itself. All up it's taken a little over 2 months to do, so don't expect anything to happen quickly, either. We're desperate to get the wall built as our fencing has to go on top of it. The council will require clearance from any easement requirements (we have both sewer and stormwater), engineering approval, build-over-easement approval and only then will issue the permit. We're still waiting for ours, btw -- the stormwater pit is supposed to be raised this week, so we're crossing fingers the permit will be issued next week some time. Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 3166 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5197 Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31837 |