My client -- a county in California -- has asked me to design an erosion protection wall for a relatively steep irregular slope (1:1 and steeper) up to about 30 feet tall. The wall is in an environmentally sensitive recreation area, and will require a shotcrete facing, sculpted and stained to...
I am designing an unusually-shaped shade structure comprising a cable-stayed, lattice-type canopy (picture regularly spaced joists joined by continuous transverse elements on top) inclined about 10 degrees from horizontal. It's similar to a mono-pitched roof structure, but it's suspended from a...
You may want to be careful describing -- or even thinking about -- your services and submittals as "products." It can expose you to liabilities for which design professionals are not typically covered. You may want to adopt the mindset that your plans, drawings, reports, etc. are "Instruments of...
