Why is Geotechnical Soils Investigation and Report required for a Timber frame home and not normally required for a conventional stick built home?
Timber Frame structures fall under Part 4 of the National Building Code of Canada titled Structural Design as compared to conventional stick built buildings which fall under Part 3 of the National Building Code of Canada. Part 4 is a structural section of the building codes and it covers all structures constructed from steel, concrete and timbers. Because Timber Frame homes are defined as Post and Beam construction they must be designed to Part 4 of the code. Part 4 of the code requires that a Professional Structural Engineer design the structure and foundation. The Professional Engineer requires the soils investigation and report to design the foundation for the soils conditions that are at the project site. Conventional built buildings are not defined as Post and Beam and therefore do not require a Professional Structural Engineer to design the building.TREE TOP TIMBER FRAMES has Structural Engineers on staff with extensive foundation experience. We have designed foundations for stru
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