05-12-2015, 10:26 PM
(05-12-2015, 04:13 PM)white_brian Wrote: I was quite taken when I heard the Heritage Architect suggest they fill the basement with concrete and the shore up door to door, wall to wall and so on. That sounded like the least educated statement I've ever heard!
Architects design and do the drawings but NO building can be built in Canada without a professional engineer signing all the right pages. It is the engineer who has the building structure expertise not the designer/architect.
The politicians playing professional building experts need to remember the Elliot Lake building collapse (2012) and the many lawsuits still under way. The five dissenting councillors need to be reminded to take the advice of the excellent professionals that work for the City.
Well done Michael Seiling for protecting the councillors from their own stupidity.
Lastly, whether you are the "Save the Mayfair" architect(s) or Frank Geary, your building won't be built without the engineers stamp, signature and number/mark.