StructuralBIMGuy
Hi Elanorsunstar
Whose engineering plans were submitted to the council for building approval?
Some time builders will contact their own engineers to have details revised in which case
1. They should notify the owner of the pending revision
2. Provide clients with variation forms & plans to sign before they the commence work.
3. Provide revised structural plans that have been certified by his engineer as equivalent or better
What sort of contract do you have with the builder ie basically fixed price or cost plus?
Whose engineering plans were submitted to the council for building approval?
Some time builders will contact their own engineers to have details revised in which case
1. They should notify the owner of the pending revision
2. Provide clients with variation forms & plans to sign before they the commence work.
3. Provide revised structural plans that have been certified by his engineer as equivalent or better
What sort of contract do you have with the builder ie basically fixed price or cost plus?
Thanks for the reply StructuralBIMGuy!
Our engineer's designs were submitted for approval.
We weren't notified at all. Our own structural engineer was never contacted, no variation plans from his engineer ever seen. If we didn't notice it, after the gyprock was put up and the frame was out of sight, we would have been none the wiser about this change the builder made.
It was a fixed price project. Quote provided based on the designs we provided him.
I'm so confused about what to do next. Fix it? Can it be fixed? Ask the builder for compensation? What sort of compensation?