Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 09, 2020 3:26 am Anyone familiar with hydraulic engineer and council approval? Long story short, i had to engage a hydraulics engineer for designs as part of getting DA approval. Now council has given approval but certain conditions need to be met, one of which is getting a certification letter from the hydraulics engineer. At which point he is now asking for more money to “uplift” the plans for the construction certificate and claims this is a normal process. Is it normal? Re: Hydraulics engineer question 3Mar 09, 2020 12:26 pm Brickface So basically he’s going to charge you to give you approvals of his own design? The whole hydraulics industry is criminal. Who built the system? Im not too sure, basically the original design has been approved but council requires a certification letter. So he wants to charge for it to get construction certificate Re: Hydraulics engineer question 5Mar 09, 2020 12:38 pm I would have thought so too. My impression was the initial fee would encompass all works needed to meet council requirements upto the point where plumber can build it. Now it seems that the initial plan was for council approval. To get the construction certificate is another process it seems Re: Hydraulics engineer question 6Mar 09, 2020 12:40 pm And thats what i dont understand, i thought the whole process was to get that construction certificate Re: Hydraulics engineer question 8Mar 09, 2020 1:06 pm The Hydraulics/stormwater Is required as part of the Building Application (BA) And unless the plans are certified by a civil engineer the drainer will be unable to certify CDC Unfortunately, that's the way it is, the Building Surveyor will approve the Engineers Drawings/Details and if the works has been completed it will probably need to be inspected as well Chers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Hydraulics engineer question 9Mar 09, 2020 1:11 pm StructuralBIMGuy The Hydraulics/stormwater Is required as part of the Building Application (BA) And unless the plans are certified by a civil engineer the drainer will be unable to certify CDC Unfortunately, that's the way it is, the Building Surveyor will approve the Engineers Drawings/Details and if the works has been completed it will probably need to be inspected as well Chers Chris So if I understand you correctly, if plans go to DA, council civil engineer will approve designs and inspect and certify the work once done? Cheers Brickface Re: Hydraulics engineer question 10Mar 09, 2020 2:41 pm DA is planning applications Site plan, Elevations, floor plans BA is the building application requiring DA + Energy, Stormater, Engineering, Geotech, NCC compliance checks, etc The Councils engineer might do a quick assessment of the plan? but Engineering and Hydraulics designs certifications are now done independently I've been told the council doesn't have the resources nor time, that's how it's here but it may differ elsewhere Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs 4 16735 3 6403 The engineering is the engineering. It's irrelevant how much material you have. Unless it fits the requirements of your design the engineer can't "make"it work. You might… 7 9687 |