[Strawbale] Got permit

[Denise Ohio]

Tom, the Plans Examiner guy,

Snohomish County PDS in Snohomish, Washington. 425-388-3311. One of the 
engineers is named Alan Husby and he was great. We hired a local engineer 
to handle the numbers, though, and that helped. His names is Rick Heide, 
Design Build Services, Inc., 28119 120th St SE, Monroe, WA 98272, (360) 
793-9659, rheide.dbsinc at comcast.net.

Hope this helps.

ohio


At 11:02 AM 3/1/2007, Polk, Tom wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Would you be kind enough to share with me the jurisdiction that reviewed
>your plans? I'm the plans examiner for a jurisdiction in North Alabama
>and lurk around on several green building sites. I'm curious about the
>local adopted codes they enforce. We have only one strawbale building
>locally and it was built before my time. Thanks.
>
>Tom Polk
>Plans Examiner
>256.341.4582
>256.341.4572 (fax)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: strawbale-bounces at listserv.repp.org
>[mailto:strawbale-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Denise Ohio
>Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:15 PM
>To: strawbale at listserv.repp.org
>Subject: [Strawbale] Got permit
>
>Just a quick announcement to share the joy...
>
>I picked up our building permit yesterday. Took about 6 weeks (building
>department is really busy gearing up for the spring season), but no
>callbacks, questions, or doubts. In fact, when I dropped off our packet
>and
>told the guy we were doing loadbearing SB, the guy at the desk said,
>"Have
>you ever done cob?"
>
>Our application packet included engineering done by a neighbor who has a
>
>great rep as a structural engineer and I think that helped a lot. The
>structure is 32'x64', one story with hipped roof and clerestory,
>loadbearing SB on a rubble trench foundation. We'll be starting the
>ground
>work in a few weeks, once I clean up the slash from the trees we took
>down
>and milled for the interior finish work.
>
>Habib John Gonzalez will be helping with bale and stucco work. Such a
>nice
>fellow and worth every penny, Canadian or U.S.
>
>
>
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